When we Suffer, Here are six questions to ask ourselves when we suffer, and what to do if the answer is yes.
Questions
• Am I being punished by God for Sin?
• Is Satan attacking me as I try to survive as a Christian?
• Am I being prepared for a special service, learning to be compassionate to those who suffer?
• Am I specifically selected for testing, like Job?
• Is my suffering a result of nature consequences for which I am not directly responsible?
• Is my suffering due to some unknown reason?
Our Response
• Confess known sin.
• Call on God for strength.
• Resist self - pity. Ask God for to open up doors of opportunity and help you discover others who suffer as you do.
• Accept help from the body of believers.
Trust God to work his purpose through you.
• Recognize that in a sinful world, both good and evil people will suffer. But the good person has a promise from God that his or her suffering will one day come to an end.
• Don't draw inward from the pain. Proclaim your faith in God, know that he cares, and wait patiently for his aid.
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