This past Sunday, we explored the role that suffering plays in our spiritual formation, or how we are “shaped by suffering.” While many of us don’t like to consider how our suffering might be used for our spiritual maturity, the consistent teaching of the New Testament is that suffering is one of the primary means God uses to form the character of Christ in us. In the letter of 1 Peter, we are instructed to yield our suffering to God, knowing that it has the capacity to shape in us a resilient faith, a deeper joy, and an eternal hope.

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