The Power of Suffering: Strengthening Your Faith in the Refiner's Fire (Macarthur Study Series)

by John F. MacArthur Jr.

a believer today can endure the most difficult trials imaginable if he or she wholeheartedly trusts in God.

When we focus on the things of genuine, lasting value—eternal things—temporal pains and difficulties, even the most severe, become much more bearable.

when we are persecuted unjustly at our jobs, in our families, or in our social contacts, we need to follow His example and accept the persecution without retaliating. It is crucial that we resist, by God’s grace and power, the urge to strike back or seek revenge in the midst of unjust persecution

A prayerful attitude of thankfulness, no matter what the situation, results in our receiving the unsurpassed peace of God.