Pain is just the beginning, are you aware?

2 Corinthians:11:23-27

Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.

Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,

I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers.

I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.

Exposition

Have you suffered any of these yet? Then know your worries in Christianity haven't seen anything yet. For just as Christ suffered, so shall we also suffer the same fate.

Be ready and when it comes and count it a blessing.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, eternal LORD, I come before your majestic thrown today, father, strengthen me, to endure these hardships to the end.

In Jesus's Name.

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