It is Finish

Finding a
Purpose
in Your
Pain
2 Cor. 12:7-10
TURN YOUR PAIN INTO POWER
 2 Cor. 12:7-10
To keep me from becoming conceited
because of these surpassingly great
revelations, there was given me a thorn in
my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment
me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to
take it away from me. But he said to me,
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my
power is made perfect in weakness."
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly
about my weaknesses, so that Christ's
power may rest on me. That is why, for
 2 Corinto 12:7-10
7 Ngunit upang hindi ako magyabang sa dami ng
kamangha-manghang mga bagay na nasaksihan
ko, ako'y binigyan ng pahirap sa aking katawan na
nagsisilbing sugo ni Satanas upang pahirapan ako,
at nang sa gayo'y hindi ako maging palalo. 8
Tatlong beses kong idinalangin sa Panginoon na
alisin ito, ngunit 9 ganito ang kanyang sagot, “Ang
kagandahang-loob ko ay sapat na para sa iyo,
sapagkat lubusang nahahayag ang aking
kapangyarihan kapag ikaw ay mahina.” Kaya't
buong galak kong ipagmamalaki ang aking mga
kahinaan upang manatili sa akin ang
kapangyarihan ni Cristo. 10 Alang-alang kay
Did you know there’s a Pain Society of
the Philippines, affiliated with an
International Society for the Study of
Pain? The members are specialists
called algologists, from the Greek
“algos,” which means PAIN.
By: Michael L. Tan
- @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily

two categories: stoic and emotive. Stoic patients are less expressive of
their pain and tend to “grin and bear it.” They tend to withdraw
socially. Emotive patients are more likely to verbalize their
expressions of pain
1 PAIN HAPPENS
From a logical point of view, it would seem that God would
reward those who do good with less pain. Certainly it would
seem that God would give those in Christian ministry a free
pass from pain. After all, missionaries, church planters and
pastors work for God! Wouldn’t it be a good idea, when it
would be in your power, to take special care of those who
work for you?
 Kaya't buong galak kong
ipagmamalaki ang aking
mga kahinaan upang
manatili sa akin ang
kapangyarihan ni Cristo.
10 Alang-alang kay Cristo,
ako'y may kasiyahan sa
gitna ng mga kahinaan,
mga pagkutya, mga
kahirapan, pag-uusig at
kagipitan. Sapagkat kapag
ako ay mahina, doon ako
nagiging malakas.
2 PAIN HAS A
PURPOSE
This point of theology is really tough. keep
There’s a fine line here that must not be
crossed, lest we cause even more pain to
him
someone who suffers. We must never
glibly explain someone’s pain as a work
from
of God. It is not wise, or even biblical, tobecoming
tell someone in pain that God “won’t
give them more than they can bear.” conceited

Acts 27:23–24
it is in that place of greatest
pain, and there alone, that
the discovery can be made.
The power of pain? Like
nothing else, it can introduce
us to the power of God.
3 PAIN HAS A
POWER
In this particular passage,
Paul receives a special
message from the Lord. If
you’ve got a red-letter
Bible, more than likely,
you’ve already spotted the
red-letter moment. Jesus
told Paul, “My grace is
sufficient for you, for my
But the lesson is so
difficult, the only way
any of us would
discover it is that God
allows pain to be a
part of our lives.
Pain happens. Pain
has a purpose. And
pain has a power.
1 Corinto 9:25-27
Lahat ng manlalarong nagsasanay ay may disiplina sa
lahat ng bagay upang magkamit ng isang gantimpalang
panandalian lamang. Ngunit ang gantimpalang
hinahangad natin ay panghabang panahon. 26 Hindi ako
tumatakbo nang walang patutunguhan at hindi ako
sumusuntok sa hangin.
27 Subalit pinahihirapan ko ang aking katawan at
sinusupil ito, upang sa gayo'y hindi ako maalis sa
paligsahan pagkatapos kong mangaral sa iba.