One of the protests against the existence of God is the appalling evil on this planet. The Bible teaches that evil exists on this planet because of a curse. This curse fell on the world by the fall of Adam and Eve into sin. Satan entered our atmosphere, usurped Adam’s authority and became, in the words of Jesus Christ, the “prince of this world.”
We all have a story. We each have history. There are certain chapters and characters of our stories that we love and cherish. But then there are others that we would rather forget and ignore. We want to forget the chapters of our lives that contain our dark secrets and disheartening hardships. Some of us talk to God about those hard times, but some of us keep quiet because we feel frustrated, hopeless and don’t know where God was during those times of pain. We tend to ignore the chapters that hurt the most and pretend they never occurred.
The consistency of God is seen in the sunrise, His protection through the strength and shade of a tree, His provision through the rain, His resurrection through the changing of the seasons, His vastness through the mountains and ocean, His intimacy through the song of a bird.
When sorrow overwhelms, we naturally reach out for help, but are often let down. God, however, is faithful. He will provide for us in our sorrow and pain.
Your worship style is how you express yourself and your love for the Lord. Here are nine styles of worship that might compliment your character:
It’s human instinct to want to compare yourself to others. Rather than comparing ourselves to others, God’s concerned with OUR heart.
You thought getting an “A” in your math class was hard. What if you had to defend your faith by convincing an entire class and a narrow-minded atheist professor that God is real to get a passing grade? That’s the premise of the upcoming movie, God’s Not Dead.
