{"id":10614,"date":"2026-03-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/satchurch.lv\/?p=10614"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:00:12","slug":"what-benefits-pain-suffering-time-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/what-benefits-pain-suffering-time-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the benefits of pain and suffering at the time? II"},"content":{"rendered":"I greet you in the name of Jesus on this wonderful day! May God\u2019s wisdom be multiplied unto you to make you able to go through pain and difficulties with dignity. We are talking about\u00a0<strong>potential advantages that lie dormant in pain and sufferings<\/strong>. Yesterday we saw two particular advantages of pain and suffering. Today we will look at some more.\r\n\r\n<strong>Problems try and purify our faith.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nQuite often the Bible compares sufferings with\u00a0the furnace used for the purification of metal that burns up all the dross.\r\n<h6>\u00a0\u201cIn this your 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, honour, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ\u201d\u00a0(1 Peter, 1:6-7).<\/h6>\r\nJames also said that our faith when tested demonstrates its true \u2018face\u2019.\r\n<h6>\u00a0\u00abMy brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience\u201d\u00a0(James, 1:2-3).<\/h6>\r\nWithout problems your faith cannot multiply and get strong.\r\n\r\n<strong>Problems form our character.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nYou really cannot develop your character sitting in classrooms. Real situations and different circumstances provide opportunities for the development of the character. The problems that we despise the most have tremendous potential for the growth of spiritual muscles and moral consistency.\r\n\r\nApostle Paul says that trials produce patience.\r\n<h6>\u00a0\u00abAnd not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us\u201d (Romans, 5:3-5).<\/h6>\r\nThe circumstances around us are not as important as the changes that are happening inside of us. Our situations are temporary, but the character we are developing through them is eternal.\r\n\r\nAllow God to strengthen your faith and form in you a godly character through the difficult circumstances sent to you. Do not let these problems break your spirit and turn your life into \u2018bitter water\u2019. Trust God, and he will make you perfect in all things!\r\n\r\nWe will continue tomorrow.\r\n\r\nBe blessed!\r\n\r\nPastor Rufus Ajiboy","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Problems try and purify our faith.\r\n\r\nQuite often the Bible compares sufferings with the furnace used for the purification of metal that burns up all the dross. \u201cIn this your 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, honour, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ\u201d (1 Peter, 1:6-7).","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-word"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":12,"label":"Daily Word"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-photo-6232548-1024x683.jpeg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Pastor Rufus Ajiboye","author_link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/author\/rufus-ajiboye\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":12,"name":"Daily Word","slug":"daily-word","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":12,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Daily word for spiritual strength","parent":0,"count":650,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":12,"category_count":650,"category_description":"Daily word for spiritual strength","cat_name":"Daily Word","category_nicename":"daily-word","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40682,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10614\/revisions\/40682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}