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Shout Through The Pain!


You will suffer difficulties from time-to-time. Some of you will receive more trials than others. When the dust of suffering settles, thank God for his mercy and grace.

Here's why:

(1)  It could have been worse. You could have not had any money to pay your bill or food for your table.

(2)  A lesson is learned. You look at your situation through God's lens and learned how not to repeat your mistakes.

(3)  You grew closer to God. Next time you hit a bad spot, you will resist trying to figure it out and just go straight to God and give it to Him.

Suffering is a part of life according to 2 Timothy 3:12. Just like Timothy, in the Bible, you will see a lot during your lifetime. It’s important to surround yourself with strong godly role models.   The young preacher Timothy had his grandmother Lois, mother Eunice, and Paul helped him grow stronger in his faith by the life they led.

Would your faith strengthen if you saw saints break down every time they suffered adversity or if they praised God through it all? Would you be able to say, “All things work for the good of those that love the Lord,” or would you seek revenge? You won’t understand God fully until you suffer. Don't worry, He is right there teaching you a lesson in perseverance. How you suffer matters to God. Peter writes, “But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer or as a busybody in other men’s matters. Yet if any man suffers as a Christian, let him [her] not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf” (I Peter 4:15-16, KJV). How you behave during hard times matters to Him, because God’s agenda is bigger than what you are going through. He is reaching out to a dying world and using you to show the love the Christ to do it.

When you go through the fire, think about two things:

(1) Will the way you behave hinder others from coming to Christ?

(2) Did you bring reproach on God and put Christ back on that Cross (Hebrews 6:6)?

When times are tough and the world is weighing down on you, shout  through the pain, call on the name of Jesus and watch God deliver you because He is worthy to be praised! Won't He Do it?!


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