LOOK WHAT HE DID!

 

 

Hebrews 12:3

 

"Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted." ESV

 

We certainly live in difficult times. Much of the time we get our eyes off the eternal realm and onto the earthly things going on around us. Most of us are struggling with trials of one kind or another. Let's just stop for a moment and consider what Jesus Christ experienced as He walked on this earth. He suffered to the point of death for being righteous and showing us the Father. If we will just remember this, it will cause us to keep our lives in the right perspective and to remember that we have not been required to suffer as He did.

 

Heavenly Father, how weak we are! We allow problems of all kinds to make us feel defeated. While there are times when tragedy strikes that we can barely stand, even then, Lord, You suffered far more than that. Help us to always look to what You went through for us when we feel attacked and afraid, that we might be strengthened in our faith. We pray in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

 

          

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Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC

 

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SUFFERING FOR GOD

 

1 Peter 2:19

"For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God." NIV

 

 

"For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully." KJV

 

 

Do we really know what it is to suffer for God's sake? Are we acquainted with persecution for our Christian beliefs? Unfortunately, we complain when life's troubles come our way, even after Jesus told us we would have the world's tribulations while we are here. All people suffer those trials. If we have difficulty standing under the normal problems of this world, how will we stand when we are suffering unjust punishment for standing for our Lord and Saviour? If we will commit our lives totally to the Lord, in obedience and faith, He will be with us to stand under the pain of suffering for Him.

 

 

Heavenly Father, forgive us for complaining about the problems we experience as humans in this world. Give us focus on You and how we live our lives here on this earth so that when persecution due to our faith in You comes, we will be ready to stand strong and victoriously by Your grace. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.

           

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Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC

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GUARANTEED PERSECUTION

If Jesus was persecuted for being about His father's business, why would

we think we would escape persecution for being like Christ? There is little

or no persecution of Christians in America. Are we not living as godly as we

should? These days it seems many Christians hide their testimony to keep

from offending others or to keep from being ridiculed. If we suffer for being

like Christ, we are blessed. And who knows but that someone's heart was

ready at that moment to receive the words we failed to speak.

Heavenly Father, we ask that you would give us boldness and courage

to live and speak your words of truth and do the deeds that show we

belong to you, no matter what the cost is to us. In Jesus' name.

Read 2 Itmothy 3:12

"In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will

be persecuted." (NIV)

"Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer

persecution." (KJV)

"A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings

of God in the world." Dietrich Bonhoeffer

     

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