When Pain Is Real and God Seems Silent
When Pain Is Real and God Seems Silent

Author: Ligon Duncan

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2020-03-26

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 1433569086

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"In the midst of our suffering we need a wake-up call to the truth that God’s steadfast love never ceases.” —Dave Furman, Senior Pastor, Redeemer Church of Dubai; author, Being There and Kiss the Wave Are you feeling despondent, depressed, or discouraged? When we encounter severe trials and suffering, we are often tempted to think that our situation is somehow out of God’s hands. In these dark times, God seems silent, and we feel isolated, confused, and alone. Everyone experiences suffering; even the biblical writers expressed anguish at times. This emotion is clearly captured in the Psalms. Through these brief meditations on Psalms 88 and 89, Ligon Duncan shows us how to respond to our own suffering with the assurance of our heavenly Father’s mercy, which sustains us even in the darkest circumstances.

When Pain is Real and God Seems Silent
When Pain is Real and God Seems Silent

Author: J. Ligon Duncan

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781433569074

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"All Christians are called to faithfully endure suffering, yet suffering poses one of the greatest challenges to persevering in the faith. In this short book, Ligon Duncan shows how the theology of Psalms 88-89 provides the resources Christians need to endure suffering well and trust God in seasons of pain, even when God seems silent. This volume includes a concise and accessible exposition of Psalms 88-89 as well as practical meditations on how these psalms help Christians today"--

When God Is Silent
When God Is Silent

Author: Dr. D. K. Olukoya

Publisher: The Battle Cry Christian Ministries

Published: 2016-05-04

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 9782947725

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When God is Silent Over the years, people have been limiting God in their lives. When they do, God hides His face from them. A man can prevent God from working in his favor, business, spiritual life and handwork. In this all revealing book you will learn what those things are that can make God a spectator in a person’s life, what the consequences of God’s silence are, and the secrets of how to stay in tune with God.

When God is Silent
When God is Silent

Author: Barbara Brown Taylor

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1561011576

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In these 1997 Lyman Beecher Lectures in Preaching delivered at Yale Divinity School, the author focuses on the task of those who preach and those who hear sermons in a world where people thirst for a word from God.

Disappointment with God
Disappointment with God

Author: Philip Yancey

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 031021436X

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No part of the Bible goes unstudied in this book's search for God's hidden nature.

When God Seems Silent
When God Seems Silent

Author: William Justice DMin DPhil DLitt

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2006-07

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 0595396755

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Pain rips your body. Narcotics stupefy, but relieve no pain. Sleep comes only from exhaustion and the most powerful sleeping pills. You pray for relief. But you get no relief. You aren't really living any more. You pray to die. But you can't even die. Or perhaps you watch the suffering of someone you love. Trouble can wear any of a thousand grim faces. The Bible tells you that God cares when we suffer, but does He? After having prayed and concluded that God is not helping, you may become disappointed in Him, lose faith, become angry at Him, or conclude that He does not even exist. The Scriptures tell us that in ages gone by, God was active in human affairs. But is He now? The author, a retired professional hospital chaplain who has ministered to thousands during times of trouble, reexamines his faith during his wife's eleven years of suffering amid declining health. Often feeling abandoned by God, the author describes his and his wife's slowly emerging conclusions that God is not silent, nor is He as inactive as He sometimes seems to be. Perhaps He has simply changed many of His ways of getting things done.

Hope When It Hurts
Hope When It Hurts

Author: Sarah Walton

Publisher: The Good Book Company

Published: 2017-04-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1784980749

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Thirty biblical meditations for women that offer hope in times of suffering. Thirty biblical meditations for women that offer hope in times of suffering. Hurt is real. But so is hope. Kristen and Sarah have walked through, and are walking in, difficult times. So these thirty biblical reflections are full of realism about the hurts of life-yet overwhelmingly full of hope about the God who gives life. This book will gently encourage and greatly help any woman who is struggling with suffering-whether physical, emotional or psychological, and whether for a season or for longer. It is a book to buy for yourself, or to buy for a member of your church or friend. For anyone who is hurting, this book will give hope, not just for life beyond the suffering, but for life in the suffering. Each chapter contains a biblical reflection, with questions and prayers, and a space for journaling.

A Stranger in the House of God
A Stranger in the House of God

Author: John Koessler

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2009-08-30

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0310864216

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Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith

It's Not Supposed to Be This Way
It's Not Supposed to Be This Way

Author: Lysa TerKeurst

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2018-11-13

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0718039866

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New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst unveils her heart amid shattering circumstances and shows readers how to live assured when life doesn't turn out like they expected. What do you do when God’s timing seems questionable, His lack of intervention hurtful, and His promises doubtful? Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a moment, but others shatter us completely. We feel disappointed and disillusioned, and we quietly start to wonder about the reality of God’s goodness. Lysa TerKeurst understands this deeply. But she's also discovered that our disappointments can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God. In It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Lysa invites us into her own journey of faith and, with grit, vulnerability, and honest humor, helps us to: Stop being pulled into the anxiety of disappointment by discovering how to better process unmet expectations and other painful situations. Train ourselves to recognize the three strategies of the enemy so we can stand strong and persevere through unsettling relationships and uncertain outcomes. Discover the secret of being steadfast and not panicking when God actually does give us more than we can handle. Shift our suspicion that God is cruel or unfair to the biblical assurance that God is protecting and preparing us. Know how to encourage a friend and help her navigate hard realities with real help from God's truth.