How can God use my pain and my hurtful situations to glorify himself? - Hurts/hurting - TouchPoints

2 Corinthians 12:9-10Each time he said, “My gracious favor is all you need. My power works best in your weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may work through me. Since I know it is all for Christ’s good, I am quite content with my weaknesses and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

God can use our weakness and pain to reveal his strength and power. It is often through pain that we most vividly experience God’s work in our lives.

2 Corinthians 4:18So we don’t look at the troubles we can see right now; rather, we look forward to what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever.

Hebrews 10:34-37You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever. So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. “For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.

Philippians 1:29For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him.

God can use our pain to help us gain an eternal perspective, a new way of looking at our circumstances.

Job 6:10At least I can take comfort in this: Despite the pain, I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

1 Peter 4:1So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you are willing to suffer for Christ, you have decided to stop sinning.

Psalm 44:22For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.

God can use our pain as an opportunity for us to demonstrate our loyalty to him—and share a shining witness to the world.

James 1:2-4Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy. For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.

1 Peter 1:7These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold. So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

Romans 5:3-4We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us—they help us learn to endure. And endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation of salvation.

Hurtful situations can strengthen our faith, develop our endurance, and mold our character.

2 Corinthians 7:9Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to have remorse and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way.

James 4:9Let there be tears for the wrong things you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.

Lamentations 1:20Lord, see my anguish! My heart is broken and my soul despairs, for I have rebelled against you. In the streets the sword kills, and at home there is only death.

Psalm 51:17The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit. A broken and repentant heart, O God, you will not despise.

God can use painful situations to bring about personal remorse and a change of heart to help us grow closer to him and make the right choices in the future.

Psalm 41:3The Lord nurses them when they are sick and eases their pain and discomfort.

Pain is an opportunity for God to minister to his people. When pain comes, don’t miss the signs of God’s tender care.

Hebrews 12:11No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it is painful! But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.

God can use painful discipline to grow and strengthen our self-control.