Afflict: to distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering or anguish

Affliction: the cause of persistent pain or distress

Afflicted: having such distress put upon you so that one experiences persistent pain, anguish and suffering

Matthew 24:6-9 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:

see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be af fl icted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

More of God’s Word Ps 119:71 “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I

might learn thy statutes.” Understanding God’s Faithfulness

Ps 119:75 “I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.”

Consolation & Salvation of Others 2 Cor 1:6 “And whether we be afflicted, it is for your

consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.”

More Prayer James 5:13 “Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any

merry? let him sing psalms.”

The Destination (12) Philippi (lover of horses) @ Macedonia (extended

land) Rev 19:11 “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a

white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.”

The place Jesus had anointed to receive His Word It is in the place where God has anointed us to be in

which we are afflicted.

The Distraction (16-17) The Deliverance (18) The Dilemma (19-24)

Paul & Silas Dragged (19) Wrongfully Accused (20-21) Beaten (22-23) & Jailed (23-24)

Don’t Abandon Your Worship:1. Don’t Get Weary (25a)

a) Gal 6:9 “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

b) Ps 30:5 “…weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

2. New Level Worship (25)

3. Increase Your Witness (25b)

Don’t Abandon the Work1. Rescue (27-28)

a) The Jailer from Suicide

2. Revival(29-33)a) The Jailer & his household saved

3. Restoration (34)a) Paul & Silas cleaned up, the Jailer’s family baptized

Don’t Abandon the World1. The Community2. Christ Our Ultimate Example

Job The Woman With the Issue of Blood The Blind Man The Lame Man Lazarus

2 Cor 4:17 “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”

Rom 8:16-18 “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”