Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
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WELL DONE
One mentally challenged young man I heard said, “In this life God places us in His oven. In here it is hot and it hurts. No one likes being in the oven but when life is over, and the bell dings, God takes
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
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THE MARK OF SUFFERING
In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statue of the Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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THE SUFFERING OF THE TRINITY
In the National Gallery of Art in London there’s a picture of the Crucifixion that is so dark that when you first look at it, you can’t see anything. But if you stand and ponder it, and if you do not permit your gaze to falter, eventually you will see in the darkness a
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Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 10, 2009
SUFFERING=SERVICE
Roger Staubach is an American football player. He was once asked when injured, "How do you keep on keeping on if you’re playing professional football"? Roger said something important, "If you’re not playing hurt, you’re not playing football."
Paul expresses a similar
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 3, 2011
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THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PILGRIMS
The sufferings of these pilgrims has been a theme often repeated and yet it remains an amazing story. Within three months of the Mayflower landing in December 1620, only about fifty of the original hundred survived. Their graves had to be unmarked and grassed over to
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on May 31, 2012
THE ALLY OF SUFFERERS
The author and church minister Ray Ortlund says this:
"Sometimes there is no way to get out of suffering; but there is a way to get through suffering, because God is the ally of sufferers." He also says that
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Anglican
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I could never believe in God if it were not for the Cross. In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I turn to that lonely, twisted, tortured figure on the cross—nails through hands and feet, back lacerated, limbs wrenched, brow bleeding from thorn-pricks, mouth
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 6, 2012
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HOLY JOY
Richard Foster describes holy joy like this:
"Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. ...It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride. ...Utter abandonment to God is done freely and with celebration. And so I urge you to enjoy this ministry of self-surrender. ...The saints
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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Quote: A.W. Pink:
"He suffered hell for us so that we can enjoy heaven with Him.
He entered the awful Darkness, that I might walk in the Light;
He drank the cup of woe that I might
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 9, 2001
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THE ANTONYM OF JOY
Discouragement is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future. It is ingratitude for the blessings of yesterday, indifference to the opportunities of today, and insecurity regarding strength for tomorrow. It is unawareness of the presence
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