How should a believer understand suffering in light of God's promises? Suffering is a reality in a fallen world, but it is not the final word for the child of God. God does not waste pain — He uses it to refine faith, build character, and draw His children closer to Himself. Yet the scripture also reveals that much suffering has a spiritual dimension that faith can address. The believer is called not simply to endure but to overcome — knowing that the God who walks through the fire with you is also the God who delivers you from it.
22 Audio Teachings
4 Books
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Audio Teachings 22
4. The strength to endure
1:30
and he has proven his trustworthiness to God in the time of affliction. That is, in life you will go to trials, you will go through afflictions. For that reason, we began to discuss what a man should ...
2. Get better
9:00
believe God for just basic sustenance and you don't grumble about what you don't have. Are you getting what I'm trying to say here? And in fact, actually what I'm going to be talking about in what to ...
Romans, Chapter 8, v14 to v17
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hardship. I want to say something briefly about that. Because one of the things you find in life is that people are unable to endure. And we have sometimes colored the gospel to make it appear as if p...
2. The spirit of boldness
1:13:30
That's real suffering. If those of you study science, medicine, you will know that pain, the most, the most grievous part of pain is the side of, pain has two components. If you injure your leg, it pl...
7. To understand the commandment of purpose
1:00:00
What is talking about God's judgments? God's overall plans. They are good. Whenever you have fitted me in life, I will walk there. Sometimes we go off in the direction of God. Many times he uses affli...
Striving for the hidden manna, the white stone and a special name
6:00
toil and perseverance, that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and they are not. And you found them to be false. He said, you have perseverance an...
The thirst for God and His power
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Let me just say something I've been trying to say, then I will be done. I've talked about afflictions, right, for some days now. Brethren, please, in this life The Bible says that all things work toge...
1. Serving sons are true sons
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And that applies to men and women. It's just a saying. To know those who really are believers. To know those who really are on the Lord's side. To know those who Jesus will not be able to say, I never...
5. Walking by the script of heaven
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In the midst of adversity, there's something God wants to do. Most of us, what we want to do is run away from it. But we don't realize that the adversity is God's method of getting some things accompl...
5. This is a doer of the word
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He was taught to be a king. His father had made all kinds of mistakes with his brothers. So it came after the man had become humble, you know? There's a level of suffering you need to pass through. Yo...
3. Receiving forgiveness and constant cleansing
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How do you develop spiritually? Number one, the entrance of the word is important. Two, how you react because God uses environment, people, experiences to teach you. When you meet disappointments, loo...
1. Walking in God's primary purpose
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Now what am I talking about? Look, I'm trying to explain a particular perspective to life. So when people come and start telling me stories, this and that, I say, no, you don't understand. That's not ...
10. Qualifying for a prepared place
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Now, verse twelve says, for that reason also, you are worthy to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and glory, and blessing. Do you follow what I'm saying? That is before anyb...
3. Endurance into overcoming
1:15:00
or have not even entered, something like that, that the way this country is going. Thank you. Nigeria don't suffer. Every man, no open mouth. Talk rubbish. Oh, the Lord is good. What am I saying? That...
8. Exercising your gift
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because every man's way is right in his own eyes. Are you getting what I'm saying? So for you to have adversity is one of those ways by which God brings correction to you. People say that, no, God use...
2. Trained to pray by the word
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is to see how Jesus dealt with the issue of sin in his life. How it was possible for him to go through life and not sin. How it was possible for him to be delivered from death. You must understand, th...
Overcoming by the Word of Truth
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Again, I need just about one verse here, but because that area is very rich, I'll probably read a few more beyond the one that I need. Now, he said from verse 14, you, however, that is, let me back up...
3. Forgiveness and Joyfulness
1:30
And endurance means that some things are difficult. Endurance means that things are challenging. You have many things to face up to in life that appear not to be cooperating with where you are going. ...
5. Be faithful till the end
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because you were willing to stay there for 100 years. But this information we take from this letter to the church in Smyrna, the tribulation has what? An expiry date. It does. And one thing the Lord h...
23. Nurturing your faith (II)
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And God didn't give it to him. It means that God doesn't exist. Listen, he has lost the Batu entirely. The Batu was about his faith. It was not about his scholarship. It was not about the husband. It ...
4. Building spiritual strength
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Welcome to this time of Refreshing. This is a radio message that was put from the platform of Kingdom Word Ministries by Pastor Banki. Now, we are still continuing what we have been saying about the g...
13. Due Season
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105 verse 16, just listen to me, don't open your Bibles, please. Because I'm reading from the New Living Translation. Many of you may not have it. It's getting very popular these days anyway. I read f...
Books 4
GRACE TO PROSPER (2nd Edition)
and Problems 43
Trial of Faith
Another reason why we may have problems as
Christians is the trial of our faith. In this case, we are
to endure until the trial passes.
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Don't Quit the Army
ed in any special thing we do for Him; He is only concerned
that we follow His prescribed order or ordinance. That is a major reason
why Christians often have problems. Sometimes we think we are doing...
How to Work for God
d we get
spent right out. If we are doing things inside God's
arrangement for us, the natural exhaustion is so quickly
recuperated by the resurrection life of Jesus that we do not feel
the exhaustion....
The Righteousness of God
understand the testing of God. They did not understand that for a
while, before the final manifestation, God may appear
unrighteous. They simply did not understand.
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Pastor Bankie
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Sermons 3
Are You Cursed? I Don’t Think So!
e will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.” 1 Cor 10:13 TEV...
The Real Goal of Christianity
k the word of God concerning that affliction. When we discover the word of God, we hold it up and declare it over our lives and then receive the manifestation because it is truth. It dispels darkness....
Joy in the Holy Spirit
hings around, but a kind of joy that comes from having the right spirit and contemplating the things that are real. We rejoice when we see things that have real eternal value.
Let us take an example....
Tracts 1
Relax – He’s in Control
ital lessons by which you will survive when you reach that promised land. Even Jesus had to go through it.
“Although He was a son, yet He learned obedience from the things which He suffered." Heb 5:8...
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