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Lesson OneDisappointment With God5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoDistraction5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeDangerous Relationships5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourUnchanged Tendencies5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveSelf-Reliance5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixPrayerlessness5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenCarelessness5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightAn Unexamined Heart5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineAn Unseen Enemy5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenA Lack Of Accountability5 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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List three of the more memorable people in the Old or New Testaments who became disappointed with God because He didn’t respond to them the way they thought He should have responded.
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Paul, Peter, David
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Aaron, David, and Soloman.
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David shares his disappointment in God’s lack of response to him in the Psalms. Israel shows disappointment with God when they ask for a king. Moses shows disappointment with God when things don’t go smoothly or as he expected when he asks to have his people freed. Mary and Martha show disappointment with God when Jesus doesn’t come right away to heal Lazarus and he dies.
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Judas
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Elijah, Job, Peter
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Sometimes people say they are Christians but act as if they are mad at God. What are some things you have observed that have caused you to be mad at God?
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To trust that I am being obedient to God’s calling by making huge changes in the life of my family and then experiencing disappointment, hardship and more unexpected change as a result.
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I have not ever been mad at God. I know that everything works out according to His purpose. If His purpose includes hardships in my life, it is not that he does not care for me. Plus, I get to spend eternity with Him, so when I am in a valley I just remember that my time here on Earth is temporary and short when compared to the infinite amount of time that I will be with Him happily in heaven. For example, when losing a family member I think of all of the reasons they could be departed. Maybe they’d already fulfilled His plan, and he’s ready for them in heaven. Maybe other people needed their organs, and that was His plan. Maybe something dreadful would have happened to them in their future if they remained on Earth, so He took them early. Maybe he was teaching medical professionals a lesson with the loss of this person… there are so many possibilities, and since we don’t know, I just choose to trust in Him and know that His ways are perfect, and He is NOT trying to hurt me!
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Like David, when I cry out to God it seems as if he doesn’t hear me sometimes, a lot of times. When I need healing it seemed so far away our touch our Direction our guidance sometimes you just seem so silent no.
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I don’t think I have been mad at God for anything in my life, but have been a little miffed when I see what is being done to those around me and cannot fuly fathom the reasons why
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I have been angry in the past, expecting God to give me something I desperately wanted and thought I deserved. HE did not give it to me, and I was very confused, distraught, and hurt. I got angry.
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What are some of the more important or noticeable reasons why people who say they’re Christians don’t act like it?
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There’s a tendency in our society to embrace and insist on expressing our “freedom of Christian liberties”. Mainstream American Christianity does not value or prioritize self-denial.
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Sin entered the world during the fall, and therefore our hearts are deceitful and full of sin. No matter how much we love God and are in relationship with him, we still are not perfect and make mistakes causing other who witness this to believe that they are seeing someone who is not a Christian.
Also, when some people go through struggles they may believe that God is not helping them, because we cannot see the big picture in the moment and do not understand why these things may be happening to us. We don’t know all of His plans for us. -
They deceive themselves and the truth is not in them. They may have asked Christ not even knowing what they were doing to come into their lives. But there was no surrender no giving up of anything.
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People will say they are but don’t act it will be because they feel their wants are not being met, going through a tragedy they thought God could have easily taken care of.
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Some Christians compare themselves to other Christians, thinking they are worse than me so I must be ok. Some do not realize that by not letting God have full control over their lives, they are deceiving themselves and still trying to control everything.