Discussion Questions:
What kinds of rocks have been added to your backpack? How have they weighed you down?
How do things like “agony”, “martyr”, “exhaustion to the point of collapse” and “joy” fit together?
What does it say to you that almost every book of the New Testament makes reference to the fact that as followers of Jesus we will face suffering?
How has suffering brought endurance and other good things to your life?
What can people in your Connect Group or church family do to help you better “fix your eyes upon Jesus” and “consider Him” so that you remember the reasons for hope and joy even as you possibly face “agony”, “exhaustion to the point of collapse” and “martyrdom”?