1 Peter 4:12-13<\/p>\n
\u201cDear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Daily I receive messages from readers who describe the pain and trials that they are encountering. You may be one of those suffering saints, even if you did not send me a message.<\/p>\n As I read the words of today\u2019s Scripture, I realize that Christians across the centuries have encountered painful trials. As I have mentioned many times, all of the disciples (except John) experienced torture, suffering and death.<\/p>\n Prior to the Day of Pentecost, the Apostle Peter, was known for expressing his ideas before thinking or praying. Now that he had experienced prison, flogging and humiliation, how would he respond?<\/p>\n Peter\u2019s answer to conflict and trial in his life is the same that we are to practice in our own life. It is what I like to think of as an \u201cAHA!\u201d moment. It is the time when we see the power of God\u2019s Word as being more important than our natural reactions to our circumstances.<\/p>\n We are to see painful trials as something to be anticipated<\/em> rather than some abnormal occurrence. Not only are we to expect<\/em> trials in our life, we are to rejoice<\/em> that we are able to participate in the suffering with Christ and look forward to being able to rejoice with Him in His glory is revealed.<\/p>\n Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n – – – Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1 Peter 4:12-13 \u201cDear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.\u201d Daily I receive messages from readers who describe the pain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-peter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}