It's Okay to Be Suffering

The Mark Driscoll Podcast

Mark Driscoll

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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There is a far told myth that Christians always have a good life. That simply isn't true. Sometimes, events don't pan out the way we want. In this podcast, we discuss how not only is it okay to be suffering as a Christian, but how to deal with that difficult season.

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0:00.0	Sometimes in church, I just feel inclined to say this,
0:03.5	you don't need to pretend.
0:05.8	How are you doing?
0:06.8	Answer, what's the can't answer?
0:08.1	How are you doing?
0:09.3	Great.
0:10.3	Jesus doesn't need to come back.
0:11.6	Like it's that good, you know?
0:14.0	And I always like it when people say this, you're doing good, right?
0:19.0	Well, I don't know what to say here. You want one answer but that's not true I'm and so it's
0:27.7	okay to not be okay and then the question is be honest and I'm going to tell you how when you're not okay you can become okay
0:37.3	And what he's suffering he uses the word here suffered twice
0:42.1	He's suffering mentally. Some of you know what this is like. He says we were
0:47.0	shamefully treated and had much conflict. When people shamefully treat you, they are destroying your reputation,
0:54.4	and when you have a lot of conflict, it causes a lot of stress and anxiety.
0:58.2	Some of you will avoid conflict at all costs.
1:01.6	I don't know what that's like,
1:03.9	but some of you avoid conflict at all costs, right?
1:07.8	Because what you know is mentally,
1:10.2	it's just too distressing and it's overwhelming and it's exhausting.
1:14.0	Paul is enduring this.
1:16.0	In addition, he's suffering physically.
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