Enduring Through SufferingSample

Here is a list of benefits of persecution and suffering if we respond well. These are taken from the verses quoted in this reading plan. This is a list from the italicized and underlined scriptures.   

Position us to bless others 

Test and refine and prove us and our faith 

Give us hope Show us God’s love is unstoppable and He is good and is all we need 

Show us God is listening and is near 

Bless us 

Comfort us 

Equip us to comfort others 

Prepare us to inherit the Kingdom of heaven 

Increase our reward in heaven 

Discover our true and real life in the Lord 

Help us know Jesus more intimately 

Help us become more like Christ and identify with Him more fully 

Help us gain more of Jesus’ character 

Demonstrate the permanency and power of God’s love for us 

Save our lives 

Cause us to bear more fruit 

Teach us peace Teach us to hope in our future eternal comfort and blessing 

Demonstrate God’s trust in us and honor of us 

Give us joy 

Announce God’s message broadly 

Encourage others in their faith 

Show our love to our brothers and sisters in the faith 

Shows our worthiness for the Kingdom 

Makes room for God’s justice 

Shows God’s power in us 

Demonstrates God’s life in us 

Foreshadows our future glorification (like Jesus’ resurrection) 

Causes others to be drawn to the Lord 

Results in thanksgiving from others for our sacrificial ministry 

Renews us day by day through the Lord 

Earns eternal reward 

Proves our genuineness 

Validates our ministry 

Validates our words 

Makes our lives known 

Enriches the lives of others 

Shows where our true riches are, where our hearts are 

Keeps us humble 

Gives us perseverance, godly character, and hope 

Honors us 

Shows we are God’s children and heirs of His glory 

Demonstrates our conquering lives in the Lord 

Advances the gospel 

Gives confidence to fellow-believers 

Demonstrates our faith in the Lord, which is our righteousness 

Shows us the power of Jesus’ resurrection, and helps us share in it 

Provides access to Jesus’ life and helps us reign with Him in eternity 

Gives us strength to stand Crowns us with glory and honor 

Perfects us 

Teaches us obedience 

Causes the Lord to be especially attentive to our prayers 

Enables us to experience better and lasting possessions Is a pathway to receive God’s promises 

Is the way of salvation 

Shows the world is not worthy but the Lord is Is an opportunity for amazing victories that will glorify the Lord 

Is a way the Lord teaches us discipline 

Grows us in holiness 

Produces a harvest of righteousness and peace in our lives 

Produces endurance and perfects us and makes us complete in the Lord 

Enables God to demonstrate His compassion and mercy 

Proves the genuineness of our faith 

Results in praise, glory and honor to the Lord 

Helps us find favor with God 

Fulfills our calling 

Shames the enemies of the Kingdom 

Helps free us from sin’s allure 

Causes us to live more fully for God’s will and desires 

Increases our future joy 

Increases the glory of God in our lives and the fullness of the Holy Spirit 

Will result in our restoration, strengthening, firmness, and steadfastness 

Results in our receiving the victor’s crown 

Achieves God’s good purposes in our lives 

After reading all of this we hope and pray that you too will respond properly to persecution and not forget all of these benefits. If we are not being persecuted and suffering maybe we are not doing it right. The scriptures say more about persecution and suffering than about praying, reading your bible, and going to church combined. Lord, may we all be ready to live and to die for you. ENDURE THROUGH SUFFERING.  

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