I enjoyed listening to this program from FAI (Frontier alliance international). Especially how Joel Richardson is encouraging the body of Christ to have endurance when the great tribulation comes (which the Bible talks about), when Christians will be hated and persecuted by all nation's.(Matt.24:9)
But that's also a time when God will restore and refine his Church! We need the sufferings so that we can become His bride: "That He might present to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing,: but that it should be holy and without blemish". (Eph. 5:27 )
And also we need it so that Christ's body will be in unity (Eph. 4:3).