We are destined for it.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
So that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.
To enter God’s kingdom
Acts 14:22
Strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
To follow Christ’s example
1 Peter 2:21
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his steps.
To discipline us
Hebrews 12:6
Because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
To test us
2 Chronicles 32:31
But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart.
To turn to God
Amos 4:6-10
“I gave you empty stomachs in every city yet you have not returned to me,” declares the Lord. “I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up. People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to me,” declares the Lord.
To reap what we sowed
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows
1 Thessalonians 3:3
So that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.
To enter God’s kingdom
Acts 14:22
Strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
To follow Christ’s example
1 Peter 2:21
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his steps.
To discipline us
Hebrews 12:6
Because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
To test us
2 Chronicles 32:31
But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart.
To turn to God
Amos 4:6-10
“I gave you empty stomachs in every city yet you have not returned to me,” declares the Lord. “I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up. People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to me,” declares the Lord.
To reap what we sowed
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows
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