Today, presiding elder Eric Byrom continues his series on Desiring God, Chapter 10.
Main Points
Reference: Desiring God by John Piper - Amazon GoodReads
- Suffering the call of Christ to a live a life of sacrifice and loss that has in view the gain to be had in the life to come
- What is more suffering than the Cross?
- Does life go better with Christ?
- What is the difference between conflict and cancer?
- Sometimes suffering comes into our lives that we don't choose.
- What type of Christian life have I been aiming at and what are some tangible ways that I have sought after it?
- Why pursue suffering?
- God uses our suffering to wean us from self-reliance and to cast us on Himself alone.
- The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the gospel.
- What significant way will I alter my life to share in Christ's sufferings?
Daily Devotional
Blog Date:
Friday, May 22, 2020
