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God describes what it looks like, when He is taking care of someone.
3You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
4The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.
6You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
8The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
If you aren't enjoying God's care, consider talking to Jesus about changing that. Jesus has already prepared for you to receive God's care. It isn't a loan, you don't pay as you go, there is nothing to pay back.
A life of joy awaits for all those who know Jehovah, and His son Christ Jesus.
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@hazlin Good ol prosperity gospel, we meet again
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@idea_enjoyer I've honestly not encountered anything like my post in the wild. It is always some twisted version about giving money to a pastor or church.
Giving to get, doing to receive.
When you separate out the shit everyone is mixing into it. You just have a lot of scripture, where God talks about taking care of you, and doing stuff for you.
Surprisingly, people react poorly to hearing about God's goodness. Like they have come to accept Him as being harsh and hard. They get angry when people suggest otherwise.
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@hazlin Not at all. In fact, most modern churches speak often of God's love for us to the exclusion of any talk about God's discipline.
I would have to hear more about what you are describing to understand it better, and I would have to hear your discussion of all the parts of the Bible that address the suffering of God's people before I could accept what you are saying, and it has to be deeper than "people get angry when they hear God wants to bless His people."
Of course God blesses His people, but the Bible is also full of comfort towards those in trials which they don't understand. If your worldview can't account for this at greater depth than "they're not real Christians", or "they were in sin," your worldview has some gaps that will need to be addressed
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@idea_enjoyer @hazlin Reminder that Jesus is the biblical figure who talks about hell the most. He came to save us and wants to warn us of the consequences of rejecting Him.
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The prophets were also some of the most miserable people on earth and everyone hated them for the messages they had.
God indeed takes care of us, that often times comes at the cost of suffering and being miserable on this earth.
One can be miserable here but joyful for the reward they are saving up in heaven, the two aren't exclusive. After all this is not our home.
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@Omega_Variant @hazlin @idea_enjoyer Ideally living well and with the right mindset will help you be joyful in spite of whatever suffering you might face.
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@ArdainianRight @Omega_Variant I don't think Job is theoretical or an edge case. I think Job is THE example of a Christian suffering. You don't know how little people care until you're going through it, and you don't know how many people will simply blame you and walk away, or worse, pile on.
Job's friends are the norm, not the exception.
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@idea_enjoyer @Omega_Variant There might be some tragedies that are gonna be tough to bounce back from or get through regardless, but you do have within yourself a lot of ability to control your mindset to enjoy the highs more and better deal with the lows.
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