Suffering
Lesson 1: Why do we suffer?
Lesson 1: Why do we suffer?Acts 9:16 - For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of My name.www.bible.com/bible/59/act.9All of us have at some time in our life cried out to God, “Why do I have to suffer so?” Whether our pain is of our…
Lesson 2: Extent of suffering – all creation
Lesson 2: Extent of suffering – all creationRomans 8:17-23 (ESV) - www.bible.com/bible/59/rom.817 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.18…
Lesson 3: Purpose of suffering - comfort
Lesson 3: Purpose of suffering - comfort2 Corinthians 1:7 (ESV) - www.bible.com/bible/59/2cor.17 Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.Is it hard to imagine how suffering ca…
Lesson 4: Purpose of suffering – faith in Him (part 1)
Lesson 4: Purpose of suffering – faith in Him (part 1)Romans 8:26-39 (ESV) - www.bible.com/bible/59/rom.826 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with…
Lesson 5: Purpose of suffering – faith in Him (part 2)
Lesson 5: Purpose of suffering – faith in Him (part 2)Romans 8:26-39 (ESV)28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestin…
Lesson 6: Purpose of suffering – faith in Him (part 3)
Lesson 6: Purpose of suffering – faith in Him (part 3)Romans 8:26-39 (ESV)32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect?…
Lesson 7: Purpose of suffering – God manifested in us
Lesson 7: Purpose of suffering – God manifested in us2 Corinthians 4:11-18 (ESV)11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.12 So death is at work in…
Lesson 8: Purpose of suffering – our purification
Lesson 8: Purpose of suffering – our purificationPhilippians 3:8-11 (ESV)8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubb…
Lesson 9: Purpose of suffering – our maturity in Christ
Lesson 9: Purpose of suffering – our maturity in ChristJames 1:2-4 (ESV)2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.4 And let steadfastness have its full…