What does it mean to bless the Lord?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

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First up today, here's a voicemail from one of our younger listeners named Michael.

Hi, this is Michael. I'm 10 years old, and I want to ask you a question.

So, does Satan cause sickness for human and, like, disease for human, or is that God for a purpose?

This was Michael, and I'm 10 years old.

Hey, Michael, thanks for giving us a call, man. Excellent, excellent question.

So, I mean, a couple of things I would want to say is one, all sickness, all disease.

You think of, you know, in the life of a believer, can be used and is used by God for a purpose.

The Bible makes it really clear, Michael, that the trials that we face in life, that through them, God is able to strengthen our faith, to mold us more into the image of Jesus.

It's not like they're hopeless, and it's not like they're worthless.

God is actually really able to and does work in and through the sufferings we experience.

Paul says in Romans chapter 8, through all of the tribulations that we experienced were more

than conquerors through him who loved us. And so that's a comfort that we have, Michael,

as Christians, that God works even through the difficult circumstances of our lives, including

sickness. Now, sometimes in the Bible, God does use Satan or allow Satan to afflict people

with things like sickness and I think

that you know the most clear example for this of this in the Bible is in the

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