Faith Filled Family Magazine September 2016 | Page 105

of God’s Word or His will for your serve Him or not.
life, having doubt is not so farfetched.
The earth became the kingdom of Satan and as humanity
God doesn’t take pleasure in increased, Satan has forever
our pain and he doesn’t like the tried to win more souls into his
fact that we suffer. He loves us kingdom. When people accept
more than anyone. We are His the Lord as Savior, they can
very own creation and He takes expect the enemy to fight them
much pride in us, but one must and try to tear them down. John
understand the whole concept 10:10 says: “The thief cometh
of humanity and how we came not, but, for to steal, and to kill,
to be in order to comprehend and to destroy: I am come that
our reason for suffering. To they might have life, and that
summarize this concept real- they might have it more abunize this; God’s creation of the dantly.”
angels were for them to serve
and worship Him. When Satan Though God doesn’t take pleaand the third of the angels were sure in our pain, it will always
cast out of Heaven because of be a part of life and the part that
their rebellion, then God created should draw us closer to Him and
man and gave him the free will to cause us to trust in and depend

on Him more.
How can a believer know if
their pain is self-inflicted or
the result of a spiritual battle?

This has been the age old question. More Christians struggle
with this question than probably any other. When suffering
comes and trials get really hot,
the need to understand arises
in the hearts of men and women
alike. This is not only the reaction of Christians; it is especially
true for those who don’t know
God. As believers we should
be in control of our reactions to
trials and sufferings so that when
the world suffers, they can look
upon our lives and have hope for
their own situations.