As Members Of Christs' Body

 Christ is in union with each of His children and He feels our hurt, He has empathy with the unfair treatment we receive. He understands our pain. He warns that we will be hated of all men and He knows it is for His sake that blows and hatred will be inflicted upon His precious people. Yet we are encouraged to rejoice in our sufferings, with exceeding great, and overflowing joy, knowing that it is for His sake that we are ill-treated all day long.  He is the living Head of His Body, the Body of Christ, which is the Church.
 Sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed in us.  Suffering in this life develops, in us, a godly character and patient endurance, which is honoring to the Lord. As Members Of Christ’s Body, should we not joyfully identify with Christ’s earthly suffering, knowing that He lived and died so that we might be identified with His glory and live eternally?
 Yes, we should rejoice; exceedingly, that we As Members Of Christs' Body and partakers of His sufferings. It is by faith in His sacrificial death and glorious Resurrection that we have not only been forgiven of our sins and clothed in His righteousness, but we are His blood-bought children, who have a blessed hope, a glorious future, and life everlasting, Amen.
But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

Our United Prayer:
Thank You, Father, that we are part of the Body of Christ, which is the Church, and that we are in union with the Lord Jesus. Thank You that He understands all that we are facing in our lives today and that we are  partakers in His sufferings. Help us to keep an eternal perspective ever in our sights, and we praise Your name for the blessed hope and glorious future that You have purposed for all Your people. In Jesus' name we pray, AMEN.