About this episode

Pastor Mike Adkins discusses how suffering is integral to the Christian life and encourages listeners to trust in God's work during difficult times.

Are you trying to make sense of what God is doing in a season that feels hard, uncertain, or just plain slow? In this message, Pastor Mike Adkins walks through 1 Peter 4 and Mark 8 to show how suffering is not a detour from the Christian life but a central part of it, and how our human instinct to avoid or explain away difficulty often blinds us to where God is actually at work. He challenges us to stop diagnosing our circumstances from a human point of view and start leaning into the Holy Spirit for the kind of faith that sees what hasn't happened yet. If you've felt stuck, spiritually frustrated, or like you're just going through the motions, this message will call you back to a faith that waits, surrenders, and trusts that God is working even when you can't see it.

People in this episode

Host: Mike Adkins

Topics covered

• suffering
• faith
• Holy Spirit
• Christian life
• spiritual growth

Keywords

• suffering
• faith
• Holy Spirit
• 1 Peter 4
• Mark 8
• Christianity
• spiritual frustration

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 1 Peter 4, Mark 8

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