Craig Groeschel

It's a relationship, right? So like Amy, and thank you for speaking highly of her. She is... a gift beyond measure. And she's the one who taught me, if we get in a kind of disagreement, I'll withdraw. And she's like, no, you won't. If you love me, we're going to work this thing out.

And I kind of think I had to learn that with God too, that if I am in a relationship with God and I don't understand, I might pull back. And I don't think He wants to pull back. You have to push in. And so that's one of the 50 million things I learned from Amy. Yeah.

And I kind of think I had to learn that with God too, that if I am in a relationship with God and I don't understand, I might pull back. And I don't think He wants to pull back. You have to push in. And so that's one of the 50 million things I learned from Amy. Yeah.

She is as beautiful inside, I promise you, as she is on the outside.

She is as beautiful inside, I promise you, as she is on the outside.

Well, it's a real... People ask questions all the time. So, you know, you said, I'll look at things differently. I think... I came to the Bible without Bible history knowledge. So I looked at it. I tried to look objectively. And so people will say, why do bad things happen to good people? We see it all the time.

Well, it's a real... People ask questions all the time. So, you know, you said, I'll look at things differently. I think... I came to the Bible without Bible history knowledge. So I looked at it. I tried to look objectively. And so people will say, why do bad things happen to good people? We see it all the time.

And when you take a step back, let's just ask some questions like, what does the Bible say our heart is? Without Jesus, what is our heart? It's deceitful, right? And is anyone righteous? No one's righteous. And so we've all sinned. So technically speaking, we're not. good people. And so bad things don't really happen to good people. Bad things happen to bad, sinful people, right?

And when you take a step back, let's just ask some questions like, what does the Bible say our heart is? Without Jesus, what is our heart? It's deceitful, right? And is anyone righteous? No one's righteous. And so we've all sinned. So technically speaking, we're not. good people. And so bad things don't really happen to good people. Bad things happen to bad, sinful people, right?

So the only time something bad happened to someone good was when Jesus paid the price for us. So if we look another way at it, I actually deserve the penalty of my sins. And so when I don't get that, that's the most amazing display of grace ever, is that I actually deserve the wrath of God, and He doesn't give it to me. He gives me grace. And so that changes... the narrative.

So the only time something bad happened to someone good was when Jesus paid the price for us. So if we look another way at it, I actually deserve the penalty of my sins. And so when I don't get that, that's the most amazing display of grace ever, is that I actually deserve the wrath of God, and He doesn't give it to me. He gives me grace. And so that changes... the narrative.

And so the evidence of God's goodness isn't just if I get a raise or have a job with benefits or have good friends or get to go on nice vacations. The evidence of God's goodness is His character and His grace for me. And it doesn't mean I don't get disappointed if one of my daughters is sick and she is and still is and hasn't been healed. Yes, I'm disappointed. Yes, I don't understand.

And so the evidence of God's goodness isn't just if I get a raise or have a job with benefits or have good friends or get to go on nice vacations. The evidence of God's goodness is His character and His grace for me. And it doesn't mean I don't get disappointed if one of my daughters is sick and she is and still is and hasn't been healed. Yes, I'm disappointed. Yes, I don't understand.

Yes, I'm frustrated. Yes, I get angry. And yes, God is still drawing us closer and she's closer to him than ever before. And we see his faithfulness and goodness. And so it's both. The evidence of God's goodness is not the quality of my life. The evidence of God's goodness is his character and his nature.

Yes, I'm frustrated. Yes, I get angry. And yes, God is still drawing us closer and she's closer to him than ever before. And we see his faithfulness and goodness. And so it's both. The evidence of God's goodness is not the quality of my life. The evidence of God's goodness is his character and his nature.

Yeah. And good thing our faith isn't in Christians, right? Right, right.

Yeah. And good thing our faith isn't in Christians, right? Right, right.

Well, church hurt is real. Yeah. But what's interesting too, and I really, I don't ever want to pick at it because, you know, I've been around a long time. I've seen a lot of things that are really heartbreaking to God, the way Christians can act. But it is interesting. People get hurt in college and they don't have college hurt. Right?

Well, church hurt is real. Yeah. But what's interesting too, and I really, I don't ever want to pick at it because, you know, I've been around a long time. I've seen a lot of things that are really heartbreaking to God, the way Christians can act. But it is interesting. People get hurt in college and they don't have college hurt. Right?

People go to a restaurant and have bad service and they don't say, you know... Olive Garden. I hate their breadsticks. I'm never going back to restaurant. They don't do that. So I think that to, you know, you don't hear about church hurt. You know, I don't have, you know, I don't have, um, Job hurt, I'm never going to work a job again.