Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily DevotionalVoorbeeld

God Isn't Glorified Through Our Suffering Many Christians live under the false idea that God wants them to suffer. This creates a nonstop victim mentality. Suffering is inevitable, but God is not glorified through our suffering. He is glorified when we have a good attitude during our suffering - and He wants us to be victorious! So why would we choose to remain bitter, angry and wounded or depressed? There's one surefire way to overcome suffering with the right attitude: Set your mind, and keep it set, on things above, not on things of the earth. You must be armed with right thinking, or you will give up during hard times. Set your mind and be fully aware that moving from being a victim to being a victor will not be a quick process. It will take time, but your experience will make you stronger and enable you to help others who are facing similar battles. Get excited about your future and realize that going through something with God means that you will come out on the other side with a victory that cannot be taken away from you. Prayer Starter: God, I need Your help to overcome a victim mentality. I choose to set my mind on things above so that I can have the right attitude. With Your thoughts and truth inside me, I know I can overcome.