This week Nicole Smithee dives into one of life’s most challenging questions: "why am I suffering if I’m doing what’s right?" As Job’s pain deepens, we’ll look at what it means to keep turning toward God when life doesn’t make sense.

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Daybreak | March 1, 2026
Y? | Week 2
Why Am I Suffering If I'm Good? | Nicole Smithee

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0:00 - Updates and Prayer for a Miracle
3:18 - Introduction of Guest Speaker Nicole Smithee
5:26 - The Power of "Why?": A Child’s Inquisitiveness vs. God’s Heart
8:09 - The Story of Job: Blamelessness in the Midst of Tragedy
11:10 - Job’s Lament: "Why Am I Even Alive?"
15:42 - Jesus at the Tomb of Lazarus: The God Who Weeps
20:59 - The Man of Sorrows: Finding Hope in Christ’s Scars
23:54 - Romans 8:28 Re-examined: How God Works Suffering for Good
30:36 - Practical Ministry: Being a "Piglet" to the "Poohs" of the World
34:44 - Closing Prayer and Call to Response

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Scripture Referenced:
Job 1-2: The introduction of Job’s character and his initial losses.
Job 3.11-13: Job’s lament regarding his birth.
Job 3.20-26: Job’s questioning of the purpose of life in misery.
John 11: Jesus raising Lazarus and the shortest verse in the Bible, "Jesus wept."
Isaiah 53.3-5: The prophecy of the Messiah as a "man of suffering and familiar with pain."
Matthew 27.46: Jesus crying out on the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Romans 8.28: The promise that God works all things together for the good of those who love him.
Romans 8.18: Comparing present sufferings with future glory.
Romans 8.29: Defining "the good" as being conformed to the image of Christ.
Revelation 21.3-4: The eternal promise of a world with no more death, mourning, or pain.
Romans 12.15: The command to "weep with those who weep."

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