Dave M
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speaking of blessings and curses in some ways I here this on tv and make me think its sounds more like a magic formula.
But when Paul suffered with a thorn in his thigh and asked God to take it out away from him, yet God refused saying his grace was good enough, so to me that is God using discipline perhaps for our own good for when we are weak we are strong in God is something I recall reading in scripture. God uses are weakness (maybe being sick to rely on him. look at the how many people come to Christ while they are sick in bed with no hope, coming to Christ is the best thing that ever happened to them and it was because they were sick in bed.
So God does seem to use things that may seem bad to human eyes to purify us or make us better followers OF Jesus, Even Jesus said let Gods will be done when he was heading to the cross but asked if there was another way around it suggesting that Jesus (humans side) will was different then Gods will.
God does not think like man . Does he uses hard times difficulties and even injuries to make us better followers of Christ YES he does as the apostle paul thorn in his thigh proves, as Jacob who was given a limp in his walk wrestling with Christ before crossing over the river proves
So does God bring sickness to people this I do not know but I know nothing happens with out God letting it happen. I know from my personal life sin and lack of real faith caused a miserable life, and obedience and strong faith has transformed my life,, But what about people in third world countries they live in a poverty, people in the states cant even imagine where are there blessings, I know one thing for sure we who are blessed better be blessing others with our blessings. I also think these people in third world countries blessing will come in eternal life far greater then anything we can even imagine while in the flesh.
But when Paul suffered with a thorn in his thigh and asked God to take it out away from him, yet God refused saying his grace was good enough, so to me that is God using discipline perhaps for our own good for when we are weak we are strong in God is something I recall reading in scripture. God uses are weakness (maybe being sick to rely on him. look at the how many people come to Christ while they are sick in bed with no hope, coming to Christ is the best thing that ever happened to them and it was because they were sick in bed.
So God does seem to use things that may seem bad to human eyes to purify us or make us better followers OF Jesus, Even Jesus said let Gods will be done when he was heading to the cross but asked if there was another way around it suggesting that Jesus (humans side) will was different then Gods will.
God does not think like man . Does he uses hard times difficulties and even injuries to make us better followers of Christ YES he does as the apostle paul thorn in his thigh proves, as Jacob who was given a limp in his walk wrestling with Christ before crossing over the river proves
So does God bring sickness to people this I do not know but I know nothing happens with out God letting it happen. I know from my personal life sin and lack of real faith caused a miserable life, and obedience and strong faith has transformed my life,, But what about people in third world countries they live in a poverty, people in the states cant even imagine where are there blessings, I know one thing for sure we who are blessed better be blessing others with our blessings. I also think these people in third world countries blessing will come in eternal life far greater then anything we can even imagine while in the flesh.
