Is God Punishing Me? | The Writings | Psalm 77

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🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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It's easy to trust in God's love when things are going well. But what if they're not? Do you find it hard to trust God's love in the midst of your suffering? Is God punishing us? In today's episode, Keith shares how Psalm 77 provides us wisdom for dealing with our suffering by reminding us of what God has already done. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Psalm 77

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.0	In the time it takes to get to work, I'm Keith Simon.
0:16.6	A friend recently asked me if God was mad at him. Was God punishing him? Had God abandoned him? Have you ever asked questions like those?
0:21.5	Have you ever felt like God turned against you? My friend
0:24.4	asked me that question because he's had some personal health struggles that are
0:27.5	threatening to take his life. He has things he still wants to do in this life. He has
0:31.6	kids to help, grandkids to love on, a wife he wants to grow old with. But all that's in doubt. The disease
0:38.0	he has will likely kill him. It's just a matter of when. My friend is the kind of Christian most of us wish we were.
0:44.8	He's a Bible reader, the kind of person who doesn't just say they'll pray for you,
0:48.7	but actually praise.
0:50.2	He's filled with the spirit,
0:51.5	and that makes him kind and gracious and humble and generous.
0:54.9	In a lot of ways, I wish I was more like him.
0:57.8	But when darkness hit him in the form of a disease, he had the same struggle as any of us have.
1:03.0	Maybe we think that following Jesus will keep us from suffering,
1:06.0	but of course that's false.
1:08.0	The Bible never says anything like that.
1:10.0	The truth is that we all live in a broken world.
1:13.0	Evil, sin, sickness, natural disasters.
1:16.0	Well, they fall on rich and poor.
1:18.0	The beautiful and the average, the PhD and the GED,
1:21.0	the believers and the unbelievers.
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