Good Morning everyone!! I do hope that you all had a beautiful New Years Day. Let us all pray, that 2022 is a year of good tidings, and also pray that the covid virus is finally over with!! Now on with the Study....
Afflicted Saints, Examples Of:
Genesis 39:20-23:
So Joseph’s master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail. But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. The chief jailer committed to Joseph’s charge all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it. read more.
Psalm 105:17-19:
He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
They afflicted his feet with fetters,
He himself was laid in irons;
Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of the Lord tested him.
Hebrews 11:25:
choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
1 Samuel 3:18:
So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the Lord; let Him do what seems good to Him.”
Nehemiah 1:4:
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Job 1:20-22:
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. He said,
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.
2 Samuel 12:15-23:
So Nathan went to his house.Then the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s widow bore to David, so that he was very sick. David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground. The elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them. read more.
Acts 20:22-24:
And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 21:13:
Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Finished for today, I'm going to try to get things done Tuesday, that I should have done today. Parking lots should be cleared enough, with help from Gary, I should be able to make it in to the store, etc., so this Study will be finished on Wednesday.
God Bless!
