verse of the day

Friday 16 January 2015

Who needs suffering? [John 17 v1 - 5 ]

Charles Parkhurst said,/Great faith is exhibited not so much in doing as in suffering/. This is something that we may not want to hear, after all who
wants to suffer? no one,yet consider Him whom we follow Jesus.How did He bring blessing upon us by His suffering.Consider the faith of Paul the apostle that was manifest through his suffering ,CP,../2 Corinthians11v
23ff,/12 v7 -10/Davids life was no bed of roses ,read his life in 1 Samuel 18ff. Consider the lives of the prophets ,Jesus spoke of the prophets who had been stoned and killed [Luke 13 v 34].Consider Daniel and friends who where faced with horrendous ,suffering,also dear old Job,who lost his children,his possessions, and his health[ Job 1 -2]There have been lovely Christian that I have known who exhibited great faith, a brother in my home
 church ,lost his lovely wife when they went to Brazil as missionaries. He experienced the same symptoms as his wife and was told he must leave Brazil or he would die,he stayed,and God blessed his ministry in a wonderful way.
     Are you suffering ?have faith in God ,trust Him for the necessary grace
to serve and to follow your Saviour.
                                        A  prayer
Dear God grant us the grace to rise  in faith so that whatever may come our way we may glorify our Saviour Amen.

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