Does our actions have anything to do with the suffering experienced? Is it all random, or is there a cause? Today, Hannah Staubs interviews Watermark staff member, Emily Hope to answer this question. Although in suffering our circumstances continually change, a study of God’s character can comfort us because his character does not change. 
 
 Additional Scriptures in the Podcast: 
 John 16:33, “In this world you will have trouble, but take heart. I have overcome the world.
 Psalm 16:2, “I have no good apart from you.” 
 
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How do we practically think about God’s thoughts and ways being higher than ours? Our desire for control can result in us wanting control when in reality, the judgment and control of God is best. Emma Dotter interviews Paige Ward, and she shares the way she showed the love of God to people in her everyday work. 
 
 Additional Scriptures used in the Podcast:
 Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing, it is a gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast…” 
 Isaiah 55:9, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” 
 
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How do we wrap our minds around science and the Bible going together? Oftentimes, people put these two things at odds. Emma Dotter interviews Brett Bruster and they explain how Psalm 8 shows God at work. Brett shares about how science truly can point to the Creator. 
 
 Additional Scriptures in the Podcast:
 Psalm 19: The heavens pointing to the creator.
 Romans 1:20, “Ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 
 
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S3:094  Psalm 8

In this podcast, Emma Dotter interviews Watermark member Seth Master. Seth points out in Psalm 7 that David is crying out for help not because He is in the wrong, but rather because he is right. Seth points us to four “R’s” in this psalm: refuge, reflect, rely, and rejoice. 
 
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S3:093  Psalm 7

What sticks out from Psalm 6? Today, Emma Dotter is joined by Watermark member Ross Ferrans! In Psalm 6, Ross unpacks three movements: a sin that David is confessing, a vulnerable posture to God, and then a confidence David has in God. 
 
 Additional Scriptures in the Podcast:
 Isaiah 53:3, “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief…”
 Romans 8:1, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” 
 1 Corinthians 15:57, “But thanks be to God who gives us the victory in our Lord Jesus Christ.” 
 
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S3:092  Psalm 6

We know God spoke through prophets in the Old Testament, and then Jesus in the New Testament, but how does God lead us today? In today’s podcast, Hannah Staubs from the Watermark Institute explains that God stays the same, but also speaks through his Word and His people.
 
 Additional Scripture in this podcast:
 Exodus 34:6-7, “The Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness…”
 Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” 
 John 10, Jesus as the Good Shepherd 
 
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