Would You Suffer for the Revival You're Praying For?

Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson · Aug 9, 2026 · 2m

What if the revival you're praying for required you to suffer? Would you still say yes? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson opens Philippians 3:10, where Paul writes that he wants to know Christ and the power of his resurrection. We love that half of the verse. But Paul keeps going: he also wants the fellowship of Christ's sufferings. Paul didn't treat suffering as proof God had abandoned the plan. He saw it as part of knowing Jesus and as continuing the spread of God's kingdom on earth until Christ returns. Pastor John also turns to Isaiah 53:3, where the coming Messiah is…