Tag: suffering

Sculpted by life

So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is…

Wax on, wax off

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. -Romans 5:3-4 (NIV) In the 1984…

Yucky medicine

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen,…

Break the fourth wall

The LORD looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race. -Psalms‬ ‭33:13‬ ‭(NLT) Have you ever had someone say or do something so bad to you…

Outlast

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. -Romans 5:3-4 (NIV) Remember the movie…

The Refiner’s fire

See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. -Isaiah 48:10 (NIV) But he knows the way that I…

One. More. Round.

Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many…

Productive suffering

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just…

Bring it: Opportunity in tribulation

That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. -2…

There is always a silver lining

This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. -Psalm 118:24 (NASB) My brethren, count it all joy when you…