General Topics: The Sermon Series

MORE part 28:  “Suffering …. with Joy”

Acts 16:16-40; Pastor David Holt

Sermon Notes: PDF Notes

Jas. 1:2-5; Rom. 5:3-5; 1 Pe. 2:21; 5:8-10; 2 Tim. 3:12; Jn. 16:33

To suffer well we must:

1. Focus on _________. (Hebr. 12:1-2; Ps. 121)

2. Show _____________ to others.  (Rom. 12)

3. Stay about the __________________.  (Acts 1:8; Mt. 28:18-20; 1 Cor. 15:58)

Saving faith is not:

Saving faith is:

4. Defend your legal _______________. 

Discussion Qs:  How do you typically respond when you suffer?

What point speaks to you the most today?  Who do you know that suffers

well, and why?