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…the Believer who is completing his course of suffering for Christ's sake is completing the process of ceasing from sin. In other words, suffering for Christ's sake transforms the Believer from sin-FULL to sin-LESS; suffering for Christ's sake perfects Believers.

"Because Man was put here to make a CHOICE between good and evil, between doing things GOD'S way or his OWN, and THAT'S the ROOT CAUSE of why there is so much suffering, misery, pain, ill health, wars, economic troubles and so on in the World today.-Because instead of choosing to love and obey GOD, Man has chosen to REBEL against His loving rules that were made only for our health and happiness, and do things his own way, and so he is suffering from the consequences of his own wrong choices! `There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death!'"-Proverbs 14:12.

Though we can, and often do, suffer (poverty, war, alienation) for the sins of our ancestors, we are JUDGED for our own sins. We are not slaves to our History. We can make our own choices and we can choose righteousness that comes through faith in Jesus Christ.

Daily Word of God Devotionals are Powerful, Motivating, Practical and Inspiring. Written to Turbo-charge your day and stimulate your spiritual appetite and do "Whatever it Takes" to focus on Christ. Remember, "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." For Reservations at Our Fathers House, Please Enter John 3:16

When some followers of Christ find themselves suffering, their immediate response is "Lord, deliver me from this, immediately!" He can and sometimes He does. But He often does not. When He does not, it may be because it is His will to grow spiritual character in the life of His follower.

Whatever the suffering we might be experiencing as a consequence for following our own way instead of God's way, the promise of God still extends to us: If we will recommit our lives to Him; if we will serve Him; if we will do things His way; if we will look at life through His eyes; then God promises to restore the years we have lost: "the years that the locust hath eaten".

Jó capítulos 18 e 19 Em meio às mais terríveis amarguras, saibam todos que existe uma luz, um abrigo na tempestade, uma paz no meio da tormenta, uma luz que espanca as trevas, a verdade que vence os sofismas, o consolo que apaga as angústias da alma, o alívio para as dores físicas e

In the middst of a sufferance we can find a light of hope. How is it? It is written in the book of Job, chapter 19, and we are here commenting - in portuguese, but you may translate to the language you would want, and have a good time in this lecture.

Our afflictions are designed not to break us, but to bend us toward God.

Salmo 51 Esta expressão vem do uso dos antigos pontos de telefone público, também chamados de "orelhões". Em uma tentativa de estabelecer-se uma conversa, colocava-se uma ficha no aparelho, que ficava retida visivelmente no seu deck de entrada, discava-se um número, e esperava-se que

Who knows all things about the sins that had bring some kind of suffering to mankind? There is a lot of them that are hidden to the eyes of the world, but since nothing may be occult to God, what is the conditions that the sinners have in order to save their souls? Read it, that is in portuguese, but you may translate to the language you would want.