UNDERGOING HARDSHIPS!
We all experience HARDSHIPS
In this world=
Even JESUS DID!
And when we try
To FOLLOW God's will=
Sometimes we experience
Even MORE HARDSHIPS
“It is necessary
For us to UNDERGO
MANY HARDSHIPS=
To enter the
Kingdom of God” Acts 14:27
In the 14th chapter
Of ACTS=
Paul is BUILT UP-
Only to be torn down
Isn't that the way
That it is=
In this TOUGH-hard world
That we live in
At first Paul
Is treated Like a god=
Then the crowds
TURN against him=
And even
Throw STONES at him
Even the BEST OF US
EXPERIENCE HARDSHIPS
In this world=
And we
Are NO DIFFERENT
I know I have had
MORE than my share
“Who shall separate us
From the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or HARDSHIP
Or persecution or famine
Or nakedness or danger
Or sword?” Romans 8:35
“But you-keep your head
In all situations=
ENDURE HARDSHIPS
Do the work
Of an evangelist==
Discharge all the duties
Of your ministry” 2 Timothy 4:5
Jesus tells us TODAY
That he BRINGS PEACE=
But NOT the world's peace
Yes we do
FIND HARDSHIP
When we TRY
To do God's WILL
But we will
Experience hardship
NO MATTER WHAT
But Jesus gives us
THE BEST MESSAGE=
Encouragement
“Do NOT let
Your hearts be troubled
Or afraid” John 14:27
Paul is DOING
Just as Jesus said
ENCOURAGING his followers
To PERSEVERE IN FAITH=
Confident in the SALVATION
Jesus has already won
Dear Lord=we PRAY TODAY
That we will not be
DISCOURAGED BY HARDSHIP
And that we will
Persevere in TRUST AND FAITH
In the LORD
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of OUR EVER PRESENT FATHER!
Robert P. Wallman
5-11-20 and 5-18-2025
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Greg Erlandson
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