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<div class="SSN_title">"OUR PROPER ATTITUDE TOWARD SUFFERING."</div>
<div class="SSN_rnum">I. ALL MEN EXPERIENCE SUFFERING TO A GREATER OR LESSOR DEGREE IN THEIR LIFE.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">A. Physical suffering.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">B. Emotional suffering.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. Loss of loved one.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. Hurt or disappointed by friend.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. To see someone we love suffering.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">C. Spiritual suffering.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. Consciousness of sin.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. Feeling separated from God.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">D. Suffering is difficult to understand.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. Especially when Godly people suffer.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. If a sinner suffers, we say justice.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. When a saint suffers, we're mystified.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">E. Suffering is a curse.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. It is an evil by-product of man's sin.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. No pain or suffering in Kingdom Age.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">F. Suffering is to be avoided when possible.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. No particular virtue in suffering.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. It often creates virtues.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. It is a sick mind that desires to suffer.</div>
<div class="SSN_rnum">II. HOW TO ENDURE SUFFERING.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">A. We must always look beyond to the results it produces. "Who for the joy that was set before Him..."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. The quickest way to go under is to concentrate on the trial itself.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. "For the present suffering is not worthy to be compared..."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. "For our light affliction..."</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">B. Know that suffering is not forever.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. Within our minds, pain has a way of seeming forever.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. You begin to wonder if you'll ever feel normal again.</div>
<div class="SSN_notes">We must look beyond the suffering of this life to the glory of God's eternal kingdom.</div>
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