We live in a society that is increasingly hostile to Christianity. Recent changes in America are things that Christians 50 years ago would have thought impossible. We are quickly heading to a time when Christians will be vilified and persecuted as they already are in countries like China or parts of India. So how do we prepare- Peter wrote some succinct advice for believers who were just about to undergo the persecutions of Nero -- which included setting Christians on fire to light his garden at night. Suffering isn't a punishment for the Christian, but rather a privilege. Pastor Robert Rohlin uses the imperative verbs of 1 Peter 4-12-19 to highlight the attitudes and actions that we need to have during times of suffering. He is one of the pastors at First Baptist Church Las Colinas in Irving TX -- a family integrated church in the Baptist Missionary Association of America -BMA-.