God, If you Love Me, Why is This Happening? {Vaneetha Risner}

Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}

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Why, God? Why haven't you shown up for me? If you love me, God, how could you let this happen to me?

In today's episode, we're going to invite you to bring questions like these straight to Jesus. And I think you might be surprised by the answers to these questions, embedded in the story from John 11 that we're going to look at.

Guest: Vaneetha Risner

Bible Passage: The Story of Lazarus in John 11

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Mentioned Resources

• Desperate for Hope by Vaneetha Risner
• The Scars that Have Shaped Me by Vaneetha Risner
• Funeral Sorrow and the Best Plot Twist Everwith Mary Kassian
• The Return of the King, Lord of the Rings, Book 3 by J.R. Tolkien

Vaneetha is passionate about helping people find hope in their suffering. All her books: the Bible Study, Desperate For Hope, her memoir, Walking Through Fire, and the devotional, The Scars That Have Shaped Me, encourage readers to turn to Christ in their pain.

Her story includes childhood bullying, losing an infant son, developing post-polio syndrome, and going through an unwanted divorce. Some of her greatest joys are being a wife to Joel and a mother to Katie and Kristi and you can find her embarrassing them in Raleigh, NC. Vaneetha writes regularly for Desiring God, and has been featured on Family LifeToday, Joni & Friends, and Christianity Today.
Connect with Vaneetha
Website: Vaneetha.com

Facebook: VaneethaRisner

Instagram: @vaneetharisner

Twitter: @vaneetharisner

Live Like It's True is part of the Resound Podcast Network. For more gospel centered resources visit ResoundMedia.cc .

Visit www.shannonpopkin.com/promises/ to learn more about my six-week Bible study with Our Daily Bread, titled, "Shaped by God's Promises: Lessons from Sarah on Fear and Faith." Learn how you too can be shaped by the promises of our faithful God.

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Chapters

1. Finding Hope in Suffering (00:00:00)

2. Encountering God in Desperate Moments (00:13:15)

3. Grief and Jesus' Response (00:19:16)

4. Belief in Jesus' Resurrection's Power (00:31:54)

5. Trust and Hope With God (00:40:42)