How Can We Not Be Anxious When We Know God Allows Bad Things to Happen to Us?
#STRask — Stand to ReasonHow Can We Not Be Anxious When We Know God Allows Bad Things to Happen to Us?
March 31, 2022
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Questions about how to make the case that the Bible is the Word of God and how we can be “anxious for nothing,” as the Bible commands, when we know God allows bad things to happen to us.
* How can we make the case that the Bible is the Word of God?
* The Bible tells us to be anxious for nothing, but how can we not be anxious and stressed when we know God allows plenty of bad things to happen to us?
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