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Bitter Ingredients, Good Outcome

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog
Before my mother would make a cake, she used to lay the ingredients on the kitchen counter. One day I tasted the individual ingredients for a chocolate cake. Judging by the taste of each component, I never would have believed cake could taste so good! In a similar way, the individual ingredients of trials and apparent tragedies taste bitter to us.

Trials Make Us Crave God’s Mercy and Love

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog
Psalm 107 begins, “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say this.” The psalmist details the sufferings of God’s people, wandering in desert wastelands, without homes, hungry, and thirsty.

God Will Give Us More Than We Can Handle—But Not More Than He Can

article - Mitch Chase Randy's blog
There’s a common saying: “God won’t give you more than you can handle” or “…more than you can bear.” Certainly, God gives us things which we can’t handle by ourselves. But He also promises that He is sufficient and able to sustain and strengthen us.

God’s Good Plans for Us Are Better Than We Can Imagine

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog
God knows everything, including every contingency, and He knows what is ultimately best in ways we cannot. God can see ultimate purposes and plans that we can’t.

Why Did God Create Adam and Eve Knowing Humanity Would Fall and People Would Go to Hell?

article - Stephanie Anderson
People choose Hell when they turn their backs on God. He gave us the gift of choice, to choose to know and love Him. To Him, that was worth creating us, and even sending His Son to die for us so that we could eternally know Him and be with Him forever. That is the very opposite of selfish.

Panel on Suffering

audio - Randy Alcorn
Randy was on a panel speaking about suffering and walking through the difficult things in life. He answers several questions and shares his experiences and truths from Scripture 

How Can a God Who Allows Suffering into Our Lives Still Be Loving and Good?

audio - Randy Alcorn
In this audio clip, Randy Alcorn explains why how we think about God’s goodness and love is so important when we face times of suffering and crisis.  

My Dying Christian Friend Had a Vision of Demons. How Should I Make Sense of This?

article - Stephanie Anderson
It seems a comfort to know that your friend didn’t appear afraid. I’m sure that was a gift to both of you that you were able to pray with her and remember that Jesus is more powerful than anything or anyone else in the universe.

If Jesus Triumphed Over Sin and Death, Why Does Our World Still Contain So Much Evil and Suffering?

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog
There are varying responses to questions about suffering, and the good ones all require trust that a good, loving, holy, and just God knows what He’s doing.

God’s Purposes Prevail in Both Good News and Bad News

article - Nanci Alcorn Randy's blog
Here is another gem from Nanci’s journal she kept during her cancer years. She wrote this while anticipating some bad news about her health, and about our dog, Maggie.

Why Does a Biblical Theology of Suffering Matter?

video - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog
How we think about suffering will radically affect how we see God and the world around us. If you believe God should always bless you and your loved ones with material abundance and good health, you are setting yourself up to lose your faith. 

Why Does Our View of Suffering Matter?

video - Randy Alcorn
In this clip from his conversation with Davey Blackburn from Nothing Is Wasted Ministries, Randy answers the question, “Why is a proper view of suffering imperative?”    

Three Lessons from Joni Eareckson Tada on Resilient Joy in Pain

article - Joni Eareckson Tada Randy's blog
I have the greatest appreciation and respect for Joni Eareckson Tada. In this touching article, Joni writes, “Resilient joy makes hope come alive, so much so that we can be ‘sorrowful, yet always rejoicing’ (2 Corinthians 6:10).” This sister is pure gold.

9 Lessons God Teaches Us Through Sickness

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog
Recently I read “9 Lessons from God Concerning Sickness” from J. C. Ryle, an Anglican bishop (1816–1900). Every lesson he shares applies to how Nanci lived out her last years before relocating to Heaven. 

God’s Goodness in Pain

audio - Randy Alcorn
In this clip from his interview on the Revive Our Hearts podcast, Randy talks about how Nanci focused on the goodness of God during her cancer journey and trusted in His sovereignty.  
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