2. If a desire for restoration and rededication seems to be manifest, share page 17.
3. Encourage the person to search God's Word and to pray sincerely that God will reveal His reasons for the suffering:
A. What is God trying to say to me?
B. What is He trying to teach me?
C. What steps ought I to take as a result?
4. If the person is not already involved, encourage getting into a Bibleteaching church. Bible study can lead to deeper understanding of God's will and ways.
5. Encourage him or her to communicate with Christian friends. It always helps to have a listening ear. This will result in comfort, understanding, and strength.
6. Pray with the inquirer personally, asking for deliverance.
Scripture
"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me" (John 14:1).
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers" (Romans 8:28–29,
NIV).
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? . . . Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us" (Romans 8:35, 37).
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. . . . Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him" (James 1:2–3, 12, NIV).
"Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy" (1 Peter 4:12–13).
"Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him