For Those in Pain

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For Those in Pain

• Understanding Suffering
• Deuteronomy 81-5 2 Corinthians 11-11

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Some simple truth about suffering

• If Christ suffered, we must suffer
• 1 Peter 41
• 2 ways we can suffer For good or bad
• 1 Peter 415, 16
• Not all suffering is caused by sin
• John 91-5
• God can convert into good
• Genesis 5019-20

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Deuteronomy 82-5

• Moses highlights three reasons for suffering
• To humble you
• To test you
• To teach you
• Why?
• Through hunger and provision
• To see if you would keep His commands
• So that you would know what is in your heart

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2 Corinthians 11-11

• Paul highlights three reasons for suffering
• So that
• We might be prepared to comfort others
• We might not trust in ourselves
• We might learn to give thanks in everything

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While in your trials or hardship Dont Forget

• We are not exempt from pain
• Matthew 545
• Its inevitable So dont be surprised by it
• 1 Peter 412 -13
• It wont last forever
• Psalms 305
• Dont give up
• Galations 69

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Dont forget cont

• Be counter-cultural Count it all joy
• James 12-4
• God will deliver us
• Psalms 34 17-19
•  God is Present
• Romans 828 Gen 3920-21