Suffering - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org Helping people become Fully Alive in Christ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:17:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://liferoads.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-cross-100x100.jpg Suffering - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org 32 32 Out of the Whirlwind – Week 2 https://liferoads.org/sermons/out-of-the-whirlwind-week-2/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 03:07:21 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=5127 We do not serve a pocket sized God. If we get anything from the book of Job it is that our God is BIG – and we can trust Him. Though Job’s friends comfort him at first (⁠Job 2:11-13⁠), they slowly turn from good, to the bad and the ugly. Too often (like Job’s friends) we have a karma attitude about bad things happening; that there is a deserved. Let’s not be miserable comforters (⁠Job 16⁠). We need to listen, […]

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]]> We do not serve a pocket sized God. If we get anything from the book of Job it is that our God is BIG – and we can trust Him. Though Job’s friends comfort him at first (⁠Job 2:11-13⁠), they slowly turn from good, to the bad and the ugly. Too often (like Job’s friends) we have a karma attitude about bad things happening; that there is a deserved. Let’s not be miserable comforters (⁠Job 16⁠). We need to listen, to those who are suffering, and listen to the Holy Spirit. For, where do we find wisdom? We wisdom by trusting it in a great God. Just as Job recognized, God has a plan (⁠Romans 8:28⁠), and no matter how hard life is our redeemer lives (⁠Job 19:25⁠).

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]]> Out of the Whirlwind – Week 1 https://liferoads.org/sermons/out-of-the-whirlwind-week-12/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:23:47 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=5123 Job is a challenging book. He experienced suffering for no apparent reason (⁠Job 1:8-22⁠), though his friends are certain that he must have done something to deserve it (⁠Job 2:1-12⁠). In the end, God’s response is to remind him of the power, knowledge and sovereignty of God himself. But we are left without a satisfying reason for suffering and questions of justice. This is exactly how we experience much of suffering. Many questions are left. Job understands we are to […]

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]]> Job is a challenging book. He experienced suffering for no apparent reason (⁠Job 1:8-22⁠), though his friends are certain that he must have done something to deserve it (⁠Job 2:1-12⁠). In the end, God’s response is to remind him of the power, knowledge and sovereignty of God himself. But we are left without a satisfying reason for suffering and questions of justice. This is exactly how we experience much of suffering. Many questions are left. Job understands we are to trust and rest in knowing God is good and all-powerful. This is the lesson for us as well, for we know that God works all things for good according to His purpose (⁠Romans 8:28⁠).

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]]> Sojourners & Exiles Week 8 https://liferoads.org/sermons/sojourners-exiles-week-8/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:45:50 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4822 Today Nathan Harris finishes our teaching on the epistle of 1 Peter. In ⁠1 Peter 4:17–5:14⁠, we find a difficult challenge to grow through suffering. Glory and suffering are two sides of the same coin. But how do we not just get through it; how do we grow through it? We have to be community-minded; we are not alone in this; God has not abandoned us. He put us in a community. Take care of each other. God is drawing […]

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]]> Today Nathan Harris finishes our teaching on the epistle of 1 Peter. In ⁠1 Peter 4:17–5:14⁠, we find a difficult challenge to grow through suffering. Glory and suffering are two sides of the same coin. But how do we not just get through it; how do we grow through it? We have to be community-minded; we are not alone in this; God has not abandoned us. He put us in a community. Take care of each other. God is drawing us closer (to each other and to Him). To do this, we must live humbly and recognize that we play a part in God’s big story. God does the work; He has the last word, but we are part of the great story of His creation.

So, engage in the community and help each other. Be part of church; serve each other. We are in this all together, and God has appointed us to be the royal priesthood to the world. Let’s worship our creator and Savior as we help each other and grow together.

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]]> God Meant It for Good, Pt. 4 https://liferoads.org/sermons/god-meant-it-for-good-pt-4/ Sun, 03 Dec 2023 20:38:24 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4475 Forgiving wrongs done to us, shedding that weight of unforgiveness, can transform our lives, says Pastor Donnie Johnson in this final part of his 4-week study of the life of Joseph. But how?

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]]> ⁠Genesis 42:1-17⁠

⁠Genesis 42:18-28⁠

⁠Genesis 44:1-13⁠

⁠Genesis 44:30-34⁠

⁠Genesis 45:1-12⁠

⁠Genesis 50:15-21⁠

⁠Ephesians 4:32

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]]> God Meant It for Good, Pt. 3 https://liferoads.org/sermons/god-meant-it-for-good-pt-3/ Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:30:30 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4473 We should remember two things whenever we're going through difficulties in life: First: God is good. Second: God has a plan. Nowhere are those truths more obvious than in the Bible story of Joseph. Today Pastor Donnie shows Joseph's meteoric ascension from a prison cell to the Pharoah's court in a single day.

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]]> ⁠Genesis 40:1-23⁠

⁠Psalm 27:13-14 ⁠

⁠Isaiah 40:28-31⁠

⁠Genesis 41:9-46⁠

⁠Genesis 41:50-52

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]]> God Meant It For Good, Pt. 2 https://liferoads.org/sermons/god-meant-it-for-good-pt-2/ Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:31:05 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4470 Do you tend to run toward or away from God when suffering comes into your life? Pastor Donnie looks at how God was with Joseph during his many trials and suffering as a slave in Egypt, and though Joseph couldn't have known the specifics of how God would bring good out of terrible circumstances, He did ... and God always will bring good out of suffering for His children.

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]]> God Meant It for Good, Pt. 1 https://liferoads.org/sermons/god-meant-it-for-good-pt-1/ Sun, 12 Nov 2023 20:44:46 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4464 "God Meant it For Good." These words come from the powerful story of Joseph recorded in the Book of Genesis, the focus of our new Sunday series. Pastor Donnie introduces Joseph and begins to address some of life's biggest questions like "Where is God when we are suffering?"

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Genesis 37:12-28

Genesis 37:29-36

Genesis 39:1-4

Romans 8:28

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