We have a heavy question today about an alleviated chronic pain and it comes from an anonymous

man who listens to the podcast.

Pastor John, hello.

Thank you for this podcast and thank you for taking my question.

My mother, a believer, struggles with debilitating, very debilitating nerve pain and can get no

medical relief from anything doctors have tried.

She suffers endlessly.

How does such an alleviated suffering glorify God when it seems that God refuses to answer

any of our prayers for mercy, Pastor John, what would you say?

On the night before Jesus' crucifixion, after Judas had gone out, Peter said to Jesus,

Lord, where are you going?

And Jesus answered him, where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow

afterward.

Peter said, Lord, why can I not follow you now?

I will lay down my life for you.

And Jesus answered, will you lay down your life for me?

Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

And that is, in fact, what happened?

Peter denied three times that he knew Jesus and he whipped bitterly as he realized the horror

of what he had done.

Now it's several weeks later.

Jesus has risen from the dead.

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