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Grab a Bible or web-bible (try bible.crosswalk.com) and read all of Psalm 107 in a single sitting (it's too long to paste here). Now, how do you feel about God?



My thoughts (for what they're worth). In verse 12 "he used suffering to humble them"... was he the efficient cause or just taking advantage of the situation caused by their sinfulness. Either way, the outcome was good, but it's still hard to swallow a God that causes suffering whether it's true or not.



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John 2:13-22 (March 15, The Cleansing of the Temple)-

Our adult study this morning asked the question: What exactly was wrong with what these people were doing? It was legal, because it was in the court of the Gentiles. It provided a necessary service so that when Ben and Sara from the outlying territories came to Jerusalem, they didn't have to bring goats or doves with them the whole way.



Some possible answers:

-They were making a profit

-They were not interested in… Continue

Psalm 103:13 As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

14 For he knows what we are made of;

he realizes we are made of clay. (NET)



The word "clay" here is usually translated dust, like Ash Wednesday's "From dust you have come..." But whether it's dust or clay, "we are made of" it by someone... the same someone who has compassion on us. It's quite a comfort to be reminded not only that I came from dust and will… Continue