Paul encourages this church to endure through hardship and faithfully spread the Gospel of Christ.
Encouragement like this in the midst of tough times could really put wind in their sails to press on.
God desires to be known.
We are better off when we let Christ in us shine through our own brokenness.
Keep present afflictions in perspective.
Seek God’s perspective: 2 Corn. 4:17 says, “For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.”
Father, thank you for your promises and your provision.
