Sorry for the late post. This week, despite a last minute change of venue, we had our third study in our series, The Rebel's Guide to Joy. This week's topic? The Rebel's Guide to Joy in Suffering. The question is not if you will suffer, but how and when. While that certainly doesn't, at first glance, inspire a lot of hope, the real joy in suffering is found not in the suffering itself, but in how God works in you and through you. Despite his circumstances, Paul, who knew all too well of suffering, found joy in his own suffering because he knew that even though he was miserable, God was using his suffering to refine his own life and to impact the lives of those around him. His joy was not in the fact that he was suffering, but in the fact that his suffering was not without purpose: namely, the furthering of the Gospel.
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