Theocast
Deliverance from Trials Is Never Promised
August 6, 2025
Summary
Many of you have probably prayed the prayer of Paul: “Lord, please take this away from me.” Not just once, but many times. It can become exhausting, frustrating, and even lead to doubt. That’s why today’s podcast is so important. We need to talk about trials and God’s grace, and how the two go together. What promise do we actually have from God? We dive deep into the reality of His love for us, especially how it’s not transactional, even in the midst of our suffering. We hope this encourages you. And if you find it helpful, please share it with someone. It might give them strength and hope in their own season of suffering.
Topics
- Praying for the thorn to be taken away—again and again
- What God actually promises in trials
- Non-transactional love in the midst of suffering
Links
- 9Marks × Theocast — Church Matters journal giveaway
- More Than Forgiven — Justin Perdue
- Theocast Community
- Rest — free ebook on faith vs. faithfulness
- Partner with Theocast
Transcript
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Many of you have probably prayed the prayer of Paul, Lord, please take this away from me.
Not once, but many times.
And it becomes exhausting and frustrating, and it even brings doubt to some.
Today's a really important podcast because we need to talk about trials and God's grace and how do they go together and what is the promise that we have from our God?
It's a really important conversation, and we dive really deep into the aspects of God's love for us and how it's not transactional in the midst of our trials.
We hope this really encourages you.
And if you find it helpful, please share it with somebody.
Maybe it'll encourage them to give them some strength and hope in the midst of their suffering as well.
Thanks.
Hey guys, this is Justin.
Maybe you know that you are forgiven because of Jesus Christ, but you're wondering what does Jesus have to do with my Christian life?
How is He involved in my sanctification, even?
Or is he concerned at all with the ways that I struggle and the way that my life goes up and down?
Is there any comfort for me in Jesus when it comes to all of that?
Well, I've written a book called More Than Forgiven: How Being in Christ Changes Everything that deals with this topic from Romans chapter 6.
You can find this book at theocast.org.
Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ.
We're still doing that, John.
That's a good thing.
We have conversations about the Christian life from a confessional, reformed, and pastoral perspective.
