6 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints, Examples Of

He preferred sharing the hardships of God's People to enjoying the short-lived pleasures of sin.

And now, under spiritual constraint, I am here on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, Except that in town after town the Holy Spirit plainly declares to me that imprisonment and troubles await me. But I count my life of no value to myself, if only I may complete the course marked out for me, and the task that was allotted me by the Lord Jesus--which was to declare the Good News of the Love of God.

It was then that Paul made the reply: "Why are you weeping and breaking my heart like this? For my part, I am ready not only to be bound, but even to suffer death at Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus."

We meet slander with gentle appeals. We have been treated as the scum of the earth, the vilest of the vile, to this very hour.

No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God's ministers should--in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties, In floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in fastings; By purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindliness, by holiness of spirit, by unfeigned love;read more.
By the Message of Truth, and by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; Amid honor and disrepute, amid slander and praise; regarded as deceivers, yet proved to be true; As unknown, yet well-known; as at death's door, yet, see, we are living; as chastised, yet not killed; As saddened, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things!

'Father,' the son said, 'I sinned against Heaven and against you; I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.'