The Problem

• The desire of most men is to be happy, to avoid pain and suffering, and to escape the bleak life that so many men seem to lead.
• The Bible teaches that suffering is part of God's order. We shouldn't go looking for it, but neither should we be surprised when it finds us.
• The plain truth is that when life goes our way we don't carefully examine our ways. If nothing else, suffering does get our attention.

Seven Reasons Men Suffer

1. An innocent mistake.
2. An error in judgment.
3. An integrity problem.
4. The environment changes.
5. Evil happens.
6. God disciplines.
7. God tests.

Resisting Suffering

1. We plead.
2. We compare.
3. We pout.
4. We shout.
5. We doubt.

After the Resisting

The Privilege of Suffering