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Podcast: Sfmin
Episode: âTHE PURPOSE AND POWER OF GODLY SUFFERINGâ {4}
Description: SESSION 4
AUGUST 8, 2021
âTHE PURPOSE AND POWER OF GODLY SUFFERINGâ
(Pain associated with identifying with and obeying Jesus)
è Godly suffering is inevitable and powerful (Philippians 1:29; 2 Timothy 3:12; Philippians 3:10)
è Not all suffering is righteous suffering (self-inflicted; fallen world; enemy)
è The faces of Suffering for Christâs sake
⢠Frontal Attacks: Anger, control, shame-based attacks; rejection
⢠Multifaceted suffering (2 Corinthians 4:8, 9)
⢠Subtle Attacks: âAngel of lightâ (2 Corinthians 11:14; John 8:44)
⢠When you discover you are a âtargetâ when enemy uses âdisguisesâ
⢠Internal persecution: Flesh vs. Spirit (Galatians 5:16, 17)
è Redemptive Suffering: Suffering for the benefit of another. Pain caused by anotherâs actions, words, absence, but endured in such a way as to bring long-term resolution.
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