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Suffering becomes a platform to reflect the love of God even when circumstances are devastating. Christ endured unimaginable suffering, yet His suffering bore eternal good. If we are in Him, our suffering can serve a similar purpose: to demonstrate God’s love.

Instead of asking, Why is this happening to me, we need to be asking, How can I show God’s goodness even through this? Will my faith, my trust, my obedience, reflect God’s goodness even in the midst of suffering?

See 1 Peter 2:22-23.
 
Hello @Winslow89, I agree with you, as that which we suffer through as believers can have a truly profound effect, both on our lives, and on the lives of others, as well (I know a number of brothers and sisters who would have never been able to minister to others in the incredible way that they do today if they had not suffered through the same kind of trials first).

Also, it's rarely an easy thing to do, but we should also learn to be thankful for the difficult times that we face in this life, knowing how much the Lord loves us, is in control of all of it, and that He uses ALL things (even the things that seem bad to us in the moment) to grow us up in Christlikeness :)

Romans 8
28 We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Hebrews 12
7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.
11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
1 Thessalonians 5
16 Rejoice always;
17 pray without ceasing;
18 ~in everything~ give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

God bless you!!

~Deuteronomy

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waiting upon the Lord is a tough season is the hardest thing you have to go through. There is depth of suffering (Job) vs length of suffering (Jospeh's 13 years) but both can be quite painful.
 
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waiting upon the Lord in a tough season is the hardest thing you have to go through. There is depth of suffering (Job) vs length of suffering (Jospeh's 13 years) but both can be quite painful.
Hello Jacko, most definitely ("quite painful"), but in the cases of both Job and Joseph (thanks to the Lord), a GREAT blessing as well, to themselves, to their contemporaries, and to all of us, ~even today~, amen :)

Our God is an awesome God :giggle:

God bless you!!

~Deuteronomy
 
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waiting upon the Lord is a tough season is the hardest thing you have to go through.
For the Christian, a tough season and a hard thing in life is just a speck of dust when looked at from the lens of eternity.

2 Corinthians 4:17: our “light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”
 
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Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Heb 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.

2Co 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
2Co 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
2Co 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2Co 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Mat 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Mat 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

2Ti 3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
2Ti 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
2Ti 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Mar 9:12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

Act 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Act 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

2Co 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
2Co 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2Co 6:6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
2Co 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
2Co 6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
2Co 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
2Co 6:10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Rev 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
 
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Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Heb 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.

2Co 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
2Co 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
2Co 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2Co 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Mat 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Mat 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

2Ti 3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
2Ti 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
2Ti 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Mar 9:12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

Act 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Act 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

2Co 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
2Co 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2Co 6:6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
2Co 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
2Co 6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
2Co 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
2Co 6:10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Rev 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Yes?
 
Suffering becomes a platform to reflect the love of God even when circumstances are devastating. Christ endured unimaginable suffering, yet His suffering bore eternal good. If we are in Him, our suffering can serve a similar purpose: to demonstrate God’s love.

Instead of asking, Why is this happening to me, we need to be asking, How can I show God’s goodness even through this? Will my faith, my trust, my obedience, reflect God’s goodness even in the midst of suffering?

See 1 Peter 2:22-23.

Jesus said...... Go...and preach the gospel .

If you put the word....Go...... In front of disable you get this....

God is able.
 
Suffering becomes a platform to reflect the love of God even when circumstances are devastating. Christ endured unimaginable suffering, yet His suffering bore eternal good. If we are in Him, our suffering can serve a similar purpose: to demonstrate God’s love.

Instead of asking, Why is this happening to me, we need to be asking, How can I show God’s goodness even through this? Will my faith, my trust, my obedience, reflect God’s goodness even in the midst of suffering?

See 1 Peter 2:22-23.
I believe many christians right now are looking at their situation as suffering when The Lord is putting them through trials to get the church ready for His coming, because many are not.
Rejoice, for He's still working on you because He loves you! Let Him perform His perfect work in you.
 
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I believe many christians right now are looking at their situation as suffering when The Lord is putting them through trials to get the church ready for His coming, because many are not.
Rejoice, for He's still working on you because He loves you! Let Him perform His perfect work in you.

No pressure no diamonds.....
 
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Through suffering Faithful Believers are made perfect, in the same foundation that Jesus is made perfect through suffering.



Hebrews 2:10

New International Version
In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.

New Living Translation
God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation.

English Standard Version
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.

King James Bible
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

New American Standard Bible
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the originator of their salvation through sufferings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For in bringing many sons to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God—all things exist for Him and through Him—should make the source of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

American Standard Version
For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

>>>> Tribulations is considered one of the worst suffrage and here is John explain it's purpose why :

Revelation 1:9
I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

witness...

John 16:33
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

Romans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

1 Peter 5:9
Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

Jeremiah 15:15
You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.

2 Corinthians 1:5
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said