24.46 Christ My Healer, Christ My Health (Part 7)

Have you been encouraged by this series on Divine Health and Divine Healing?  We sure hope so, dear friend.  In today's episode, the Smiths complete their answer to why God allows those He's called into full-time ministry to often suffer deeply while serving Him.  There's not only a call to serve, but a call to suffer placed on the lives of many servants of Christ.  And why should we not expect to suffer, Craig states, because the One who calls us to serve has suffered so deeply and painfully for us when He suffered on the way to and while He was on the Cross dying for our sins!  That realization was one of the more powerful ways God spoke to Craig during some of his deepest days of pain and suffering.  If Christ could suffer for me, why can't I suffer for Him, Craig opines.  But also, there's a great cloud of witnesses who also have suffered, such as the Apostles and early church leaders, many of whom were tortured, beaten, and even martyred for their faith!  If they could suffer for Christ, again, why can't I?  And in one of the most encouraging revelations of how to live in Divine Health that the Smith's have learned, they've been encouraged by the realization that there are rewards to come for all those who follow Christ and even some are marked for special honor in what Craig refers to as Heaven's Hall of Fame!  You won't want to miss this insightful journey with the Smiths into God's Word in today's episode of Indigenous Faith.  May these truths support you in your own seasons of pain and suffering, dear friend!