Theme: For one is approved if, mindful of God, he endures pain while suffering unjustly.

Object: A rubber stamp that reads "Paid."

Lesson: Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever had to suffer? (Let them answer.) Suffering is not much fun, is it? I don't know anyone who likes to suffer. There is usually a lot of pain connected with suffering. If you have ever broken a leg or had a lie told about you that other people believed, then you know what it is like to suffer in pain. God knows that we have pain and he tried to show us how to get along and use the pain to become better and stronger people. Christians have to use pain often to help them learn to love more and hate less.

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