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Just wanted to ask if you all believe that Christians are protected from worldly woes?
Examples: Do you believe that all Christians are protected from rape or sometimes does innocence get trespassed? I ask this because in Bible study tonight a girl told of how she was abused by her father when she was young....(we were asking the tough question tonight, of "where were you God when _______ happened?"
The church I have attended regularly prays that the 'land of goshen' blessing remain over the church...meaning that while the world suffers from loss of jobs, a recession, et cetera that the Lord would continue to make them fruitful even as Egypt was stricken with curses but Goshen still had plenty...
I am on the fence on this in my life. I see in Revelations that those who refuse to get the mark of the beast won't be allowed to buy or sell, so they probably will experience both want and hardship....just like someone I knew to be Christian was fired from her public high school job....
BUT---I also believe that prayer does have power and that He will guard and guide us by his loving hand. Sometimes we do not see why we are laid off or fired, but we must trust that in God's Almighty plan there is purpose to all of our live's woes....
So I am throwing the question to you the reader--
Do Christians and Heathens suffer wordly woes--or are Christians excused from suffering physical or wordly wants?
God bless
tony
ps. Yes, I know this is similiar to 'prosperity gospel threads'....but I am focusing more on if woes only befall the wicked...
Examples: Do you believe that all Christians are protected from rape or sometimes does innocence get trespassed? I ask this because in Bible study tonight a girl told of how she was abused by her father when she was young....(we were asking the tough question tonight, of "where were you God when _______ happened?"
The church I have attended regularly prays that the 'land of goshen' blessing remain over the church...meaning that while the world suffers from loss of jobs, a recession, et cetera that the Lord would continue to make them fruitful even as Egypt was stricken with curses but Goshen still had plenty...
I am on the fence on this in my life. I see in Revelations that those who refuse to get the mark of the beast won't be allowed to buy or sell, so they probably will experience both want and hardship....just like someone I knew to be Christian was fired from her public high school job....
BUT---I also believe that prayer does have power and that He will guard and guide us by his loving hand. Sometimes we do not see why we are laid off or fired, but we must trust that in God's Almighty plan there is purpose to all of our live's woes....
So I am throwing the question to you the reader--
Do Christians and Heathens suffer wordly woes--or are Christians excused from suffering physical or wordly wants?
God bless
tony
ps. Yes, I know this is similiar to 'prosperity gospel threads'....but I am focusing more on if woes only befall the wicked...