The Fellowship of His Suffering

Nobody likes to suffer. But suffering is necessary for our growth and development as followers of Christ.  Life isn't a cakewalk. There will be times of trial. We should rejoice during the good times in our lives but also not feel like we've been abandoned during times of suffering.



Philippians 3:8Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ; 10  that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
 
I Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 

that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,