I am a Christian but my husband is a staunch and proud atheist, who has laughed at and mocked me, so many times, when I’ve tried to share anything at all about the Father. I am sooo hurt and angry, and honestly, just care all too little for him. Divorce is looking like my most freeing option.
@@Mercurychyld1 I so sorry you are going through that. Sometimes the most lonely you can feel is in the company of those you love who don't believe, or worse, mock you for doing so. I will pray for full healing and restoration, and that God will give you those next vital steps. Your spouse needs a spiritual butt-whooping. God is able.
I told God straight that I hate my life and I refuse to change unless I know he loves me and forgives me and I’m fed up with his silence. I hope he doesn’t smite me for it. I refuse to hide how I really feel to a God who knows anyway so here it is…
I never realized being apathetic about being in the word was a reflection of my anger toward God. I am one of those people that think that I am never angry at God. This was great food for thought. 🙏
Never giving up is key! Pray and ask God to remove your doubts and fears. He is a loving Father, unlike any earthly father we could have here. We're praying it'll be come easier and easier to open your heart to let Love in!
I have the same problems. My father was also abusive while he was with us. It makes it so much harder to come to God because we remember our fathers. God is with both of us. He loves us.
Churches need to realize that people's hearts are saying in these services at times... "I appreciate your graphics, your light shows, and even the singing, but I need HOPE! I don't need a cliche or a pep-talk or pseudo-psychology or that experiential/euphoric witchcraft, I NEED GOD! I need to know His character. That He loves me and doesn't hate me. I need to know He is good and faithful when it feels like He is robbing me." I am no Job. This is a real sermon. Hurting people, disappointed people, guilty people, and angry people need a resolution to these emotions more than a resolution to the problem.
I'm a Christian and love the Lord. I have to agree with you here, though!! You speak truth here because I know Jesus didn't need such thing as a large display except His holy word through the Holy Spirit. So there's something here that completely resonates lots of truth. I've met people who have showed up to such a spectacular church with a broken heart desiring healing and not one person has showed them true love or even gone up to them with the Word but with a membership app. Many in the church forget it's not the building or the show but The HEART that the Lord wants. So, what you say here, I agree with. Maybe I'm seeing a much different angle here but I'm listening.🙏. God bless you
Sometimes Christians need someone that actually listens as a Christian. Not someone that sets communication & only responds with "likes" to text & communication when it's positive & putting on a false front when you're looking for a solution to a difficult situation. It comes across as disingenuous.
My anger towards God isn’t so much empty promises but that he even created me. I have heard the argument that the Lord suffered on the cross and died, but that doesn’t account for 40 plus years of suffering compared to 6 hours. He suffered but he is in glory so the win was assured and he has the unlimited treasures of heaven at his disposal and yet I get very little;when does my time come especially since the wicked continue to prosper and I continue to struggle? How much longer do I have to wait?
I have had similar thought lately and God revealed to me that it isn't how long Jesus suffered that matters. Its that he suffered when he didn't have to and he suffered without sinning in the suffering. Also he endure plenty of emotionally and physically painful things in the 30 years before his crucifixion and never sinned through any of it. His pain may not be a copy and paste match to yours but he demonstrates how to handle hurting and pain so we have an example to look to. These thoughts of Jesus only hurting for a few hours is Satan twisting around the truth to separate us from our Saviour. His time on the cross was a few hours but what Jesus experienced during his time on earth was way more than a few hours. It was years of seeing and feeling every kind of pain. Death, illness, betrayal, hunger, loneliness, ect.
I have a 21 yr old son who is severely austistic. He is non verbal and still wears a diaper. He has anger outbursts I don’t have a support system. I don’t understand how God chose this life for me, I wake up miserable, my son makes me miserable, sad, tired, lonely frustrated, hard to walk this life in Christianity, when my son sucks the life out of me. I have not been able to sleep thru the night since he was born. I always thought I had to just walk with my cross, my son and deal with it. But the truth is I’m tried I’m defeated I feel like I have nothing else to give even to Him. He sees I’m so unhappy and tired all alone. I feel fake infront of God trying to change and the minute my son starts screaming all day and has outburst of anger I’m defeated. I don’t know how to change or cope with this. I do believe God choose who my children will be and he made them perfect in his eyes but in mine he’s a burden that I carry alone. Their father refuses to help and he is in another state. I feel like I have told God I can’t handle this anymore please I just can’t. It feels like this is supposed to be my life forever, and I can’t enjoy my other children. They to resent him out life is school work and home can’t go anywhere, he’s loud and disruptive amd destructive. We live in a bubble in our home and can’t leave..
Hello, I read your post and I just wanted to say I'm praying for you. I'm a verbally abled Autistic Adult and I live with my Mom. I had a very bad day today and I just don't know what I would do without my Mom. I have a hard time with computers and struggle with employment and I have trouble putting things together. I'm so frustrated and scared about the future. My poor Mom does so much for me and had to calm me down today after a severe meltdown. I even got mad at God today and told him I hated my life. I don't have any magic solution and I just pray that Jesus will reward you with a really special crown in eternity. Autism Mom's are super heroes and I just hate it that I have such high support needs. From the bottom of my heart I just want to tell you Thank-You even though I don't know you. Thank-You a million times over. I'm tired too. Autism is awful.
Mr. Strobel, I love how you explain this subject matter so clearly, this is the earnest Sermon on this topic that I've ever heard. I've been looking for years for someone who could unterstand my standpoint and express it in such an authentic way. Thank you very much for the wisdom that you share with us. I hope someday I can heal these resentful feelings towards God.
I'm FURIOUS at God for allowing the world to be in the state it is right now and putting me in it when I am forced to be alone because the world is cruel and painful. Being single is a CURSE and it's not going to get better when the women you want are swayed by lies and deceit and utter hate for you and others like you.
I am so angry that I sometimes want to give up on everything. I just want God to protect me. I feel that God has left me for unknown reasons. Please pray for me.
Hi Tay James, We don’t know why bad things happen but we know that God is good and always near even when we can’t see Him or when it doesn't feel like it. One of our pastors would love to talk with you, if you want to. www.wc.org/pastor/
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook I would love to. I am losing faith day by day. I have always believed God loves me but after this situation that I am in I am beginning to think he is busy or I deserve it. I am so lost and confused.
God will never leave you nor forsake you, we just think He does. 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you."
When afflicted with Anger & Doubt, I have discovered' it is my own Shame, Self Indulgence, Guilt or Desires that lays at the Root of the Problem. Sermons, Commentaries & my own feeble Prayers do help. Sometimes this Believer tries to do too much on his own.
rhonda Woods me too, I have faced a lot in my small life. But you have to try to believe in him (Jesus). It’s very sweet to have a relationship with God. It gives one joy,strength and purpose to carry on.
I am sorry you are in pain. I feel deep sorrow much of the time, too. I don't know where I would be without God, because He can turn even my deepest pain into joy and purpose. I will pray for you.
One of the greatest apologetics ministers ever... if you ever have any doubts about our Lord Jesus Christ and God himself....listen up...listen to this guy.....all of his stuff. The holy spirit speaks loudly.
My wife of 37 was taken by cancer and ive had a lot of grief and anger towards god because I want to blame him for letting her die. Ive asked him yelling did he do it to punish me and if so then it was one of the worst things as it was taking away so much she wanted to live for. We didn't get to experience so many things we wanted to. Ive never been religious yet now im spiritual seeing signs i believe are from her or god. I wish I didn't have this anger and I wish I had an answer of why she was taken from this earth so early.
I got t the most wonderful early Christmas present...meeting my favorite Christian author and lecturer, Lee Stroebel. He was the guest speaker at Shadow Mountain in San Diego. 💓💓💓
I remember getting disciplined by my earthly Father as a 7 year old kid.... Went outside looked to the Heavens Swore and gave God the finger 🤦🏿♂️ went back inside scratching my head wondering what that was all about because God was never mentioned in our house 🤦🏿♂️ wouldn't be untill another 15 years before i read a verse from the Holy Bible to my Shock i had been Quoting Verses from the Bible without known it 🙏 *YESHUA IS GOOD* 🙏
Thank you Lee. I miss the old Willow Creek with you as a regular speaker. I met and married my husband while we were both serving in the high school ministry in the early 90's. Our wedding day in WC Chapel, back in 1995, is still one of the best days of my life even though he left me 20 years later and is now married to a fellow Trinity University "Christian Friend" that was hitting him up on fb before we were separated. I have repeatedly forgiven all the continued injustices, losing family, home, health... It's been 8 years since my divorce and I still have great sorrow, yet in my honesty, in waves of grief I am rejected further now by my own Mom and children, and told to get over it. Because I have no been able, adequately enough for them I am considered "toxic". I forgive, and am wounded more, loss after loss with little reprieve. I sing Psalm 40 over and over in my anguish and depression and peace may come for a moment but overall life is brutal with little joy that is promised. How long? I yearn for God to take me home. I have tried Celebrate Recovery and it seems the more help I need the less I find, in fact, the more injured I become by more sin. How long? My prayer is not my will but Yours be done but how long must I be in misery? I'm so weary of fighting depression, sin, angst... Lord, HOW LONG??? I feel my flesh rotting away yet not soon enough, just enough to add to the brutality. How long?
Thank you so much Pastor Strobel, I really needed to hear this!! I believe God led me to your video. I couldn't help but think of one of my favorite Scriptures as I listened to you, which is "Come, let us reason together.". I love that Scripture because it shows a Holy God, Who is also reachable and desires an intimate relationship with us ❤️. God's Blessings 🙏
Me too .. If there was a god that cares I would not be going through 50 years of an incurable hellish illness on this planet .If he exists he does no good .. Life is just not fair and s--t happens..I find its useless praying to him. We are on our own. Wake up people. The bible is not 100% literal. If you suffer enough you will come to that realization Use your common sense..stop letting them brainwash you . Its a moneymaking scheme they use on vulberable people .Everything is up to us in life. If we cant cire ourselves its just tough luck
I watched the movie “The Case For Christ” recently and now I’m trying to get all my family and friends to watch it. It’s hard to watch the people I love reject God. Thank you so much for writing that Book. And the movie is wonderful!
I really appreciate that finally someone says we're allowed to be raw and honest with God. I'm sick and tired of Christian platitudes. But how he explains we can reconcile that anger....I'm not completely convinced. Just wanna be raw and honest.
Have you ever wondered "where was God when I needed him"? Our whole lives are spent praising his name and lifting him up. If God is our creator then he better have thick skin because He never comes down from heaven and corrects our human atrocities He let's us destroy ourselves from within. We have the right to be mad just as our children sometimes are mad at us. How many times have we prayed to him crying and pouring out our hearts to never get a response? How many people have been butchered in his name and nothing has changed. We look to the heavens and cry out to Him and He will not answer. Who hasn't cried buckets of tears for a loved one that was taken to early and no response from God. Right now we are at the brink of a nuclear war and where is He? The Russians are trying to eradicate the Ukraines from this planet and where is God? We will all die believing in his name. This world, according to the Bible, will not end by the hands of man but, by the hands of God. We shall see.
Why did God create us? If he’s ALL knowing? Could he not see the children that would suffer? Why then create us anyways? That’s the hardest for me to wrap my mind around. Why? What’s the purpose of all the pain? Wouldn’t it have been better to give up after Noah and the flood. Why another chance? If he could see that we would fail.
Wow, @shelby crow, same questions I have had. I know one thing, God created us for a purpose and it's us that has to live it out the best we can. WE have to CHOOSE to be joyful in the midst of a crisis, like now with this damn covid! I have to take one day at a time not only for me, but for my family. I have to thank God daily for the gift of life and see that things could be worse, but they're not, to see that others have it WAY worse than I and that we're actually in these battles together. We're ALL fighting a battle and that sometimes gives me a lil comfort. Hope that helps.
Hi Shelby, We don’t always know why bad things happen but we know that God is good and always near even when we can’t see Him. We know God has a plan for you and loves you deeply. One of our pastors would love to talk with you about your questions, if you want to. www.wc.org/pastor/
I grew up with the Hallmark card of Christianity. Everything is gonna be alright, pray fast believe and miracles will happen. So when evil came to visit I wasn't prepared. Trusting God has been a struggle ever since. I'm suppose to love someone who is clearly indifferent to me."I sent you Christ, what more do you want" is all I hear when I pray.
Thanks for sharing your journey. We are promised trouble in the world, but we are also promised that Jesus has overcome it all already (John 16:33) 🙌🏼 We'll be praying for a breakthrough in your prayers!
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook Why do i always have to hear how much God loves . . . from anyone and everyone BUT God ? please tell me you actually see the actual problem there...
@@mentilly_all You can hear from God about how much Be loves you by opening up the scriptures. It’s right there written out as a clear as day all the things God has done for you.
Lee Strobel gets closer than anyone in helping give peace to my anger towards God. I have questioned some believers who never experienced anger with God. I questioned would they have drank the cool aid? Do they just have yes mas sa...mentality? They question nothing!!! This helps me understand that I am NOT wrong for having real emotions. What happens when YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW you heard from God... And feel forsake still? Its an unspeakable pain and anger you feel. Its very real... Lee Strobels explained this perfect. He spoke to who l am. Im not one to just smile like lm not feeling anything. And l do not want to serve a God who expects a fake smile despite my REAL pain. This sermon has given some relief. When a TRUE BELIEVER gets angry at God the pain they feel is overwhelming the loss of faith thatt comed with it is like death. And usually a sweet little word doesn't change that. It takes someone coming from a real place of wisdom and many times thats hard to find. So a backslider is produced. Thanks Lee Strobel. For being able to give some relief
Thanks for sharing! We're so glad this message gave you relief. We're also grateful we have a God who doesn't expect us to pretend like we're not hurting. Instead, we have a God who invites us to bring our hurts and burdens to Him because He loves us 🙏🏼
“The Christian army is the only army that shoots and buries its wounded…. We [also] leave them to bleed to death in the field” (Fred Gage). Do not expect your church or your Christian friends to understand. Instead, they will cut you off if you freely express your doubts or anger at God.
This is a very difficult topic. It is also difficult to find mature believers and community to be there for you. It is difficult to feel behind when you have been ghosted or rejected.
i’m surrounded by very judgmental christian’s that have transformed in Gods name and think that now everyone else can do the same easily but they don’t remember when they were trapped in sun it was also difficult. having no one else to really vent to about this stuff is very difficult
I was mad at god 4 my hardships we make choices and choices have consequences. Sometimes like joseph u have to wait a long rime and god will show u his love
10 minutes in..I started crying...I'm angry because with all I've done, my sister left before me. I outlived my sister. I don't understand. I've gotten angry with God, God helped me understand "I get it, you're angry, I understand." I wasn't really angry with God, I was just angry and I didn't know what to do with that anger. I was still praying, but would get angry and ask why??..I asked for forgiveness each time, and God has never left me. He has forgiven me and helped me understand..I ran across the movie about Lee Strobel first and began investigating his testimony. God later led me to these videos amongst others. He is helping me work through this.. God is real..
Cat, We're so sorry to hear about your sister. We are so thankful to have a God who hears our cries. We would love for you to join us during one of our online services at live.wc.org. We'd also love to pray for you wc.org/prayer.
One of the best apologetics ministers ever.... If there are any doubts about our Lord Jesus Christ and God himself... Lee can lovingly explain your doubts.... thanks so much... CW&CW married
I just want to say, that I now sit here 2 years later and have now outlived my child. I am angry. I'm even angrier that once again I have no one to be angry at. My daughter passed away in a stupid car wreck. Just a stupid accident. I've recently been asked if I am angry at God, and my reply was "How can be angry at the One who is carrying me through this?"...since I first posted, I've experienced a deeper personal relationship with Christ, and He still has never forgotten me. Life is brutal, but...God. Is. Real. 🙏❤
I am angry at God for a different reason. So while this video was helpful it doesn’t completely answer my question. I have a severely autistic son who lives in a residential facility. His is a difficult life. My anger toward God isn’t in wanting Him to “fix” my son and erase his autism-I have come to accept that long ago. My anger is in the “little” things that I don’t understand why God doesn’t intervene on my son’s behalf. My son is without any understanding of sin. He does not understand that when this life is over, an eternal perfection in Heaven awaits him. A place free of pain and want. Why does God allow those like my son to suffer? What has my son ever done to be unworthy of a little worldly peace now and then. THAT is what makes me angry. As a mother I am only able to do so much and it is woefully inadequate. It’s a struggle for me to not harbor resentment towards God; it seems like such an injustice.
Christine, I'm going to copy and paste what I wrote to someone else that had a loss from a death of someone she knew. "it seems like such an injustice." It IS an injustice, but by who?! Who's the god of this world that will have their end coming at a point? Satan and his devil soldiers. God did not make them evil, they by free choice chose the evil path. "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Do you know what that cost God?! Seeing His only beloved son suffer an agonizing death so we could be made perfect. There was a plan that already came about and there still is a plan yet to come. God tells us about it. We win in the end, and yet it's not like God deserted at this point in the plan when things are not so perfect. Be committed to pray come hell or high water. You love your son and when anger comes to your mind at God, turn it around and spend that time to pray knowing prayers are never wasted. They are having an effect somehow. It's always Satan's goal for us to give up on God. God says not to be of a doubtful mind. It's a spiritual battle. And that spiritual battle affects the physical. I don't say such things to sound preachy and pointing fingers. I say it because I care about you and your wonderful son. God is my witness. ------------------------- Like anyone, sure I sympathize which such a loss, but I'll tell you what I do with myself. When things are REALLY going downhill, such as yesterday when I thought it might finally lighten up and didn't, I NEVER blame God or get angry with God. God is not only amazing in all His creation, but He gave His beloved son to die and pay the price for our sins so we can have eternal life! God explains that it is NOT Him that brings the suffering and death, Satan does! Rather silly to blame God after all He has done for us. Get things in the right perspective. Stop being so flippant with your anger at God that does not deserve it and show some respect. Are you convinced of God or not? I've seen many when the going got tough give up on God. They acted as if they were strong believers until the heat came. I want good things to happen, but when they don't, I realize Satan's solders are behind it, just as they were with Job. And to think that Job withstood it all and never cursed God and yet through Jesus Christ we have even a better understanding of Satan's deeds. God says not to be ignorant of such deeds. Blaming and anger at God IS being ignorant of Satan's deeds. And if people want to look at this life as if it is it, and not look beyond the spectacular eternal life we have that makes this life just look like a nothing in time, then their focus is off. Eternal life is our anchor. Our hope. Jesus Christ set the stage for us. Of course God has compassion for you. He says He does and that He will comfort us. Strengthen us. I will pray for your comfort and strength, but please get control of your mind and not blame God.
I understand this. If anyone can say “born this way” it’s ALL of us. We were BORN into sin WITHOUT choice! This angers me. I’m sorry for the difficulties your son is dealing with . I hope we can both come to terms with God
@@2fast2block except satan has no control over how were born, god says himself numerous times in the bible that were only born because he allows it and that he shapes us in the womb, which means he gave the commenters son autism, not satan
Yeah well my leg feels like it's gonna fall off I suffer bouts of sciatica for months at a time it's excruciating I pray and it doesn't stop I'm bitter I get angry about it
I agree with Lee. It's those deep and dark moments where MANY have found the Lord. "The Lord is close to the broken hearted!" -Psalm 34:18 Many who were at their last whim cried out in anger to Lord asking where He's at and to answer! I was there! Look at all the testimonies of people who have had their lives transformed. I've heard testimonies from former Muslims, former Satanists, former Wiccan, former Atheists who all got to one last point in their desperate and pointless worldly former lives screaming, "where are you, show yourself?!". All because they all cried out with their and from their HEART. THAT'S All the Lord wants ... Our hearts in willingness.🙏
Just a cautionary, anecdotal tale here: just be prepared that if you are ruthlessly honest with God, you might end up leaving the faith. That’s part of my story…
I do get angry at God. The suffering that God allows but could easily prevent frustrates me so much. I mean how can God allow satan to have trillions to fund evil but evangelists are so poor and have to literally beg for money to preach the gospel. Or why does he allow the believers in North Korea to stay starving and imprisoned for DECADES whilst there is virtually no gospel in North Korea? God could easily release them to preach so that millions can get saved. When I read the story of Job (which is not a book I'm a fan of) I can't help but think that God takes pleasure in taking a believer right to the edge human suffering just to see if that believer will still praise him and this gives God pleasure. Where are the miracles and blessings.
One of the things I remind myself is that God shapes every individuals lives. Every situation, interaction is not all about me. It's about the growth of me and that other person. Good or bad. Believer or unbeliever. If God intervened in every situation than accountability would not be present and people would not learn from their mistakes. Sometimes I'd we ourselves wrong another it reveals and we come face to face with what was in our hearts. If God had intervened we might have never known it was there. For those who permit wrong doing we can pray for them to have a change of heart.
@@eatpigsnot wow. Dont misunderstand me though i love God but get frustrated a times. Are you saying YOU hate God with every fibre of your being?? If so do you mind saying why?
@@thelasthourgetready yes, i abhor god with every fiber of my being. it's a lot to type but i have been assfucked without lube in all areas of life for 50+ years, and i actually made an honest effort for a good life. god plays favorites, and for whatever sick twisted reason he decided to fuck with me from the get go. i will never forgive god for the awful existence i have unfairly endured, and when i cross over i am going in swinging! spitting in his face and kicking him in the crotch
‘I get your frustration re. autistic son’! 🤔I am a victim of mortgage fraud & elderly abuse; at times also harbor untoward righteous indignation towards Father God! Father Abba ‘knows & anticipates our wrath & anger’ directed at Him! It is fine to vent & diffuse 😡, be genuine & forthright! God can take it, He is a ‘big boy’! Omniscient & Omnipotent, His ways are ineffable; we are limited & myopic in scope! (Kay Warren helped me get through, try listening to her ‘when hope fails’)! 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️🔯✝️
I don't understand God at all. I've walked with Him for 40 years yet these last 4 years ALL has been taken to me, even my health. I'm alone and have been for 2 years, I keep praying for a friend yet nothing... I've never had any difficulty making friends all my life yet God has put a block for this to happen. I have no family either and I've never been so alone in my life. 2 years, 24/7.. and I can't take it anymore. I blew today and told God everything I was so hurt and angry, and there was nothing but silence. I don't hate Him I'm just so broken and have no hope.
@AdeOAnnie I relate. I left my family b/c of toxicity and abuse, and I don't have anyone I feel I can trust. I'm also unmarried so I understand being tired of being alone. It can feel like you're watching everyone slse enjoy their family and friends, and that God is leaving you out, smh. Sorry for your experience.
How do I get over being furious with God, then?! Huh?! Why should I want to take steps towards somebody who I keep feeling has emotionally abandoned me ??
I had to pray and do a lot of research before I fully turned to faith in Christ. I recommend following this speaker, as well as Gary Habermas, Ravi Zacharias and David Wood. Many blessings to you.
God is there. I suffered but i also did wrong. Felt so alone like God abandoned me. But i pushed into God. And now am feeling His presence. He loves you all.
I was mad at god and even started questioning if all this is real... I asked god stop being silent to me as it was frustrating but I woke up in the morning still needing him. I feel bad and said sorry to him and is why I'm here now. I guess maybe he is testing me and I kind of failed. But I'm still going to try because I feel like i still need him
I’ve been this way for some time too. I got saved 15 years ago. I’ve always been a firm Christian who used to share the gospel with a lot of people, while at the same time being a pillar for the believers around me going through tough times. A lot of them depended on me for encouragement and motivation to get through their spiritual walks. But the past 5 years have been an uphill battle for me. Failure, shame, bitterness, disappointment and hopelessness were my constant companions. I blamed myself - maybe I wasn’t trying hard enough, maybe it’s because of that sin I hadn’t completely gotten rid of, or maybe God was about to perform a miracle. But that day never came. Everything I touch gets destroyed. Everything I work hard for gets blocked by silly and unnecessary hurdles. I finally gave up on God 4 months ago. I had held on for long enough. I had had it with him. I don’t question his existence or his sacrifice, but I doubt if he cares about me at all. All this talk about God being unconditionally loving, steadfastly faithful and forgiving is complete nonsense. That, or maybe it’s something that I did in the past that has made me completely unlovable. The difficult part of this all is that I have this constant longing in my heart to get back to God. When I woke up today morning, I couldn’t help but sing about his love while still on bed. That’s crazy because for the past 4 months I’ve barely cared about him. All of that is to say that I’m still searching for him. That’s how I got here.
@@focus7706 this walk isn't easy man. Only because I didn't grew up in a Christian house hold I met god on my own. And it's like I want to not sin but when I try I feel alone doing it. Then I ask god for help and I feel like I'm talking to a wall. It feels lonely sometimes and then I start questioning him. But I always find my way back to him. I never completely shut him out of my life. So that is proof that God never gives up on us.... God bless you man.
@@sevenblessed2543 thanks mate. I can totally relate to your comment as well. No matter how much I stray from God, I know deep inside that I wouldn’t make it too far without him. I don’t know where I would have been today if it wasn’t for his constant discipline and guidance - prison? rehab? dead? I’m so convinced of this that I envy godless people who live honorable lives. How do they do that?!😄 My dream has always been to live a life close to God, have a family and raise kids who would honor him as well. I’m in my early 20s now, and i feel like that dream is slowly slipping away. How/when am I going to attain some stability in life? Why would any God fearing woman want to marry me? How am I going to raise kids who love God when I myself don’t? I feel so distant from God that I need him to renew my faith in him. Whenever I think about praying, my heart seems to ask, “why? What’s the point? Your life is a mess either way. If God wanted to do something about it, he would have done it already. Forget this and move on in life like every unbeliever does.” Getting over those voices are challenging especially when I can’t yet see the light at the end of the tunnel. I guess this is a rough patch I would get through eventually. Thanks for responding brother. God bless you too.
God is definitely Holy. He is loving but he tests OUR love for him so it nullifies everything. He is definitely just. Because he makes the rules. If I made the rules, I would be the just one. People say his timing is perfect, but not for us. For him. He seems to take value in letting things happen to us and making us ignore it to worship him. He seems to consider that love and puts value in it. Just do it for him. He is God. It makes sense to do things that don’t make sense for the one you love.
It's been so unfair I just want out. He used me repeatedly to help and even keep others alive but when I needed his help to save my children from their demon infested father, a sociopath with narcissist entitlement, child deviant. God allowed corrupt police, breaking court orders which was ignored, attacks from people who were just aquainteces, not just words they came to my home and and went through everything. It was like being robbed by 9 people for 7 hours while the police let them and I was not allowed to talk. This went on 8 more times. Then another judge offers to mediate and propositions him and his wife adopting my 13 year old daughter while ignoring the " not good enough proof" that my z was capable of sadistic depravity. I was good enough to use to protect others but wasnt worth enough to protect. Because of the being trapped I now live a grief existence. I do not want anything not even existence.
Ask God to forgive the sins of your ancestors and break anything generational. Ask Him if you have any open doors that need to be shut. Maybe taking the jab or some other sin. God bless you sister.
Question how far will God go to get us back to Him? Does He put us in time out? How long does it take Him to restore us? How can one tell God isn’t mad with them?
When you turn around you will see God’s open arms. When you ask for forgiveness, He holds out his hands to gather you in. He is waiting on you. You have you in “time out” not God.
Pray it through (check), think it through (check), think of Christ hanging on the cross (check but no comfort for me there), talk it through (would be nice if he would enter in the dialogue but he is silent). I am very honest with God but the issue is still unresolved therefore I am still angry and everyday is a battle against bitterness. Letting out anger does help me feel better momentarily but it does not solve the issue....only God can solve the issue I am angry about and he chooses not to. That means everyday I get more and more angry. Vicious cycle that breaks down trust. So many promises written in scripture that have not been fulfilled. Very very tired.
It can be so hard to continue to seek and praise Jesus in the midst of loss, heartbreak, or longing and we don't always know why God allows bad things in our lives. But we know we can trust His plan, and His knowledge, and His love for us. He sees your faithfulness! We just have to trust His timing. We will be praying for a breakthrough in your life and for your prayers to be answered. 💙
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook there has been no breakthrough. only more pain and suffuring. I am completely confessed. I am righteous in the sight of God and I am able and willing to serve and have been. I have done what God has told me to do faithfully with very few slip ups or mistakes. Others have not. It is there disobedience that affects me so negatively. It is brutal. I want to quit the ministry but I can't figure out how. I try to quit over and over and cannot succeed even at quitting. This is dreadful. The pain is too great and the tears are too many and there is no support anywhere and the church as a whole is a complete an utter failure. I cannot watch this anymore. I pray God just destroy all of us.
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook I have a problem with the word "know". How can "we know we can trust His plan"? If I KNEW I could trust his plan, I feel I could endure most anything. Can you show me something that will convince me that I can KNOW I can trust his plan? Thank you.
It goes far beyond being "angry at god." That assumes that he's even real in the first place. There is no conclusive or overwhelming evidence to suggest his existence. More than happy to debate on it.
Can anyone tell me if it mean that God doesn't love me if he leaves me alone in a crisis? I'm trying to resolve feelings of abandonment when something really bad happened in my life years ago and I couldn't find help.
Hi Tammy, it can feel like God has left us when we're in the middle of a crisis but we also know we cannot trust our feelings (Jeremiah 17: 9). We have a God who not only listens to our cry (1 John 5: 14) but also desires to hear from us. He is with us always (John 14: 16-17). He never leaves us, not matter how far we are (Psalm 139: 7-10). Once you accept Jesus as your salvation, God will never abandon you 🙌🏼
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook Right, I will try to absorb that good stuff. It's good for us to work through our sticking points. That time in my life was the scariest I've ever had. I have to keep working through it.
13:10 Moses "You brought trouble upon Your people" 17:01 well said 17:30 wonderful poem 19:01 "Psalms of my life" book 25:01 not sure about this point;
I've been frustrated that things didn't gt done that I thought should but I've never been "angry" at God that I know of not because I have a wrong perception but because I have no reason to be that I know of.
I'm not Christian but I've been very angry at God. I found myself attracted to Hindu dance for a few months, and especially Shiva, which I wouldn't have expected. I've found myself riveted to Shiva. He's a god of destruction. The view is Shiva removes evil, and it just occurred to me, I need that. There are things in my life that are terribly painful, even torture, and ruinous, and I'm sick of it. So maybe I need to explore Hinduisms. I'm in New York. There are temples everywhere. Some believe, I'd like to believe it, that Jesus escaped from the cross and moved to India, learned from Hindus. I'd like to believe God is open-minded and I don't have to be afraid of whatever in religion I'm drawn to.
I am angry at god for taking away the most important person in my life... my dad. Despite of continuously praying, fasting, begging of him to allow him to live like he had done to Hezekiah. All went to deaf ears. I am angry with god and i won't forgive him for this. if he is compassionate, loving god, he would have save my dad, but he didn't. Sometimes i wonder, if there is even a real god. or maybe god is not omnipotent as people thought he is.
I love Jesus I pray hard my wife left me and I have prayed Day in day out novenas rosaries all night praying all day waking up to pray I can’t deny that I am mad at god for three agonizing months I have prayed but at my tipping point now . Why would he put a precious angel in my life to destroy me ? I am trying so hard not to be mad but to say I’m not mad would be a lie please pray for me
Its hard, the things I've learned throughout my life as I only prayed to God to fix the things that troubled my life, 10 years of depression, my girlfriend I started dating when I was 15 ( I'm 25 now) passed away from cystic fibrosis, she was 25, not knowing what I wanted to be left in life. For years I questioned Gods existence, his promises, and his love. Every time I prayed to God, I asked him why isn't he answering my prayers, If you loved me, why are you letting this happen to me. And every time I heard him say to me, Why do you only seek me when you need me to fix your life, and if I do you will go back to living your life for your self. And it was true. I'm not saying it is the same for you because I don't know you, but I had to come to terms that if I want God to change my life completely and give me peace and happiness, I had to give up the world and love God not so he could fix my life. I didn't want to base my love for God so that my life will be complete again. I want my love for God to be based on how is love for me is. He doesn't love me with condition, I can never earn his love, his love is unconditional. By his grace and love, he saw me, you and everyone on this earth and the struggles we were going to go through in our lives. But out of his love, he gave up his only son for the sin of the world. We could never earn that type of love. But out of grace and love towards you, me, and every person in the world, he did what he did knowing we can't earn it. After I was re-baptized, my thirst for God became greater than it ever has been. My mindset isn't if you don't fulfill the things I want in life, then I will take the reins and take it from here. After realizing that for the last half of my life, me being in control of my own life wasn't the best for me. So I had to fully trust God has a plan for me and his will is for my life and what he has planned is best for me. I couldn't base my love just for the hopes he will fix my life. That's not a relationship. Why love someone just so they can offer you things. Gods love is like no other, his love is the purest form. I guess the long story short is if you pray to God just for him to bring your wife back into your life, you aren't praying to him out of love for him, but for him to do what you want in your life. Trust me, man, I know what it's like to lose someone you love. Sadly my girlfriend won't come back. If it is Gods will that your wife comes back, then it's his will. That is the hardest thing to come to terms with. Maybe this storm in your life is meant to bring you close to God and bring a personal, loving relationship with God. You shouldn't try to get close to God in hopes she will come back. I know all this will make you vulnerable. But you can't get into a relationship with God just putting your feet in the water, where his greatest love is and the greatest things he has in your life, you would have to go into the deepest part of the river where the current is so strong you can't control it. That forces you to put full faith that his will for your life is for your benefit. But that's where your best life can be. Everything in life has a purpose, I promise if I can pull through not knowing why my girlfriend had to die. I promise you I loved her as much as life itself. But through Gods love he gave me peace.
The Lord is ALWAYS allowing the enemy to steal my things, ever since I was a little girl. My things are always disappearing from where I set them down from. Ever since I was little (and I'm 44 now) I felt like I'm going crazy because of this and it just keeps getting worse and I am so mad at God for not helping me in the way he could!!! I am so sad and I can't kill myself because I'm afraid of what would happen and I don't wanna leave my love ones devastated. I just don't wanna live like this any more.😭😭😭😭
Angelique, We may never know why God allows things to happen but we can trust that He will somehow use it for our good. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28. If you're still breathing, God has a plan for you! If you're having thoughts of harming yourself, we encourage you to call the suicide hotline and reach out to a local pastor 1-800-273-8255
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook I thank you for your kind words. I was very upset that night. Sometimes I do want to punch my leg or something And get mad at God and I often do, but I know that I could never actually kill myself. I've seen the destruction of utimely death way too many times in my family, and I know I've got to fight through whatever is happening in my life Because there is something way bigger Behind it for me to discover. Holy Spirit brings to mind the scripture It's the glory of God to conceal a matter it's the glory of kings to search a matter out! When I get down the only thing I can do is get backup. Sometimes it can feel like an unbearable road but I know, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! Amen! May God bless you big!❤
@@gangstaboo6559 That is seriously hilarious!! XD Thanks for the laugh...I needed that. Bummer about those titties though...although...when I was young I probably would have loved to have some of my own. .........ok...awkward.....I'll show myself out.
Maybe God led me to your video too b/c last night I went off on a tangent about God and not understanding why He created everything if he knew how all this would workout and why bother with us humans if you know ahead of time people are evil and that's all there will be in this world is just violence evil, etc. etc. I haven't spoken to God like this in a while and I'm upset I acted out like that and now don't feel he will forgive me like he's mad at me and I'm unworty of his forgiveness (again). Very sad in my heart! God bless you all!
There’s not any way to know why unless God addresses it in the Bible. I’ve asked these same questions, but I also see how people CHOOSE evil. There’s nothing forcing people to hate, murder, harass, attack and just be horrible to others. It’s a choice to continue in evil. You would think with all the suffering without evil action that people would work hard to try to minimize it if they care about it so much, but they don’t.
I was angry at god yet I believed I trusted I prayed and my marriage was restored on December 21 ! Thank you Jesus
Praise God. I pray things will continue for His glory and your good.
I am a Christian but my husband is a staunch and proud atheist, who has laughed at and mocked me, so many times, when I’ve tried to share anything at all about the Father. I am sooo hurt and angry, and honestly, just care all too little for him. Divorce is looking like my most freeing option.
@@Mercurychyld1 I so sorry you are going through that. Sometimes the most lonely you can feel is in the company of those you love who don't believe, or worse, mock you for doing so. I will pray for full healing and restoration, and that God will give you those next vital steps. Your spouse needs a spiritual butt-whooping. God is able.
megalopolis2015 : I very much appreciate your kind comment and your prayers . May Yeshua bless you too. 😊
@@Mercurychyld1 *HUGS*
I told God straight that I hate my life and I refuse to change unless I know he loves me and forgives me and I’m fed up with his silence. I hope he doesn’t smite me for it. I refuse to hide how I really feel to a God who knows anyway so here it is…
sometimes i feel funny like he dont wanna bless me and i been faithful and everything
I never realized being apathetic about being in the word was a reflection of my anger toward God. I am one of those people that think that I am never angry at God. This was great food for thought. 🙏
I have father abandonment issues, so it's hard for me to believe God loves me. I will never give up, through my doubts and fears, I will not let go
Never giving up is key! Pray and ask God to remove your doubts and fears. He is a loving Father, unlike any earthly father we could have here. We're praying it'll be come easier and easier to open your heart to let Love in!
Same
I have the same problems. My father was also abusive while he was with us. It makes it so much harder to come to God because we remember our fathers. God is with both of us. He loves us.
Same. No one ever cared about my feelings growing up and its hard for me to think that God does. I know intellectually He does,but its a struggle
Very true
Churches need to realize that people's hearts are saying in these services at times...
"I appreciate your graphics, your light shows, and even the singing, but I need HOPE! I don't need a cliche or a pep-talk or pseudo-psychology or that experiential/euphoric witchcraft, I NEED GOD! I need to know His character. That He loves me and doesn't hate me. I need to know He is good and faithful when it feels like He is robbing me."
I am no Job. This is a real sermon. Hurting people, disappointed people, guilty people, and angry people need a resolution to these emotions more than a resolution to the problem.
I'm a Christian and love the Lord. I have to agree with you here, though!! You speak truth here because I know Jesus didn't need such thing as a large display except His holy word through the Holy Spirit. So there's something here that completely resonates lots of truth.
I've met people who have showed up to such a spectacular church with a broken heart desiring healing and not one person has showed them true love or even gone up to them with the Word but with a membership app. Many in the church forget it's not the building or the show but The HEART that the Lord wants. So, what you say here, I agree with. Maybe I'm seeing a much different angle here but I'm listening.🙏. God bless you
Sometimes Christians need someone that actually listens as a Christian. Not someone that sets communication & only responds with "likes" to text & communication when it's positive & putting on a false front when you're looking for a solution to a difficult situation. It comes across as disingenuous.
My anger towards God isn’t so much empty promises but that he even created me. I have heard the argument that the Lord suffered on the cross and died, but that doesn’t account for 40 plus years of suffering compared to 6 hours. He suffered but he is in glory so the win was assured and he has the unlimited treasures of heaven at his disposal and yet I get very little;when does my time come especially since the wicked continue to prosper and I continue to struggle? How much longer do I have to wait?
We are on the same boat.😢
I have had similar thought lately and God revealed to me that it isn't how long Jesus suffered that matters. Its that he suffered when he didn't have to and he suffered without sinning in the suffering. Also he endure plenty of emotionally and physically painful things in the 30 years before his crucifixion and never sinned through any of it. His pain may not be a copy and paste match to yours but he demonstrates how to handle hurting and pain so we have an example to look to. These thoughts of Jesus only hurting for a few hours is Satan twisting around the truth to separate us from our Saviour. His time on the cross was a few hours but what Jesus experienced during his time on earth was way more than a few hours. It was years of seeing and feeling every kind of pain. Death, illness, betrayal, hunger, loneliness, ect.
I’m with you 100% on your solid query!
I have a 21 yr old son who is severely austistic. He is non verbal and still wears a diaper. He has anger outbursts I don’t have a support system. I don’t understand how God chose this life for me, I wake up miserable, my son makes me miserable, sad, tired, lonely frustrated, hard to walk this life in Christianity, when my son sucks the life out of me. I have not been able to sleep thru the night since he was born. I always thought I had to just walk with my cross, my son and deal with it. But the truth is I’m tried I’m defeated I feel like I have nothing else to give even to Him. He sees I’m so unhappy and tired all alone. I feel fake infront of God trying to change and the minute my son starts screaming all day and has outburst of anger I’m defeated. I don’t know how to change or cope with this. I do believe God choose who my children will be and he made them perfect in his eyes but in mine he’s a burden that I carry alone. Their father refuses to help and he is in another state. I feel like I have told God I can’t handle this anymore please I just can’t. It feels like this is supposed to be my life forever, and I can’t enjoy my other children. They to resent him out life is school work and home can’t go anywhere, he’s loud and disruptive amd destructive. We live in a bubble in our home and can’t leave..
Hello, I read your post and I just wanted to say I'm praying for you. I'm a verbally abled Autistic Adult and I live with my Mom. I had a very bad day today and I just don't know what I would do without my Mom. I have a hard time with computers and struggle with employment and I have trouble putting things together. I'm so frustrated and scared about the future. My poor Mom does so much for me and had to calm me down today after a severe meltdown. I even got mad at God today and told him I hated my life. I don't have any magic solution and I just pray that Jesus will reward you with a really special crown in eternity. Autism Mom's are super heroes and I just hate it that I have such high support needs. From the bottom of my heart I just want to tell you Thank-You even though I don't know you. Thank-You a million times over. I'm tired too. Autism is awful.
Mr. Strobel, I love how you explain this subject matter so clearly, this is the earnest Sermon on this topic that I've ever heard. I've been looking for years for someone who could unterstand my standpoint and express it in such an authentic way. Thank you very much for the wisdom that you share with us. I hope someday I can heal these resentful feelings towards God.
Thank you. Amen
I'm FURIOUS at God for allowing the world to be in the state it is right now and putting me in it when I am forced to be alone because the world is cruel and painful. Being single is a CURSE and it's not going to get better when the women you want are swayed by lies and deceit and utter hate for you and others like you.
I am so angry that I sometimes want to give up on everything. I just want God to protect me. I feel that God has left me for unknown reasons. Please pray for me.
Hi Tay James, We don’t know why bad things happen but we know that God is good and always near even when we can’t see Him or when it doesn't feel like it. One of our pastors would love to talk with you, if you want to.
www.wc.org/pastor/
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook I would love to. I am losing faith day by day. I have always believed God loves me but after this situation that I am in I am beginning to think he is busy or I deserve it. I am so lost and confused.
@@tayjames4410 don't give up please 😭😭😭😭😭
Hey buddy how is everything now?
God will never leave you nor forsake you, we just think He does. 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you."
When afflicted with Anger & Doubt, I have discovered' it is my own Shame, Self Indulgence, Guilt or Desires that lays at the Root of the Problem. Sermons, Commentaries & my own feeble Prayers do help. Sometimes this Believer tries to do too much on his own.
Amen, Jerry
I wished more Pastor’s would talk on this subject. Thank you Pastor Strobel.
I have struggled with believing in God most if my life cause I have had a lot of heart ache and sorrow.
rhonda Woods me too, I have faced a lot in my small life. But you have to try to believe in him (Jesus). It’s very sweet to have a relationship with God. It gives one joy,strength and purpose to carry on.
I am sorry you are in pain. I feel deep sorrow much of the time, too. I don't know where I would be without God, because He can turn even my deepest pain into joy and purpose. I will pray for you.
@@michaelflores9220 I am curious to know what brings you to programs like this if you are not interested in believing in God?
One of the greatest apologetics ministers ever... if you ever have any doubts about our Lord Jesus Christ and God himself....listen up...listen to this guy.....all of his stuff. The holy spirit speaks loudly.
I hope God speaks to your heart.
My wife of 37 was taken by cancer and ive had a lot of grief and anger towards god because I want to blame him for letting her die. Ive asked him yelling did he do it to punish me and if so then it was one of the worst things as it was taking away so much she wanted to live for. We didn't get to experience so many things we wanted to. Ive never been religious yet now im spiritual seeing signs i believe are from her or god. I wish I didn't have this anger and I wish I had an answer of why she was taken from this earth so early.
Sorry for your loss. I hope you're okay ❤
I got t the most wonderful early Christmas present...meeting my favorite Christian author and lecturer, Lee Stroebel. He was the guest speaker at Shadow Mountain in San Diego. 💓💓💓
Love that!
I remember getting disciplined by my earthly Father as a 7 year old kid....
Went outside looked to the Heavens Swore and gave God the finger 🤦🏿♂️ went back inside scratching my head wondering what that was all about because God was never mentioned in our house 🤦🏿♂️ wouldn't be untill another 15 years before i read a verse from the Holy Bible to my Shock i had been Quoting Verses from the Bible without known it 🙏 *YESHUA IS GOOD* 🙏
Thank you Lee. I miss the old Willow Creek with you as a regular speaker. I met and married my husband while we were both serving in the high school ministry in the early 90's. Our wedding day in WC Chapel, back in 1995, is still one of the best days of my life even though he left me 20 years later and is now married to a fellow Trinity University "Christian Friend" that was hitting him up on fb before we were separated. I have repeatedly forgiven all the continued injustices, losing family, home, health... It's been 8 years since my divorce and I still have great sorrow, yet in my honesty, in waves of grief I am rejected further now by my own Mom and children, and told to get over it. Because I have no been able, adequately enough for them I am considered "toxic". I forgive, and am wounded more, loss after loss with little reprieve. I sing Psalm 40 over and over in my anguish and depression and peace may come for a moment but overall life is brutal with little joy that is promised. How long? I yearn for God to take me home. I have tried Celebrate Recovery and it seems the more help I need the less I find, in fact, the more injured I become by more sin. How long? My prayer is not my will but Yours be done but how long must I be in misery? I'm so weary of fighting depression, sin, angst... Lord, HOW LONG??? I feel my flesh rotting away yet not soon enough, just enough to add to the brutality. How long?
I'm sorry.
Prayers going up for you from France ❤️🙏
Thank you so much Pastor Strobel, I really needed to hear this!! I believe God led me to your video. I couldn't help but think of one of my favorite Scriptures as I listened to you, which is "Come, let us reason together.". I love that Scripture because it shows a Holy God, Who is also reachable and desires an intimate relationship with us ❤️. God's Blessings 🙏
Amen!🙏
Much needed sermon at this season of my life , thank you and may God richly bless you
Thanks for watching!
My trust and faith in god, decreasing. Having no faith hurt me less.
Me too .. If there was a god that cares I would not be going through 50 years of an incurable hellish illness on this planet .If he exists he does no good .. Life is just not fair and s--t happens..I find its useless praying to him. We are on our own. Wake up people. The bible is not 100% literal. If you suffer enough you will come to that realization Use your common sense..stop letting them brainwash you . Its a moneymaking scheme they use on vulberable people .Everything is up to us in life. If we cant cire ourselves its just tough luck
I watched the movie “The Case For Christ” recently and now I’m trying to get all my family and friends to watch it. It’s hard to watch the people I love reject God. Thank you so much for writing that Book. And the movie is wonderful!
Why is it hard to watch people reject your god?
I really appreciate that finally someone says we're allowed to be raw and honest with God. I'm sick and tired of Christian platitudes. But how he explains we can reconcile that anger....I'm not completely convinced. Just wanna be raw and honest.
Have you ever wondered "where was God when I needed him"? Our whole lives are spent praising his name and lifting him up. If God is our creator then he better have thick skin because He never comes down from heaven and corrects our human atrocities He let's us destroy ourselves from within. We have the right to be mad just as our children sometimes are mad at us. How many times have we prayed to him crying and pouring out our hearts to never get a response? How many people have been butchered in his name and nothing has changed. We look to the heavens and cry out to Him and He will not answer. Who hasn't cried buckets of tears for a loved one that was taken to early and no response from God. Right now we are at the brink of a nuclear war and where is He? The Russians are trying to eradicate the Ukraines from this planet and where is God? We will all die believing in his name. This world, according to the Bible, will not end by the hands of man but, by the hands of God. We shall see.
Why did God create us? If he’s ALL knowing? Could he not see the children that would suffer? Why then create us anyways? That’s the hardest for me to wrap my mind around. Why? What’s the purpose of all the pain? Wouldn’t it have been better to give up after Noah and the flood. Why another chance? If he could see that we would fail.
Wow, @shelby crow, same questions I have had. I know one thing, God created us for a purpose and it's us that has to live it out the best we can. WE have to CHOOSE to be joyful in the midst of a crisis, like now with this damn covid! I have to take one day at a time not only for me, but for my family. I have to thank God daily for the gift of life and see that things could be worse, but they're not, to see that others have it WAY worse than I and that we're actually in these battles together. We're ALL fighting a battle and that sometimes gives me a lil comfort. Hope that helps.
Hi Shelby, We don’t always know why bad things happen but we know that God is good and always near even when we can’t see Him. We know God has a plan for you and loves you deeply. One of our pastors would love to talk with you about your questions, if you want to.
www.wc.org/pastor/
I don't think God has ever thought you were a failure
read the complete conversations with god series by neale donald walsch
I grew up with the Hallmark card of Christianity. Everything is gonna be alright, pray fast believe and miracles will happen. So when evil came to visit I wasn't prepared. Trusting God has been a struggle ever since. I'm suppose to love someone who is clearly indifferent to me."I sent you Christ, what more do you want" is all I hear when I pray.
Thanks for sharing your journey. We are promised trouble in the world, but we are also promised that Jesus has overcome it all already (John 16:33) 🙌🏼 We'll be praying for a breakthrough in your prayers!
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook
Why do i always have to hear how much God loves . . .
from anyone and everyone BUT God ?
please tell me you actually see the actual problem there...
@@mentilly_all You can hear from God about how much Be loves you by opening up the scriptures. It’s right there written out as a clear as day all the things God has done for you.
@@sebastiand7952
🤦🏼♂️ nevermind
Lee Strobel gets closer than anyone in helping give peace to my anger towards God.
I have questioned some believers who never experienced anger with God.
I questioned would they have drank the cool aid?
Do they just have yes mas sa...mentality?
They question nothing!!!
This helps me understand that I am NOT wrong for having real emotions.
What happens when YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW you heard from God...
And feel forsake still? Its an unspeakable pain and anger you feel.
Its very real...
Lee Strobels explained this perfect.
He spoke to who l am.
Im not one to just smile like lm not feeling anything.
And l do not want to serve a God who expects a fake smile despite my REAL pain.
This sermon has given some relief.
When a TRUE BELIEVER gets angry at God the pain they feel is overwhelming the loss of faith thatt comed with it is like death.
And usually a sweet little word doesn't change that.
It takes someone coming from a real place of wisdom and many times thats hard to find.
So a backslider is produced.
Thanks Lee Strobel.
For being able to give some relief
Thanks for sharing! We're so glad this message gave you relief. We're also grateful we have a God who doesn't expect us to pretend like we're not hurting. Instead, we have a God who invites us to bring our hurts and burdens to Him because He loves us 🙏🏼
Fantasist sermon, and much needed.
So glad it has helped you! 🙏🏼 Thanks for the comment
“The Christian army is the only army that shoots and buries its wounded…. We [also] leave them to bleed to death in the field” (Fred Gage). Do not expect your church or your Christian friends to understand. Instead, they will cut you off if you freely express your doubts or anger at God.
Thank you very much for bringing things into perspective.
Thank you 🙏
This is a blessing 2 me! Thank you!
Appreciate the comment, Eric!
Outstanding and MUCH needed ❗
This is a very difficult topic. It is also difficult to find mature believers and community to be there for you. It is difficult to feel behind when you have been ghosted or rejected.
Thank you Pastor Lee!🙏🏾
Thank you Lee for this encouragement.
Short simple and seriously powerful insight. I needed that God bless you
Thank you so much for this talk Lee! Finally some validation of anger. Authenticity is an important ingredient in a true relationship.
Thank you this made so much sense to me thank you bless you
Well needed
i’m surrounded by very judgmental christian’s that have transformed in Gods name and think that now everyone else can do the same easily but they don’t remember when they were trapped in sun it was also difficult. having no one else to really vent to about this stuff is very difficult
Ask God for a true friend
I was mad at god 4 my hardships we make choices and choices have consequences. Sometimes like joseph u have to wait a long rime and god will show u his love
Going through disappointment in the LORD’s plan for me and my family’s on going , worsening circumstances. Nothing make sense.
God Bless this man
Thank you. I've searched, and searched for an answer. You are the only one who made sense.
10 minutes in..I started crying...I'm angry because with all I've done, my sister left before me. I outlived my sister. I don't understand. I've gotten angry with God, God helped me understand "I get it, you're angry, I understand." I wasn't really angry with God, I was just angry and I didn't know what to do with that anger. I was still praying, but would get angry and ask why??..I asked for forgiveness each time, and God has never left me. He has forgiven me and helped me understand..I ran across the movie about Lee Strobel first and began investigating his testimony. God later led me to these videos amongst others. He is helping me work through this.. God is real..
Cat, We're so sorry to hear about your sister. We are so thankful to have a God who hears our cries. We would love for you to join us during one of our online services at live.wc.org. We'd also love to pray for you wc.org/prayer.
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook thank you. :)
One of the best apologetics ministers ever....
If there are any doubts about our Lord Jesus Christ and God himself... Lee can lovingly explain your doubts.... thanks so much... CW&CW married
God is real...to see is to believe
I just want to say, that I now sit here 2 years later and have now outlived my child. I am angry. I'm even angrier that once again I have no one to be angry at. My daughter passed away in a stupid car wreck. Just a stupid accident. I've recently been asked if I am angry at God, and my reply was "How can be angry at the One who is carrying me through this?"...since I first posted, I've experienced a deeper personal relationship with Christ, and He still has never forgotten me. Life is brutal, but...God. Is. Real. 🙏❤
That's the problem...! There's no one to talk it through with ....
AMAZING
I am angry at God for a different reason. So while this video was helpful it doesn’t completely answer my question. I have a severely autistic son who lives in a residential facility. His is a difficult life. My anger toward God isn’t in wanting Him to “fix” my son and erase his autism-I have come to accept that long ago. My anger is in the “little” things that I don’t understand why God doesn’t intervene on my son’s behalf. My son is without any understanding of sin. He does not understand that when this life is over, an eternal perfection in Heaven awaits him. A place free of pain and want. Why does God allow those like my son to suffer? What has my son ever done to be unworthy of a little worldly peace now and then. THAT is what makes me angry. As a mother I am only able to do so much and it is woefully inadequate. It’s a struggle for me to not harbor resentment towards God; it seems like such an injustice.
Christine, I'm going to copy and paste what I wrote to someone else that had a loss from a death of someone she knew.
"it seems like such an injustice."
It IS an injustice, but by who?! Who's the god of this world that will have their end coming at a point? Satan and his devil soldiers. God did not make them evil, they by free choice chose the evil path.
"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
Do you know what that cost God?! Seeing His only beloved son suffer an agonizing death so we could be made perfect. There was a plan that already came about and there still is a plan yet to come. God tells us about it. We win in the end, and yet it's not like God deserted at this point in the plan when things are not so perfect. Be committed to pray come hell or high water. You love your son and when anger comes to your mind at God, turn it around and spend that time to pray knowing prayers are never wasted. They are having an effect somehow. It's always Satan's goal for us to give up on God. God says not to be of a doubtful mind.
It's a spiritual battle. And that spiritual battle affects the physical. I don't say such things to sound preachy and pointing fingers. I say it because I care about you and your wonderful son. God is my witness.
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Like anyone, sure I sympathize which such a loss, but I'll tell you what I do with myself. When things are REALLY going downhill, such as yesterday when I thought it might finally lighten up and didn't, I NEVER blame God or get angry with God. God is not only amazing in all His creation, but He gave His beloved son to die and pay the price for our sins so we can have eternal life! God explains that it is NOT Him that brings the suffering and death, Satan does! Rather silly to blame God after all He has done for us.
Get things in the right perspective. Stop being so flippant with your anger at God that does not deserve it and show some respect. Are you convinced of God or not? I've seen many when the going got tough give up on God. They acted as if they were strong believers until the heat came. I want good things to happen, but when they don't, I realize Satan's solders are behind it, just as they were with Job. And to think that Job withstood it all and never cursed God and yet through Jesus Christ we have even a better understanding of Satan's deeds. God says not to be ignorant of such deeds. Blaming and anger at God IS being ignorant of Satan's deeds.
And if people want to look at this life as if it is it, and not look beyond the spectacular eternal life we have that makes this life just look like a nothing in time, then their focus is off. Eternal life is our anchor. Our hope. Jesus Christ set the stage for us. Of course God has compassion for you. He says He does and that He will comfort us. Strengthen us. I will pray for your comfort and strength, but please get control of your mind and not blame God.
read the complete conversations with god series by neale donald walsch. and this is coming someone who hates god with every fiber of my being
Read "Why Suffering?" By Ravi Zacharias
I understand this. If anyone can say “born this way” it’s ALL of us. We were BORN into sin WITHOUT choice! This angers me. I’m sorry for the difficulties your son is dealing with . I hope we can both come to terms with God
@@2fast2block except satan has no control over how were born, god says himself numerous times in the bible that were only born because he allows it and that he shapes us in the womb, which means he gave the commenters son autism, not satan
Yeah well my leg feels like it's gonna fall off I suffer bouts of sciatica for months at a time it's excruciating I pray and it doesn't stop I'm bitter I get angry about it
I agree with Lee. It's those deep and dark moments where MANY have found the Lord. "The Lord is close to the broken hearted!" -Psalm 34:18
Many who were at their last whim cried out in anger to Lord asking where He's at and to answer! I was there! Look at all the testimonies of people who have had their lives transformed. I've heard testimonies from former Muslims, former Satanists, former Wiccan, former Atheists who all got to one last point in their desperate and pointless worldly former lives screaming, "where are you, show yourself?!".
All because they all cried out with their and from their HEART. THAT'S All the Lord wants ... Our hearts in willingness.🙏
Thanks
Comforting to hear thats what Christian community is for. Too bad my community had no interest in my problems! I hope I find one someday
“When you don’t feel like praying, tell God about it.” This.
Just a cautionary, anecdotal tale here: just be prepared that if you are ruthlessly honest with God, you might end up leaving the faith. That’s part of my story…
What happened?
I do get angry at God. The suffering that God allows but could easily prevent frustrates me so much. I mean how can God allow satan to have trillions to fund evil but evangelists are so poor and have to literally beg for money to preach the gospel. Or why does he allow the believers in North Korea to stay starving and imprisoned for DECADES whilst there is virtually no gospel in North Korea? God could easily release them to preach so that millions can get saved. When I read the story of Job (which is not a book I'm a fan of) I can't help but think that God takes pleasure in taking a believer right to the edge human suffering just to see if that believer will still praise him and this gives God pleasure. Where are the miracles and blessings.
One of the things I remind myself is that God shapes every individuals lives. Every situation, interaction is not all about me. It's about the growth of me and that other person. Good or bad. Believer or unbeliever. If God intervened in every situation than accountability would not be present and people would not learn from their mistakes. Sometimes I'd we ourselves wrong another it reveals and we come face to face with what was in our hearts. If God had intervened we might have never known it was there. For those who permit wrong doing we can pray for them to have a change of heart.
@@monstermunch147 great prospective
read the complete conversations with god series by neale donald walsch. and this is coming from someone who hates god with every fiber of my being
@@eatpigsnot wow. Dont misunderstand me though i love God but get frustrated a times. Are you saying YOU hate God with every fibre of your being?? If so do you mind saying why?
@@thelasthourgetready yes, i abhor god with every fiber of my being. it's a lot to type but i have been assfucked without lube in all areas of life for 50+ years, and i actually made an honest effort for a good life. god plays favorites, and for whatever sick twisted reason he decided to fuck with me from the get go. i will never forgive god for the awful existence i have unfairly endured, and when i cross over i am going in swinging! spitting in his face and kicking him in the crotch
‘I get your frustration re. autistic son’! 🤔I am a victim of mortgage fraud & elderly abuse; at times also harbor untoward righteous indignation towards Father God! Father Abba ‘knows & anticipates our wrath & anger’ directed at Him! It is fine to vent & diffuse 😡, be genuine & forthright! God can take it, He is a ‘big boy’! Omniscient & Omnipotent, His ways are ineffable; we are limited & myopic in scope! (Kay Warren helped me get through, try listening to her ‘when hope fails’)! 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️🔯✝️
I shake my head. When I got saved, I would've never imagined this is a thing in the Christian life. Wasn't living as unsaved person enough pain??
Yes but why did he come into my life so late??? Feels he waited till I completely ruined my life to show up. Oh wow what a great father..
@@sunflower_s0ul That seems to be His way. He came for me at the very end of my Chemo treatments.
@@Pacifica74 it’s not your fault you got cancer.
I don't understand God at all. I've walked with Him for 40 years yet these last 4 years ALL has been taken to me, even my health. I'm alone and have been for 2 years, I keep praying for a friend yet nothing... I've never had any difficulty making friends all my life yet God has put a block for this to happen. I have no family either and I've never been so alone in my life. 2 years, 24/7.. and I can't take it anymore. I blew today and told God everything I was so hurt and angry, and there was nothing but silence. I don't hate Him I'm just so broken and have no hope.
@AdeOAnnie I relate. I left my family b/c of toxicity and abuse, and I don't have anyone I feel I can trust. I'm also unmarried so I understand being tired of being alone. It can feel like you're watching everyone slse enjoy their family and friends, and that God is leaving you out, smh. Sorry for your experience.
How do I get over being furious with God, then?! Huh?! Why should I want to take steps towards somebody who I keep feeling has emotionally abandoned me ??
You may need deliverance. Check out Derek Prince.
I just don't know what to believe; and that is for many reasons.
I had to pray and do a lot of research before I fully turned to faith in Christ. I recommend following this speaker, as well as Gary Habermas, Ravi Zacharias and David Wood. Many blessings to you.
Read the Psalms. Awesome.
Thats a genuine reply. Honesty from the heart is so valuable. I hope you find some confort in God.
Pastor Gino Jennings will help you watch his video
Spirit~
Amen ..
I have been in a yucky depression since November. I ask why a lot. It’s painful and I don’t get it at all. Yes. I’m mad at God. That’s it.
U wanna laugh, Kathy? Look at my man boobs. Have a great day, boo.
You need deliverance. Please look up Derek Prince
same. since August
God is there. I suffered but i also did wrong. Felt so alone like God abandoned me. But i pushed into God. And now am feeling His presence. He loves you all.
How does it feel, I am ashamed of letting the world destroy my perception of God
Amen, Janet. God never leaves us!
It sure doesn't look like it
When I swear at God in prayer, that's when he answers!
God have more anger then anyone on this earth.
I was mad at god and even started questioning if all this is real... I asked god stop being silent to me as it was frustrating but I woke up in the morning still needing him. I feel bad and said sorry to him and is why I'm here now. I guess maybe he is testing me and I kind of failed. But I'm still going to try because I feel like i still need him
God never gives up on you. and even if we give up on Him, hes always ready to welcome us back home. like the story of the prodigal son
I’ve been this way for some time too. I got saved 15 years ago. I’ve always been a firm Christian who used to share the gospel with a lot of people, while at the same time being a pillar for the believers around me going through tough times. A lot of them depended on me for encouragement and motivation to get through their spiritual walks. But the past 5 years have been an uphill battle for me. Failure, shame, bitterness, disappointment and hopelessness were my constant companions. I blamed myself - maybe I wasn’t trying hard enough, maybe it’s because of that sin I hadn’t completely gotten rid of, or maybe God was about to perform a miracle. But that day never came. Everything I touch gets destroyed. Everything I work hard for gets blocked by silly and unnecessary hurdles. I finally gave up on God 4 months ago. I had held on for long enough. I had had it with him. I don’t question his existence or his sacrifice, but I doubt if he cares about me at all. All this talk about God being unconditionally loving, steadfastly faithful and forgiving is complete nonsense. That, or maybe it’s something that I did in the past that has made me completely unlovable.
The difficult part of this all is that I have this constant longing in my heart to get back to God. When I woke up today morning, I couldn’t help but sing about his love while still on bed. That’s crazy because for the past 4 months I’ve barely cared about him.
All of that is to say that I’m still searching for him. That’s how I got here.
@@focus7706 this walk isn't easy man. Only because I didn't grew up in a Christian house hold I met god on my own. And it's like I want to not sin but when I try I feel alone doing it. Then I ask god for help and I feel like I'm talking to a wall. It feels lonely sometimes and then I start questioning him. But I always find my way back to him. I never completely shut him out of my life. So that is proof that God never gives up on us.... God bless you man.
@@sevenblessed2543 thanks mate. I can totally relate to your comment as well. No matter how much I stray from God, I know deep inside that I wouldn’t make it too far without him. I don’t know where I would have been today if it wasn’t for his constant discipline and guidance - prison? rehab? dead? I’m so convinced of this that I envy godless people who live honorable lives. How do they do that?!😄
My dream has always been to live a life close to God, have a family and raise kids who would honor him as well. I’m in my early 20s now, and i feel like that dream is slowly slipping away. How/when am I going to attain some stability in life? Why would any God fearing woman want to marry me? How am I going to raise kids who love God when I myself don’t?
I feel so distant from God that I need him to renew my faith in him. Whenever I think about praying, my heart seems to ask, “why? What’s the point? Your life is a mess either way. If God wanted to do something about it, he would have done it already. Forget this and move on in life like every unbeliever does.” Getting over those voices are challenging especially when I can’t yet see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I guess this is a rough patch I would get through eventually. Thanks for responding brother. God bless you too.
I am still angry
Me too!!!
Me three
@@Juliana65 why?
23:53
That's why i hate him
I’m not mad anymore! I understand!
God is definitely Holy. He is loving but he tests OUR love for him so it nullifies everything. He is definitely just. Because he makes the rules. If I made the rules, I would be the just one. People say his timing is perfect, but not for us. For him. He seems to take value in letting things happen to us and making us ignore it to worship him. He seems to consider that love and puts value in it. Just do it for him. He is God. It makes sense to do things that don’t make sense for the one you love.
It's been so unfair I just want out. He used me repeatedly to help and even keep others alive but when I needed his help to save my children from their demon infested father, a sociopath with narcissist entitlement, child deviant. God allowed corrupt police, breaking court orders which was ignored, attacks from people who were just aquainteces, not just words they came to my home and and went through everything. It was like being robbed by 9 people for 7 hours while the police let them and I was not allowed to talk. This went on 8 more times. Then another judge offers to mediate and propositions him and his wife adopting my 13 year old daughter while ignoring the " not good enough proof" that my z was capable of sadistic depravity. I was good enough to use to protect others but wasnt worth enough to protect. Because of the being trapped I now live a grief existence. I do not want anything not even existence.
I feel u boo boo.
Me too. I feel like God uses me to help others but he doesn't help me.
Ask God to forgive the sins of your ancestors and break anything generational. Ask Him if you have any open doors that need to be shut. Maybe taking the jab or some other sin. God bless you sister.
Question how far will God go to get us back to Him? Does He put us in time out? How long does it take Him to restore us? How can one tell God isn’t mad with them?
When you turn around you will see God’s open arms. When you ask for forgiveness, He holds out his hands to gather you in. He is waiting on you. You have you in “time out” not God.
AT LAST! SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY DORS SEEM TO GET IT AND IS REALISTIC 💔
Pray it through (check), think it through (check), think of Christ hanging on the cross (check but no comfort for me there), talk it through (would be nice if he would enter in the dialogue but he is silent). I am very honest with God but the issue is still unresolved therefore I am still angry and everyday is a battle against bitterness. Letting out anger does help me feel better momentarily but it does not solve the issue....only God can solve the issue I am angry about and he chooses not to. That means everyday I get more and more angry. Vicious cycle that breaks down trust. So many promises written in scripture that have not been fulfilled. Very very tired.
It can be so hard to continue to seek and praise Jesus in the midst of loss, heartbreak, or longing and we don't always know why God allows bad things in our lives. But we know we can trust His plan, and His knowledge, and His love for us. He sees your faithfulness! We just have to trust His timing. We will be praying for a breakthrough in your life and for your prayers to be answered. 💙
It seems to me we fight 3 battles
1. the one with the enemy
2. the one for resources to fight the enemy
3. the one with ourself not to lose faith
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook there has been no breakthrough. only more pain and suffuring. I am completely confessed. I am righteous in the sight of God and I am able and willing to serve and have been. I have done what God has told me to do faithfully with very few slip ups or mistakes. Others have not. It is there disobedience that affects me so negatively. It is brutal. I want to quit the ministry but I can't figure out how. I try to quit over and over and cannot succeed even at quitting. This is dreadful. The pain is too great and the tears are too many and there is no support anywhere and the church as a whole is a complete an utter failure. I cannot watch this anymore. I pray God just destroy all of us.
@@tallartist Have a good cry. It will help.
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook I have a problem with the word "know". How can "we know we can trust His plan"? If I KNEW I could trust his plan, I feel I could endure most anything. Can you show me something that will convince me that I can KNOW I can trust his plan? Thank you.
"Lee Strobel: When You're Mad at God"
Some people might be mad at god. No atheists are mad at god.
I think “atheists” may hate God. It’s okay because He loves them.
@@jkulls1 You are mistaken. Atheists have no belief a god exists. Why would anyone hate something they don't believe exists?
@Mel Dummar Yet... you're here. Why? You clicked on this video for the purpose of mockery.
It goes far beyond being "angry at god." That assumes that he's even real in the first place. There is no conclusive or overwhelming evidence to suggest his existence. More than happy to debate on it.
Then why are you here? To destroy?
@@melaniexoxo because the video is wrong
Wow
Can anyone tell me if it mean that God doesn't love me if he leaves me alone in a crisis? I'm trying to resolve feelings of abandonment when something really bad happened in my life years ago and I couldn't find help.
Hi Tammy, it can feel like God has left us when we're in the middle of a crisis but we also know we cannot trust our feelings (Jeremiah 17: 9). We have a God who not only listens to our cry (1 John 5: 14) but also desires to hear from us. He is with us always (John 14: 16-17). He never leaves us, not matter how far we are (Psalm 139: 7-10). Once you accept Jesus as your salvation, God will never abandon you 🙌🏼
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook Right, I will try to absorb that good stuff. It's good for us to work through our sticking points. That time in my life was the scariest I've ever had. I have to keep working through it.
13:10 Moses "You brought trouble upon Your people"
17:01 well said
17:30 wonderful poem
19:01 "Psalms of my life" book
25:01 not sure about this point;
I am angry at God!!! But I turn my back on Him I will lose everything!! But I am still angry at God how cruel he is to me!!
I've been frustrated that things didn't gt done that I thought should but I've never been "angry" at God that I know of not because I have a wrong perception but because I have no reason to be that I know of.
I'm not Christian but I've been very angry at God. I found myself attracted to Hindu dance for a few months, and especially Shiva, which I wouldn't have expected. I've found myself riveted to Shiva. He's a god of destruction. The view is Shiva removes evil, and it just occurred to me, I need that. There are things in my life that are terribly painful, even torture, and ruinous, and I'm sick of it. So maybe I need to explore Hinduisms. I'm in New York. There are temples everywhere. Some believe, I'd like to believe it, that Jesus escaped from the cross and moved to India, learned from Hindus. I'd like to believe God is open-minded and I don't have to be afraid of whatever in religion I'm drawn to.
Doesn't work for me. He doesn't care about me. He abandoned me 1st. I can't continue a 1 sided relationship
I don't find Mr. Strobel's comments to be very compelling
I am angry at god for taking away the most important person in my life... my dad. Despite of continuously praying, fasting, begging of him to allow him to live like he had done to Hezekiah. All went to deaf ears. I am angry with god and i won't forgive him for this. if he is compassionate, loving god, he would have save my dad, but he didn't. Sometimes i wonder, if there is even a real god. or maybe god is not omnipotent as people thought he is.
I hate this god at times...
I love Jesus I pray hard my wife left me and I have prayed Day in day out novenas rosaries all night praying all day waking up to pray I can’t deny that I am mad at god for three agonizing months I have prayed but at my tipping point now . Why would he put a precious angel in my life to destroy me ? I am trying so hard not to be mad but to say I’m not mad would be a lie please pray for me
prayers up dude...really sorry...
Its hard, the things I've learned throughout my life as I only prayed to God to fix the things that troubled my life, 10 years of depression, my girlfriend I started dating when I was 15 ( I'm 25 now) passed away from cystic fibrosis, she was 25, not knowing what I wanted to be left in life. For years I questioned Gods existence, his promises, and his love. Every time I prayed to God, I asked him why isn't he answering my prayers, If you loved me, why are you letting this happen to me. And every time I heard him say to me, Why do you only seek me when you need me to fix your life, and if I do you will go back to living your life for your self. And it was true. I'm not saying it is the same for you because I don't know you, but I had to come to terms that if I want God to change my life completely and give me peace and happiness, I had to give up the world and love God not so he could fix my life. I didn't want to base my love for God so that my life will be complete again. I want my love for God to be based on how is love for me is. He doesn't love me with condition, I can never earn his love, his love is unconditional. By his grace and love, he saw me, you and everyone on this earth and the struggles we were going to go through in our lives. But out of his love, he gave up his only son for the sin of the world. We could never earn that type of love. But out of grace and love towards you, me, and every person in the world, he did what he did knowing we can't earn it. After I was re-baptized, my thirst for God became greater than it ever has been. My mindset isn't if you don't fulfill the things I want in life, then I will take the reins and take it from here. After realizing that for the last half of my life, me being in control of my own life wasn't the best for me. So I had to fully trust God has a plan for me and his will is for my life and what he has planned is best for me. I couldn't base my love just for the hopes he will fix my life. That's not a relationship. Why love someone just so they can offer you things. Gods love is like no other, his love is the purest form. I guess the long story short is if you pray to God just for him to bring your wife back into your life, you aren't praying to him out of love for him, but for him to do what you want in your life. Trust me, man, I know what it's like to lose someone you love. Sadly my girlfriend won't come back. If it is Gods will that your wife comes back, then it's his will. That is the hardest thing to come to terms with. Maybe this storm in your life is meant to bring you close to God and bring a personal, loving relationship with God. You shouldn't try to get close to God in hopes she will come back. I know all this will make you vulnerable. But you can't get into a relationship with God just putting your feet in the water, where his greatest love is and the greatest things he has in your life, you would have to go into the deepest part of the river where the current is so strong you can't control it. That forces you to put full faith that his will for your life is for your benefit. But that's where your best life can be. Everything in life has a purpose, I promise if I can pull through not knowing why my girlfriend had to die. I promise you I loved her as much as life itself. But through Gods love he gave me peace.
Yup..praying now!!!
Hey, don't forget...Jesus is in heaven praying for you too
God put choice into mans hands. It wasnt His will for her to leave or you to be hurt. But we have free will and she choose the wrong way.
Every time I pray to God, God is not answering my prayer. It seems if you are sick FIRST go to a doctor, then medicines then LASTLY prayer.
he doesnt answer in the time we want. we have to be able to listen
Praying is a waste
6:43... That was me.
I want to slap goddd
The light show at the beginning was a bit much.
Let this guy suffer long enough in harsh ways and lets see him not get angry at god...ha....always easy to talk and preach ...
Can't be mad at God because God does not exist.
The Lord is ALWAYS allowing the enemy to steal my things, ever since I was a little girl. My things are always disappearing from where I set them down from. Ever since I was little (and I'm 44 now) I felt like I'm going crazy because of this and it just keeps getting worse and I am so mad at God for not helping me in the way he could!!! I am so sad and I can't kill myself because I'm afraid of what would happen and I don't wanna leave my love ones devastated. I just don't wanna live like this any more.😭😭😭😭
Angelique, We may never know why God allows things to happen but we can trust that He will somehow use it for our good. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28. If you're still breathing, God has a plan for you! If you're having thoughts of harming yourself, we encourage you to call the suicide hotline and reach out to a local pastor 1-800-273-8255
@@WoodlandsChurchKerryShook I thank you for your kind words. I was very upset that night. Sometimes I do want to punch my leg or something And get mad at God and I often do, but I know that I could never actually kill myself. I've seen the destruction of utimely death way too many times in my family, and I know I've got to fight through whatever is happening in my life Because there is something way bigger Behind it for me to discover. Holy Spirit brings to mind the scripture It's the glory of God to conceal a matter it's the glory of kings to search a matter out! When I get down the only thing I can do is get backup. Sometimes it can feel like an unbearable road but I know, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! Amen! May God bless you big!❤
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Empress code. Look at my man boobs. Thanks. Have a good holiday.
@@gangstaboo6559 That is seriously hilarious!! XD Thanks for the laugh...I needed that. Bummer about those titties though...although...when I was young I probably would have loved to have some of my own. .........ok...awkward.....I'll show myself out.
Maybe God led me to your video too b/c last night I went off on a tangent about God and not understanding why He created everything if he knew how all this would workout and why bother with us humans if you know ahead of time people are evil and that's all there will be in this world is just violence evil, etc. etc. I haven't spoken to God like this in a while and I'm upset I acted out like that and now don't feel he will forgive me like he's mad at me and I'm unworty of his forgiveness (again). Very sad in my heart! God bless you all!
Micah 7:8
There’s not any way to know why unless God addresses it in the Bible. I’ve asked these same questions, but I also see how people CHOOSE evil. There’s nothing forcing people to hate, murder, harass, attack and just be horrible to others. It’s a choice to continue in evil. You would think with all the suffering without evil action that people would work hard to try to minimize it if they care about it so much, but they don’t.
@@melaniexoxo Thank you for your insightful response. I appreciate you and glad I'm not the only one who has thought this.
I pray hard. Oooh so hard. So hard Jesus came too
I’m angry at god everyday I just want him to stop the world I can’t take seeing kids in torment
Hi Chad, God can handle our feelings. If you'd like to speak with one of our pastors, you can do so at WC.org/pastor
HE will at the end. we have to ask for patience
@@jandellko he said soon I’m afraid he was talking about Nero and the world might never actually end
Chad... U wanna see torment? Look at my fat chest. Good day, sir. As if!
@@gangstaboo6559 that’s your own gluttony so many kids suffer just because they were born into this world
how can live knowing that eternal hell is real? That others (maybe myself) are going there...?
Try and reach as many as you can.
Im also mad at bigfoot.