Suffering and Tragedy

Why is there suffering in the world? Why does God let bad things happen? How do I get through the pain of all of this?

Join us as we dig into Gods word and into our own stories to find out how we conquer suffering.

Luke 24:46-47

46 and He said to them, “So it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and that repentance for the removal of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem

Acts 9:15-16

15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites. 16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

Romans 8:26

26 In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

2 Corinthians 1:5-7

5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that as you share in the sufferings, so you will also share in the comfort.

Philippians 1:29
29 For it has been granted to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,