SUFFERING

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SUFFERING

• Are We Prepared?

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Preparing for Suffering

• Trusting Gods Word
• Princes persecute me without a cause, but my
  heart stands in awe of Your word (Psa 119161).

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Preparing for Suffering

• Trusting Gods Word
• Deut 47 For what great nation is there that
  has God so near to it, as the LORD our God is to
  us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him?

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Preparing for Suffering

• Trusting Gods Word
• Psa 461-3 God is our refuge strength, a very
  present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not
  fear, even though the earth be removed, though
  the mountains be carried into the midst of the
  sea 3 though its waters roar be troubled,
  though the mountains shake with its swelling.

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Preparing for Suffering

• Trusting Gods Word
• Psa 563-4 Whenever I am afraid, I will trust
  in You. 4 In God (I will praise His word), in God
  I have put my trust I will not fear what can
  flesh do to me?

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Preparing for Suffering

• Trusting Gods Word
• Isa 263-4 You will keep him in perfect peace,
  whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in
  You. Trust in the LORD forever, for in Jehovah,
  the LORD, is everlasting strength.

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Preparing for Suffering

• Trusting Gods Word
• Nahum 17 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the
  day of trouble He knows those who trust in
  Him.

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Preparing for Suffering

• Trusting Gods Word
• Do we trust the promises Jesus made? Luke 620-23

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Preparing for Suffering

• Trust God To Hear Our Prayers
• Before the cross (Matt 2636-44)
• Before Peters death (Acts 121-5, 12)
• Before Peters trial (Lk 2231-34)
• Resulting in peace (Phil 46-7)
• God is to be trusted (Jer 121-5)

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Preparing for Suffering

• Trusting Each Other
• Friendship a purpose for the church (Ecc 49-12
  1 Cor 1224-27)
• Family a purpose for the church (Eph 219 1
  Thess 512-15)

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Preparing for Suffering(Ecclesiastes 31-8
Hebrews 414-16)

• Trust Gods Word
• Trust God To Hear Prayers
• Trust Each Other As A Family

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Salvation From Sin Eternal Life

• Faith in Jesus Christ through the Gospel
• John 824 2030-31 Rom 116 109-10 Mark
  1616 Heb 116
• Repent or turn from sins
• Luke 2446-47 Acts 238 319 1730-31
• Confess faith in Christ
• Matt 1032-33 Acts 836-38 Rom 109-10
• Be immersed in water
• Matt 2819 Mk 1616 Acts 238 Rom 63-4 1
  Pet 321
• Live in obedient faith
• Heb 58-9 1 Peter 114 Rev 210