Lord, help me to love those who hate me.
Lord, help me to bless those who curse me.
Lord, help me to pray for those who mistreat me.
Lord, help me to give to those who take from me.
Is Christianity about being 'happy'?
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Lord, help me to bless those who curse me.
Lord, help me to pray for those who mistreat me.
Lord, help me to give to those who take from me.
You just reminded me of that song.... @Truman... that song happened on my BEST ever day in these forums.... the day you and I began to worship...
I will bow down and kiss the Son.....
Or..is he?
@farouk .... I know who you are... LOL... I was tagging Truman... but did not do it right.... That is what I get for talking to two people in one thread... LOL
Thank you for sharing, Addy. Am glad that you have found the light of Jesus Christ in your life. You are right our Father is always good, a giver of good gifts. That is very true, an am right there along with you when you talk about these things.
Guess for me you know I understand what it is like to be joyful, and thankful in the spirit of Christ with you, and with the inner man/woman with-in you.
But that doesn't mean that the suffering has gone away; especially in the aspect of suffering to have Love for God and Love for Others. It is not an easy feature, and me personally still have trouble with it myself, in all honest response.
Let me try this again.... LOL.... Hi Farouk... What I was trying to say... is that your scripture reminded me of a song that Truman introduced me to some months back.... Instead of completing my words to you first and then tagging him... I did it improperly... so SORRY for the confusion..
For me, the one answer here is to stay focused on Jesus Christ, His life in you, and your complete reconciliation to Him. This seems to answer to everything in my life, from overcoming temptation, enduring suffering, and loving others.
Much love!
Cannot taking up our cross include suffering?
"And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me." Matt 10:38
Can persecution include suffering?
"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." Matt 5:10-11
Should we not expect persecution?
"Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also." John 15:20
"And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." Matt 26:39
Jesus' cup included suffering through torture and death on the cross. What is our cup to be... persecution including suffering and death?
Here he speaks of the cup of James and of John:
"But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father." Matt 20:22-23
Again, what is our cup to be? Will there be suffering? Will we be ready to go through if we must?
If we remain always on God's side, will we not bear along side of Him what He expects us to bear?
"What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" Rom 8:31
. . . the author and finisher of our faith.
Suffering is a lot easier for me to endure knowing that Jesus Himself is going to carry me all the way home.
Much love!
We can be against our own selves. We can walk away from faith.
You shared great verses. Though suffering is very much a reality. There are moments in time of suffering however; those are very encouraging verses though in times of suffering themselves Amadeus.
Suffering as a Christian involves being patient with others.
Suffering as a Christian involves even letting other people have their own opinions and ideas as a believer in Christ.
Suffering as a Christian involves allowing people to have freedom to make their own choices in life.
Suffering as a Christian involves all of these things that pertain to humility and becoming lower than others, and that is a form of self denial that is where we could become over another or control the situation.
Suffering as a Christian involves forgiving, having mercy, longsuffering.
Long suffering. Maybe it just the word suffering that people do not like; because of - suffering - brings forth a negative and no one likes to think of negative things they always just like to look at the positive aspects
believe it is good to have the realty of both in the grip of your hand to really get a understanding of what is like to be a Christian; to have joy and hope but even so still be suffering in this fleshly body that will pass away.
It is not like that of depression or anything like that is just simply a realization of it. That is all.
Suffering as a Christian involves even letting other people have their own opinions and ideas as a believer in Christ.
Suffering as a Christian involves allowing people to have freedom to make their own choices in life.
Suffering as a Christian involves all of these things that pertain to humility and becoming lower than others, and that is a form of self denial that is where we could become over another or control the situation.
Suffering as a Christian involves forgiving, having mercy, longsuffering.
Long suffering. Maybe it just the word suffering that people do not like; because of - suffering - brings forth a negative and no one likes to think of negative things they always just like to look at the positive aspects
believe it is good to have the realty of both in the grip of your hand to really get a understanding of what is like to be a Christian; to have joy and hope but even so still be suffering in this fleshly body that will pass away.
It is not like that of depression or anything like that is just simply a realization of it. That is all.
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