Pastor Marty Sloan | April 25 & 26, 2020

The bible tells us that God is omnipresent, so we know that God is

all the time.

The problem of evil, pain and suffering is no doubt a struggle within faith, but it is in no way

against faith.

If we

God out of the equation and believe that this is all there is, then it reasons why we object to suffering and sorrow in this life.

When we live ONLY for this life, anything that limits our comfort, care, convenience and consumption becomes totally

.

If suffering causes us to turn from God, what does it make us turn

?

God

his people out of destruction.

We do not have a savior who is absent the awareness of suffering; suffering and sorrow were at the

of his life.

We answer the question, “Where is God?” by reviewing what we

about God.

What we know about God:

• God is NEAR

An

God is never missing in our lives.

The love of God is the

of God because God is love.

What we know about God:

• God is WORKING

An

(all-knowing) God is always at work on our behalf.

A

God is a working God.

What we know about God:

• God is REACHING

An

God is never limited by anything we face.

The

of God is the reach of God.

When we feel the weight of the

, we set our eyes on the

Reveal Answer

.