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God sees your suffering and cares!

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Some people say that God does not respond to pain, but only to our faith.

I am not sure about that! How can a merciful, loving, gracious and compassionate God, not care or respond when we are suffering? It just does not go like this!

God responds to our faith, but also to our suffering! His great love for us makes him to response when we suffer! How many earthly fathers would not respond, if they see their children suffer! The pain of the child, is the pain of the father too!

Psalm 10:14, 17, Psalm 8:9, Psalm 9:18, Psalm 18:5, 6
 

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Some people say that God does not respond to pain, but only to our faith.

I am not sure about that! How can a merciful, loving, gracious and compassionate God, not care or respond when we are suffering? It just does not go like this!

God responds to our faith, but also to our suffering! His great love for us makes him to response when we suffer! How many earthly fathers would not respond, if they see their children suffer! The pain of the child, is the pain of the father too!

Psalm 10:14, 17, Psalm 8:9, Psalm 9:18, Psalm 18:5, 6
Thank you for this :) I agree, God does respond to our pain :)
 
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Some people say that God does not respond to pain, but only to our faith.

I am not sure about that! How can a merciful, loving, gracious and compassionate God, not care or respond when we are suffering? It just does not go like this!

God responds to our faith, but also to our suffering! His great love for us makes him to response when we suffer! How many earthly fathers would not respond, if they see their children suffer! The pain of the child, is the pain of the father too!

Psalm 10:14, 17, Psalm 8:9, Psalm 9:18, Psalm 18:5, 6

Im still waiting on his responses to me ? I feel like he isn't answering me, I shall read these psalms, but is there any other reason why he might not help me ? im trying to deal with all my sins and such.
 
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I believe that God does respond to us when we cry out to Him. Faith plays a part in that... Why would we cry out to Him about our pain, if we lacked faith? It isn't about one or the other. It is both.

Robert,

Maybe He is responding to you? It may not be in the way you are expecting. Look around at the changes in your life thus far. Have you met new people? Have you learned new things? Have you read new scripture, or understood His word in a new way?

His still small voice is always there, listen closely, reduce the ambient noise, and let go of your agenda. Train your heart to the 'sound' of His voice.
 
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I believe that God does respond to us when we cry out to Him. Faith plays a part in that... Why would we cry out to Him about our pain, if we lacked faith? It isn't about one or the other. It is both.

Robert,

Maybe He is responding to you? It may not be in the way you are expecting. Look around at the changes in your life thus far. Have you met new people? Have you learned new things? Have you read new scripture, or understood His word in a new way?

His still small voice is always there, listen closely, reduce the ambient noise, and let go of your agenda. Train your heart to the 'sound' of His voice.

Not really on most of those things, I've been stuck in the same unmoving state for a while now.
 
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