POWER IN SUFFERING! 1 Corinthians 15:58; Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Hannah; 1 Samuel 1:6; And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb. v9; So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh; (place of peace.) v15; And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. v17; Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. POWER IN SUFFERING! Mark 10:29; Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, v30; But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. v31; But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. POWER IN SUFFERING! 2 Corinthians 12:9; And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. v10; Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. POWER IN SUFFERING! 1 Peter 5:10; But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. POWER IN SUFFERING! 2 Timothy 2:12; If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us. POWER IN SUFFERING! Overseer/Apostle