If God is faithful to protect his people, why is life still so hard?

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Overview

It’s one of the oldest and strongest arguments against the existence of a loving, all-powerful God: bad things happen to good people. Nancy Guthrie experienced one of the most devastating things that can happen to anyone—the loss of a child—not once, but twice. To continue to believe in God’s protection, Guthrie somehow had to reconcile biblical words of comfort with her life’s episodes of intense suffering.

From what, and whom, does God promise to protect us? How does God’s protection manifest itself? When can we expect it? These are the kinds of questions we’ll explore in this study.

Table of Contents

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 10; Romans 2:5–11; 1 Corinthians 15:12–19; Ephesians 6:10–18; Revelation 20:11–15

LEADER'S GUIDE

    • Identify the Current Issue

    • Discover the Eternal Principles

—Teaching point one: Our enemies might not be God’s enemies.

—Teaching point two: Our priorities might not be God’s priorities.

—Teaching point three: Our timing might not be God’s timing.

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