Can suffering be good?
Suffering can make us more resilient, better able to endure hardships. Just as a muscle, in order to build up, must endure some pain, so our emotions must endure pain in order to strengthen.
How does suffering bring you closer to God?
It gets us closer to what we were created to be—completely dependent on God. The reason His strength can shine through us is because we know God better through suffering. Reality is learned through trials, faith comes through trusting God in difficult circumstances. We can truly know Christ through suffering.
What does God say about friends?
“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
What does God say about ignoring others?
Likewise, don’t hold people’s sins against them forever if they repent and seek to change by God’s grace. But if someone has not had time to change and they recently did hurtful things to other people, God wants you to protect your own heart (Proverbs 4:23) by avoiding this person.
What does Bible say about silent treatment?
The Bible gives husbands the following command toward their wives: “Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.” If a husband’s silent treatment toward his wife comes from a place of bitterness toward her then his silent treatment toward her is wrong.
Is it a sin to ignore?
Ignoring (a law) is sin. A sin could be something that is done or something you failed to do. If it brings glory to God than it is not a sin.
Is it sin to love someone?
But this is simply untrue. No matter how much two people love each other, there will always be some issues in their relationship that they will need to work through because every human besides Jesus has a sin nature. When a man and woman really love one another, they will not allow anything to keep them apart.
What does the Bible say love is?
1 Corinthians 13:4-5: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 1 John 4:16: And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.