Maybe the title confused you. When I say "suffering and worship" I'm not talking about any one's Sunday morning experience of suffering through the worship service! This is not about singing the same chorus 10 times in a row, or gritting your teeth while a musician keeps messing up your favorite hymn, or listening to a boring preacher's monotone voice for an hour. Not that these things ever happen at our church, well... at least not the singing or musical part! (By the way, that kind of "suffering" reveals more about our maturity as believers than we probably want it to... but that's another topic.)
No, when I say "suffering and worship" I mean that these two words actually go hand-in-hand. We can worship God in the midst of our suffering. How is this possible? Join us Sunday as we look to the apostle Peter for the answer!
Hint: read 1 Peter 1:3-9
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Thanks Dan for the blog. It was just what I needed to hear today. Sometimes we as Christians forget to worship God when times get tough and we are suffering from one thing or the other. We forget to give thanks for the things we DO have instead of griping about the things we DON'T and we spend more time nursing our wounds instead of worshiping the one who deserves worshiping!
After visiting Greg Pugh this evening, he reminded me of what true humility was. This is one humble man who worships the almighty one even in midst of suffering...we could all learn a lesson from him.
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