Sufferings- A Great Weapon

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." 
                                                                         -John 3:16

Our dear Father gave us Jesus,to show us how to live in this world as His children and to teach us how to defeat the worldly powers and temptations to reach to our everlasting home with eternal life. He gave us Jesus, through His great sufferings and sacrifice, to save us and purify us from the claims of satan and to receive the new life of His Holy Spirit so that now we are living with the life of Jesus.

Hebrews 2:15-18 says to us that;

'Jesus became like these people and died so that he could free them. They were like slaves all their lives because of their fear of death. Clearly, it is not angels that Jesus helps. He helps the people who are from Abraham.  For this reason, Jesus had to be made like us, his brothers and sisters, in every way. He became like people so that he could be their merciful and faithful high priest in service to God. Then he could bring forgiveness for the people’s sins.  And now he can help those who are tempted. He is able to help because he himself suffered and was tempted.'

Jesus was sent with the great plan of God the Father that through His sufferings and sacrifice, all His children are saved. This is our mission that God showed us through Jesus. We,through our life not only intend our salvation but the salvation of many souls through us. Because sufferings are a great weapon to fight against the powers of the world. The worldly powers cannot fight against the weapon of sufferings. We understand this from the book of Job.Even in great suffering Job remained in God and believed in Him.

When we are in any suffering, physical, mental or anything, we must never brood on the cause and state of our suffering. what we must do during that condition is that, submit our pain and suffering to the Cross of Jesus and for the many people who can be in the same state as we are. We must then pray for their deliverance along with our suffering. The cross of Jesus Christ is the promise of hope to Resurrection. Along with us God is delivering many souls. Never waste any of our sufferings, the strong power and belief that we attain during this times are the ones that make us complete in God.

"God—the one who made all things and for whose glory all things exist—wanted many people to be his children and share his glory. So he did what he needed to do. He made perfect the one who leads those people to salvation. He made Jesus a perfect Savior through his suffering."-Hebrews 2:10

Suffering is a time given for us to realize many things. It is a time that we realize that we as Gods children has to encounter this from the powers of the world,but if we submit it to God,He is there with us to help us in this state. Suffering help us to realize Gods love to us and His presence for us. It is the time we get closer to God.Hence let us use our sufferings of this world for good.

Prayer

Lord, when sufferings and pain encircle us help us to submit it to your Cross and for the many who are in the same state and give us strength to to renew ourselves through the pain and fight against the evil so that we are being molded complete as You. Amen

Reading
Psalms 16
2 Corinthians 12:7-10

The Marvel of the Cross

In the days of our life, there are times when we get bombarded by thoughts and emotions. a trigger from some incidents can immerse us in depression. We may feel lost, we may think stupid, we may cry with suffocation, we may find ourselves bursting out and helpless. At that point of time, our mind will be noisy, our mind and thoughts will never be under our control. We will wander within us to find relief/escape. But never go down, let this lead us to a great realization.This is the best suffering and a great weapon which can be submitted for all those who are in the same situation. this is the best suffering and weapon that can be submitted to fight against this world.

Whenever we are in such a helpless situation, never allow this emotions to sustain for long. we must burst out in tears and cry , then wipe our tears and submit the suffering that we are experiencing in our mind and all our thoughts to the Cross of Jesus Christ. Pray to Lord that 'Lord at present this situation is making my mind stressed,i am suffering due to my emotions, depression..caused due to an incident. I submit my suffering to your Cross. Use my suffering to deliver many souls who are in same condition, use my suffering to fight against the worldly powers ruling me, use this suffering to bring me nearer to you. I submit my mind and me to You'.

After this prayer, we can hear our Lord answering to us that....."My Child there is a Resurrection after the Cross".

The peace that will fill our mind after this is beyond words. Not only that, the though/incident that was troubling us will never be in our mind any more. It has lost its power to rule us and use us to destroy us and others.Our mental sufferings are the greatest weapon to use against satan and the best medium through which God cleanses us and bring us nearer to HIM.

Hence whenever we are facing such situation and utilize it with God and the Cross of Jesus with perfect submission and realize that there is a resurrection awaiting.

Prayer

Lord help us to realize during the times of mental stress and depression, to submit them to the Cross and to cleanse with Your Blood. Let this suffering of our mind be submitted for the deliverance for many souls. We submit it for your plan.Deliver us oh Lord ..Your promise is eternal..there is a Resurrection awaiting.Amen

Reading
Philippians 4:6-7
1 Peter 5:6-11
Psalms 94