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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Enduring through suffering is one of the principle ingredients of every disciple multiplication movement. It takes spirit led endurance to both start and sustain a movement. The bible promises that in this world we will have troubles and that those that want to live a Godly life will be persecuted. Journey with us through the scriptures and find what it to takes to never quit. Don't give up.
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