Could a retarded person be exalted above a spiritually gifted person? Are there eternal compensations so extravagant as to somehow make the most severe earthly suffering worthwhile If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the What matters to God is not how much we give but how deep we had to dig to give it; not the actual value The rest will spend eternity suffering God’s justice.

from the very commencement of their ministries, they were given personal prophecies that they would suffer Anyone who values such a person would seek continual feedback. records how Peter, moved by the highest motives – love for his Lord – protested at the thought of Jesus suffering Unfortunately, for as long as someone suffers from this disorder he will just have to keep reminding It is obvious from your questions that you suffer from excess anxiety – a medical condition – and this

for Christians To Feel Guilty and Ashamed   Compassionate help and powerful insights for all of us suffering To understand why every child of God suffers these devastating feelings, we need to understand the nature Had, in his earlier years, he not suffered from what to him seemed an endless list of sins, he would Great men like George Whitefield and John and Charles Wesley suffered enormously in their struggle to Spurgeon – the revered preacher of the past who is even today read by millions – suffered so greatly

feel a failure, since one of the lies perpetuated about men is that real men are not human enough to suffer Indeed, since “he himself suffered when he was tempted” (Hebrews 2:18) and “has been tempted in every way, just as we are,” (Hebrews 4:15) he whose sweat was like blood (Luke 22:44) must surely have suffered Since you alone can experience exactly what you are feeling, suffering any unpleasant feeling such as The primary value of deliberately relaxing is twofold.

The Key to Supernatural Healing   Why Jesus’ Suffering can Transform Your Life   A brief overview   Everything We have each lied, cheated, gossiped, stolen, or in some way hurt someone and thus added to human suffering We want to draw a line as to what degree of inflicted suffering is excusable, and of course most of us is that the very people whom God passionately loves – you and me – have contributed to the evil and suffering You spiritually light up.

Many who have suffered sexual abuse as children, don’t even think they are victims but think it was entirely Although the connection is particularly obvious in the case of suffering sex abuse, it can also apply to having suffered repeated failures to break an addiction. However, if you have suffered other forms of abuse, some of the following might be relevant.   “Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered,” (Hebrews 5:8).

count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered gain Christ . . . that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings Who would have guessed, for example, that Joseph, who suffered one despicably evil act after another Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with And this comes from the pen of the one who suffered horrifically.

It turns out that a desire to see someone else suffer ends up perpetuating our own suffering.   as a result of what you have suffered? to suffer because of what you have suffered.) What we have suffered is so horrific that whoever we choose to blame can never suffer enough to bring The uniqueness of Jesus and his suffering makes possible a spiritual exchange whereby he takes from you

sex in a desperate attempt to dull the pain – to harden themselves to the flashbacks etc that they suffer She has alters who not only suffered child abuse but hate it so intensely that they are adamant they During our exploration of many possible ways that having suffered sexual abuse can cause or compound “Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered,” (Hebrews 5:8). value.

It could lead to the humiliation of suffering many indignities at the hands of doctors and nurses. this would require great trust in your doctor – that his diagnosis is correct and that all that you suffer deeply that he will rush to use his limitless power to meet your deepest needs and allow you only to suffer Even though you suffered incomparably more for my endless happiness than I’ve ever suffered for myself where nothing – not life, happiness, material things, relationships, reputation, vocation, avoiding suffering

It greatly affects one’s spiritual development, however, to be forever wondering which parts of the Bible Let’s just simply look to him as our spiritual leader and see how he regarded the Old Testament. Did he set himself up as a new spiritual authority who supersedes Scripture? This would make him unworthy to be followed as a spiritual leader, much less worshipped. For more see The Unique Value of the Apostle Paul's Writings to Understand Jesus Related Pages Spiritual

this, we should acknowledge that it is disturbingly easy to be sincerely convinced that we are being spiritual There are women (and some men) who have suffered so atrociously at the hands of key men in their lives to their upbringing (always calling God ‘he’) that to them it ‘feels’ (i.e. an emotive, rather than spiritual But is this for some deep, spiritual reason or solely because it clashes with an ingrained habit? for many of us, God’s gender is such an emotive issue that, despite convincing ourselves we are being spiritual