Category Archives: Questioning God

How I pray in times of need

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

It’s easy to confuse our needs and our wants – even as adults. Continue reading →

Posted in Devotions, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Will, Personal devotions, Prayer, Questioning God, Seeking God, Walking with God, Will of God | Tagged how prayer works, Prayer, what good is it to pray, why pray | Leave a comment

5 purposes of pain (by C. S. Lewis)

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Can you think of other purposes? Continue reading →

Posted in discouraged, Discouragement, God as Potter, God's power, Pain, Questioning God, Seeking God, Spiritual disciplines, Suffering, Theodicy, Trials, Walking with God | Tagged Life hurts, pain, purposes of pain, Suffering, why God allows suffering, why so much suffering | Leave a comment

Blaming God for the evil in the world?

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Why do we so strongly oppose evil and long for a world without it?
Why do we cry foul?
Why do we long for a lost Paradise?
Why do we even think in terms of good and evil? Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Appearance bullying, Evil in the world, Evil One, God, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Image of God, Just War, Justice, Problem of evil, Questioning God, Seeking God, Theodicy | Tagged Evil, evil and god, good and evil, suffering in the world | Leave a comment

Why doesn’t God decree what He desires?

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Remember these truths… Continue reading →

Posted in Eternal life, God, God's Heart, God's power, God's Will, Questioning God, Salvation, Seeking God, Sovereignty, Will of God | Tagged Evil in the world, God in control, God's soverreignty, Problem of evil, Salvation for all?, Why evil in the world? | Leave a comment

Understanding God’s will

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

How can we know God’s will for our lives? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Counselor, Counseling, Disciple-making, Discipleship, Following Christ, Glorify God, God, God's Heart, God's Will, Questioning God, Seeking God, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom | Tagged discerning God's will, Does God speak to us?, God's will, hearing from God, How to know God's will, leading from God | Leave a comment

Four servants of God who battled fierce despair

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Wisdomforlife

Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading →

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God’s actions and our responses

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Wisdomforlife

Deep and urgent matters that must be talked about and taught the way Scripture reveals them. Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Evangelism, God as Potter, God's control, God's Heart, God's Will, Questioning God, Salvation, Seeking God, Sovereignty, Study of God, Will of God, Wisdom, Witness | Tagged God's control and man's respoense, how to talk about God's sovereignty, Human responsibility and God's sovereignty | Leave a comment

Our forgiving God

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

Remind yourself often of these truths “If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness.” (Psalm 131:3-4) “The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgiveness, God, God of Old Testament, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Protection, God's Will, Guidelines for living, Questioning God, Seeking God, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom | Tagged did i commit the unforgivable sin?, god's forgiveness, Unforgivable sin | 1 Comment

God’s heart toward a broken world

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

How does a sovereign, all-powerful God relate to a broken fallen world filled with so much evil, suffering and sadness?
Continue reading →

Posted in Evil in the world, God, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Will, Questioning God, Study of God, Suffering, Will of God, Wisdom | Tagged God's control in a broken world, God's Heart, Problem of evil | Leave a comment

Inexplicable mercy

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

How could God have any adequate reason for offering mercy to sinners like me? I cry out “God be merciful to me the sinner” but I know that there is nothing in me that deserves mercy. Continue reading →

Posted in Confession, Cross of Christ, In Christ, Jesus Christ, Mercy, Passion, Praise, Questioning God, Reconciliation, Salvation | Tagged John Calvin, Mercy, praise, Salvation | 1 Comment