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God is calling us to live for the sake of Christ and to do that through suffering. Christ chose suffering; it didn__ just happen to Him. He chose it as the way to create and perfect the church. Now He calls us to choose suffering. That is, He calls us to take up our cross and follow Him on the Calvary road and deny ourselves and make sacrifices for the sake of ministering to the church and presenting His sufferings to the world.
John Piper Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
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God is calling us to live for the sake of Christ and to do that through suffering. Christ chose suffering; it didn__ just happen to Him. He chose it as the way to create and perfect the church. Now He calls us to choose suffering. That is, He calls us to take up our cross and follow Him on the Calvary road and deny ourselves and make sacrifices for the sake of ministering to the church and presenting His sufferings to the world.
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Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

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