No problem is worth brooding about, it is already solved, so pray and ask JESUS; He will answer.

Positive Power Card; The problem you are brooding about is already solved, so for goodness sake, ask for the answer

The questions we ask ourselves (and I believe that you have done so many times as well) are;
· Why do we Christians experience sufferings?
· Why does GOD allow this?
· Why should a Christian rejoice amidst trials?

I heard a broadcast from Radio Tygerberg, addressing exactly the issues irt sufferings and the spokesperson categorised sufferings as follows;
· Suffering keeps this world from becoming to attractive
· Suffering can bring out our best
· Suffering can silence the enemies of GOD
· Suffering makes us appreciative
· Suffering makes us depended on GOD
· Suffering helps to purify us
· Suffering makes us sympathetic
· Suffering teaches us to pray

I did start my own investigations into the Power Card, but found this broadcast appropriate and I give herewith my own shortened written version thereof.

GOD knew when he called us to his service, and true to his word, He does give us guidance how to deal with sufferings. It makes prefect sense in a imperfect world

Psalm 55:16-17 (New International Version)
16 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. 17 Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.

My Spiritual translation is thus; No problem is worth brooding about, it is already solved, so pray and ask JESUS; He will answer.

BLESS YOU (Happy reading).

Suffering keeps this world from becoming to attractive
This world is not our home and GOD has prepared something better for us and if not for sufferings this word would stay attractive and no one will want to leave save for the promise of eternal life ; a city to come.
2 Cor 5: 1 & 5 1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 5Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Suffering can bring out our best
A person will be tested when he faces his own vulnerabilities and subsequently when people struggle, a true Christian will constantly support his friends, give gift of foods and contribute money when people are struggling in their lives. We then learn to understand tribulations, which should develop character, possibly the reason why early Christians rejoiced in their trials.
Romans 5 : 3 – 4 Paul writes
3Not only so, but we[c] also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope.

Suffering can silence the enemies of GOD
During Jobs suffering, Job patience silences Satan and God does want us to silence foolish men! So many times when we thing we need to say a word, according to GOD’s word you need to say nothing, just be yourself. Our witness in the time of difficulties will speak louder to the hearts and souls of mankind than any word that we can utter.
1Pet 2: 15
15For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.

Suffering makes us appreciative
We all receive so many good things in this life, and it is easy to take it for granted. What if there is no risk of loss? Suffering can make it appreciative of what we have in good health, good friends and loving family.

Paul was a prisoner bound. As a prisoner he preached and defended the gospel. The Philippians sympathized with him, prayed for him, and sustained him by their offerings, thus becoming partakers. They not only did this, but defended and suffered for the gospel.

Phil 1: 7-8 7It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God's grace with me. 8God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Suffering makes us depended on GOD
It is easy to become self sufficient in our own minds, but when doesn’t, and when you have done all that they can and it has become immediately and completely totally out of your hands, the you suddenly realize how much you are dependent on GOD
Act 17: 28
28'For in him we live and move and have our being.'

Suffering helps to purify us i.e. it is picture of purification
We benefit when we suffer and we benefit when things are tough, because we are trained by it
1 Peter 1 6-7 (Paul speaks of the purifying nature of suffering);
6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Hew 12: 11
11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Suffering makes us sympathetic
Experiencing suffering allows us to better weep with those that weep and to understand when people are coming from when they are struggling in their darkest hours, when they are feeling very alone.
2 Cor 1: 3-4 (Paul wrote about the value of affection)
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Suffering teaches us to pray
We sometimes pray shallow prayers but in the midst of suffering we learn pray earnestly, perseveringly and with groaning that can not be uttered according to
Romans 28: 2
26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.