Trials, Sufferings and Pain part 2

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redeemedbygrace74

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  1. [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To Chastens and Discipline Us[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]In our hardness, God breaks us as to a horse – taming us. God chastens only His children but judges those that are not His own.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Our chastisement yields fruits of righteousness; [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Hebrews 12:11[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The purpose of the discipline of the Lord is for correction; as the Lord treated us as His children. He rights our wrongs so He disciplined us accordingly. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Proverbs 3:11[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]We ought not to resent the Lord’s discipline. The Psalmist found it comforting having the Lord near with His staff and rod. It’s pleasant for us when the Lord disciplines us; it’s a thought that we are still His children.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalm 23:4[/FONT]



  1. [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]It gives us an honest assessment of ourselves. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]With that in mind, it gives us an objective view of our own spirituality. Adversities test our growth. It measures how deep we’re dug in. Subjectively, it is hard seeing our real selves, especially through these bias bifocals. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Pride can only be unearthed through humiliation.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Love can only be revealed by the unlovely people.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Peace can only be manifested in turmoil and chaos.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Joy can only be experienced in sorrows.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Gentleness can only be discovered in harshness.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]God already knew us; through trials He wants us to know ourselves – the real us.[/FONT]



  1. [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]God wants to fellowship with us and through trials make us turn to Him.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Like the Israelites in the desert, it was easy for us forgetting the Lord who brought us out of own Egypt (sin) that we go own our way.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Exodus 32:6[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]God sometimes brings us in the wilderness for us to come to our senses so we can know Him. So He could meet us there as the Great I AM.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Hosea 2:14[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The Almighty God wants to be our[/FONT]

  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Healer when we’re broken and sick[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Father when we’re orphaned[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Provider when we’re in poverty[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Comforter when we’re in distress[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Emmanuel when we’re rejected, abandoned and unloved[/FONT]



  1. [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]That He might be glorified in our trials, sufferings and pain. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]2 Corinthians 4:10,17[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Trials bring out our true colors and the God we trust to work. Through hardships and pain, the opportunity is open for God to reveal Himself.[/FONT]



  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Daniel – Lion’s den[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego – Furnace[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Moses – Pharaoh [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]A Christian shines brightest in the darkest of night of trials and persecution.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And it is for glory that magnifies God that trials, sufferings and pain come.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Romans 8:18[/FONT]
 
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