I came to a place where I felt like God loved everyone else, but me. Enjoyed every page of this book. Times when we don't understand why these things happened to us and we have no control over what has come upon us. Due to so many unexpected difficulties in my life, I was in a place of questioning God's love. I only recently discovered Jerry Bridges writings and his book 'The Gospel for Real Life' was truly a wonderful work in which he systematically lays out the fullness of the gospel and how it should impact all of us as Christians. He is working this — even … Mr. Bridges' firm biblical grounding, immersion in the works of the puritans, and own life experiences have prepared him for the work of bringing this important topic to the layman in an easy to follow style, while never compromising on theological accuracy. It was my "Job" moment. Next, he covers God's love for us as individuals and as humankind. Book Review - "Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts" by Jerry Bridges, Jennifer Hudson Taylor's books on Goodreads, For Love or Loyalty (The MacGregor Legacy, #1), Kindle Unlimited: Provides Significant Limitations for Authors & Readers, Jennifer Hudson Taylor's Book Signing Tour for Christmas. Adversity is hard to endure and can be even harder to understand. The focus here is primarily on the sovereignty of God, which makes sense since the book was essentially a result of Bridges' own personal bible study on that subject. The book has been a solid reminder of God’s sovereignty, wisdom, and love; three things which have no bounds. Christians of yesteryear used to speak of events and circumstances as not being due to “second causes.” This was a quaint way of speaking of God’s sovereignty. Their testimonies were not an inspiration of what God could do for me, but a painful reminder of what He. I had to finally accept this, as I prefer to be in control. Pray your way through it. I started it several years ago. This book is excellent! "For the believer all pain. God doesn’t promise to protect you from all harm here and now. Bridges builds his case for trusting God based on three truths: (1) God is completely sovereign. (18) Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. Regardless of the hurt, the common phrase, “Life is difficult” is true. God is completely sovereign. Therefore, we should not fear what they seek to do, or even succeed in doing to us. But if God is always present, where is God when it hurts and life is difficult? Bridges wove scripture into the text seamlessly, and used both the stories and the wording from all genres of biblical literature to explore what it means to trust God. In his outstanding book Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts Jerry Bridges says: God’s plan and His ways of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. When we question God's reason for allowing things to happen, we question His sovereign power, authority and wisdom. This books deserves to permanently sit on my "must read again" shelf. When we question God's reason for allowing things to happen, we question His sovereign power, authority and wisdom. Not easy, but it's worth doing. God is in control, and God is good. I turned my life over to Christ at age 9 and followed Him through my teen and college years and into my adult life. However, I really appreciated his devotion to the thesis that how we read the Bible and worship in spirit and truth when things are well will often be revealed in our response to affliction. Trusting God Even When Life Hurts is filled to the brim with ways to help you build your faith and trust in God. Why I Read this Book Before I get to my review of this book, I want to share my reason for reading it in the first place. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers You’ve gotta just trust me on this.” Some critics look at this response as a non-answer to the problem. Jerry Bridges walks the reader through the three bases for trusting God: His sovereignty (6 chapters), His wisdom (1 chapter), and His love (2 chapters). What role does He play when it comes to job loss, the death of a child or loved one, a terminal illness, or other tragedies? Our faith requires trusting God with what we don't know and cannot understand. By Jennifer Hudson Taylor Just like with today's houses, the size and number of rooms inside medieval castles varied according to the ... By Jennifer Hudson Taylor In the Old Testament of the book of Genesis, Jacob's son, Joseph, is sold into slavery by his brothers and... By Jennifer Hudson Taylor The Rest of the World The purpose of business cards is to promote your business--the company you work for. Happiness is a good thing, but my friend shared an important truth with me that day. This new edition replaces both Trusting God (paperback ISBN 9781600063053) and the study guide (paperback ISBN 9781600063060) by combining both resources into one volume! When you trust, you let a part of you to surrender the things you have no control. Due to so many unexpected difficulties in my life, I was in a place of questioning God's love. He knows what is best, knows how to accomplish what is best, has the power to do what is best, and will always do what is best. These five steps help to keep the powerful, trust-building good at the top of our minds, helping to make trusting God easier and more of a go-to response when life is hard. A profound and encouraging book, grounded in scripture. Unlike some, I have never questioned God's sovereignty and existence, and I was never the prodigal child. (Deut 29:29). Bridges does an excellent job of drawing out what the Bible has to say about trusting God. or "What have I done wrong?" Thank you. And that makes all the difference. Reread. Why I Read this Book This was just OK for me. Job never learned the true cause of his suffering, even after he had been restored by God. … Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. He does this with his usual ease in this excellent work: Trusting God. This book is by far the best I have ever read about trials, suffering and grief. The issue is how on... By Jennifer Hudson Taylor As you may have heard by now, Amazon has released its latest program, Kindle Unlimited. Very good review of this book and I will indeed read it. When life hurts, and I mean, really hurts, our faith in Jesus sometimes hurts too.It’s hard to have faith when life hurts. What he learned changed his life, and he now shares the fruit of that study in Trusting God. 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