Is God Good to Me? We live in a world filled with disillusionment. Between cancer and sickness, disappointment and grief, it can be amazingly hard to believe in the real goodness of God, let alone whether God is good to us personally. Looking at our lives we might be disenchanted with the idea of God’s goodness. How can we live believing goodness and mercy will surely follow us all of the days of our lives? This is where God’s goodness…
What is God’s Goodness? If we search the word “good” in a secular dictionary, we find that it means, “of high quality; excellent.” However, when I looked up the word in a Bible dictionary I found forty different ways this word can be used in the Bible. How do we define God’s goodness? One of the dictionaries I found said this about God’s goodness: “A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various circumstances…
How Can God Be Good and All-Powerful? Sometimes our life holds so much confusion it is difficult to see God’s hand in our circumstances. It is like walking through a fog. But we have been told God’s kindness and goodness can be seen no matter what has happened or is happening in our life right now. This is for the woman who struggles to understand how God is good to her and in her suffering. Maybe He is good intellectually,…
How to Believe God is Good in Our Doubts Do you know what life feels like when chaos and confusion swirl around in your hearts? Our lives are often marked by deep turmoil, like the disciples on the rough waves of the sea. How can we see through the mist of hard situations and see God’s goodness? Find out how to believe God is good in our doubts. What if God’s goodness was more than a sweet sentiment, but actually something…