LEARNING HOW TO SUFFER (PART 3) SCRIPTURE: PSALM 1 CONCEPT: PEOPLE CAN CAUSE, HELP, HINDER OR INCREASE OUR SUFFERING, BASED ON HOW WE DEAL WITH THEM OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN PREACHING A SERIES ENTITLED, LEARNING HOW TO SUFFER . IN IT WE ESTABLISHED THAT SUFFERING AND PAIN, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS ARE A REAL AND IN MANY WAYS A REQUIRED PART OF LIFE. JESUS TOLD US THAT IN THIS WORLD WE SHALL HAVE TRIBULATIONS. NO CROSS, NO CROWN. NO PAIN, NO GAIN. WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A CROSS FOR EVERYONE... THAT IT RAINS ON THE GOOD AND THE BAD, THE SAINT AND THE SINNER. THE IS AND THE AIN TS.
BECAUSE OF THIS FACT, WE CONCLUDED THAT WE MUST, AS BELIEVERS AND CHILDREN OF GOD, ALL KNOW HOW TO SUFFER. KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT AND HOW TO EXPERIENCE IT AS BEST WE CAN. IN PART ONE, WE NOTED THAT OUR FEELINGS HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH HOW WE SUFFER. WE MUST HAVE THE RIGHT ATTITUDE. WE CAN NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO BECOME PROUD AND FEEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN ALIENATED AND ALL ALONE DURING OUR SUFFERING. AND WE HAVE TO AVOID FEELING THAT OUR SUFFERING WON T IN THE LONG RUN MAKE US