Suffering in Joy
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You are never alone
You are never alone
Knowledge: We must know if we are to grow
Romans 8: 16 -17
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,
and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
2. Hope: There is always Hope
Romans 8:35
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
3. Strength: You will never suffer alone
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.
But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer;
and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.
4. Joy : Let your joy be known to all
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Psalm 30:5 (NASB95)
Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.