Since God is my , He calls me to Suffering Suffering: the state of undergoing , , or We pain, seek to distress, and tend to from hardship One reason why we do this, is because we , using our own standard, what is or to us Our challenge: Pain, distress, and hardships are that our Father uses. (Ps. 119:71, 1 Pet. 4:1, 2 Cor. 4:17, 2 Tim. 3:12, Jh. 16:33) Because they are tools, then they represent an Opportunity to our Father or to Him Suffering in Gen. 4 First v.1 Cain’s offering is v.5 Cain Abel v.8 God Cain v.10-12 Lamech’s v.23-24 Eve’s pain v.25-26 Holly Living Holy living is not devoid of , , and (Jesus, Paul, John, Job) Holy Living is , , and ourselves to the Father Pain, distress, and hardships are for holy living Application Our Lord Jesus the power of pain, distress, and hardships in the way He lived and at the cross (Heb. 2:14, Is. 25:8, 1 Cor. 15, 1 Peter 3:18) Our Lord Jesus accomplished this by (Lk. 22:42, Jh. 10:14-18) Will we ? We do this by our minds (Rom.12:1-2) We do this by in Him (Jh. 15:1-17) Notes: