Big Idea: Suffering is provided for you by God for your joy. Keep putting your faith in Jesus.

1 Peter 4:12–19

[12] Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. [13] But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. [14] If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [15] But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. [16] Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. [17] For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? [18] And

   “If the righteous is scarcely saved,
       what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

   [19] Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. (ESV)