Awakened to Deliver — The Strength and Reign of God

Week 38 — God the Deliverer Day 4 – When Deliverance Doesn’t Mean Escape

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Episode Highlights

• Scripture does not promise believers a life without suffering. Sometimes God delivers His people out of a trial, and sometimes He faithfully sustains them through it.

• Paul experienced affliction that was beyond his own strength, reminding us that mature faith does not mean we will never encounter circumstances we cannot handle in our own ability.

• God used Paul’s suffering to deepen his dependence upon Him, teaching him not to trust in himself but in the God who raises the dead.

• Christian hope is not built upon the promise that nothing painful will happen. It rests upon the resurrection o ...