Suffering & Affliction

Evening, August 14

Ex 3:7

… it every intellectual office? Here, then, must the believer rest his comfort in sickness, not that he himself can see the end, but that Jesus knows all. Sweet …

Morning, May 17

1Jn 2:6

… If they desire to be in a healthy state of soul—if they would escape the sickness of sin, and enjoy the vigour of growing grace, let Jesus …

Evening, October 1

Ps 84:11

… their souls without ceasing, and he always will do so, whatever may occur. Sickness may befall, but the Lord will give grace; poverty may happen to us, but …

The Sinner's Only Alternative

2 Kings 7:4

… Who passing through the valley of Baca (or, "Weeping") make it a well Finding solace in their suffering, sanctification and in their affliction. 6, 7. The rain also …

Morning, April 11

Ps 22:14

… His sense of faintness and general weakness were overpowering; while to his own consciousness he became nothing but a mass of misery and swooning sickness. When Daniel saw …

Morning, April 24

Ne 9:38

… After recovery from sickness when, like Hezekiah, we have had a new term of years added to our life, we may fitly do it. After any deliverance from …

Psalm 32

Psalm 32

… Those cutting bits of affliction show how hard mouthed we are, those bridles of infirmity manifest our headstrong and wilful manners. We should not be treated like mules …

Morning, October 23

Jn 6:67

… what more do we want than Jesus to make our bed in our sickness? When we die, is it not written that “neither death, nor life, nor things …

Four Choice Sentences

Genesis 28:15

… He was coming into special trial and then it was that he received a fuller understanding of the privilege which God had in store for him. Let me …

Morning, May 7

Mt 12:15

Morning, May 7 Go To Evening Reading “Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all.” Matthew 12:15 What a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust …

Brought Up from the Horrible Pit

Psalm 40:1-3

… In truth, His was a willing, patient doing and suffering of the divine will. ‘He gave His back to the smiters and His cheeks to them that plucked …

Evening, April 25

Rev 3:20

… and sweet apples of love, and cheer you till you have no other sickness but that of “love o'erpowering, love divine.” Only open the door to him …

Elijah’s Appeal to the Undecided

1 Kings 18:21

… dust, like the very deserts, yet all this time of judgment, and trial and affliction, has not been enough for you to make up your minds. “How long …

Evening, May 10

Jn 1:14

… In life he is my life, and in death he shall be the death of death; in poverty Christ is my riches; in sickness he makes my bed …

Evening, September 18

Jn 10:27

… full trust in our Leader, since we know that, come prosperity or adversity, sickness or health, popularity or contempt, his purpose shall be worked out, and that purpose …

Morning, October 1

Song 7:13

… How faithful has God been! In sickness, how softly did he make our bed! In deep waters, how placidly did he buoy us up! In the flaming furnace …

The New Wine of the Kingdom

Matthew 26:29

… Oh, think of His giving up everything out of ardent love! How this ought to nerve us for toil or suffering! How it ought to inflame us with …

Ephraim Bemoaning Himself

Jeremiah 31:18

… I have been laid upon a bed of sickness, and I have recovered from it. And there was an end of the sickness, but I was none the …

Memento Mori

Deuteronomy 32:29

… Those pure ethereal spirits live on without knowing the weakness of old age, and without suffering the penalties of decay. Why must I die? Why has God made …

The Purging of the Conscience

Hebrews 9:13

… No Truth of God charms my own spirit like the Truth of Atonement by vicarious suffering, that suffering presented together with His death by our Lord Jesus Christ …

The Great White Throne

Revelation 20:11

… Nor need you fear a public trial. Innocence courts the light. You are not saved by being allowed to be smuggled into Heaven untested and unproved, but you …

Faith Seeing God's Glory

John 11:40

… When Jesus heard that, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the Glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. Our …

The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God

1 Timothy 1:11

… The roots of our soul might take too firm a hold upon this poor clay soil if they were not toughened by affliction. This is not our rest …

Psalm 127

Psalm 127

… Even should my life be prolonged, they will be children of want, but with sickness and warnings of death upon me, they will soon be helpless and friendless …

Let Us Go Forth

Hebrews 13:13

… while of suffering, a little while to be rebuked and then "forever with the Lord"! This reward is so great that it transcends the light affliction which is …

A Mournful Defection

John 6:67

… The Lord give you, in like manner, strength of mind and courage of heart to bear the trial manfully! Then you will care no more for the laughter …

The Sad Plight and Sure Relief

Romans 5:6

… He gave up all health of body, for He bore our sickness and He bared His back to the smiters that the chastisement of our peace might fall …

The Sad Wonder

Mark 6:6

… There are times when we wonder at our own unbelief! When God has brought us safely through a trial, we have said, "I cannot think how I could …

Christ's Death And Ours

John 12:23-24

… In His heaviest moments of trial and in His brightest moments of joy, His heart was equally at the Cross—He was longing to complete His atoning Sacrifice …

“A New Departure”

… Some of you have had more to batter you than you are ever likely to endure again; you have had trial and tribulation and affliction as heavy as …

The Saint'S Horror At The Sinner'S Hell

… You have seen the prisoners in their cells, waiting for their trial at the next assize. The strong hand of Law has laid them in durance, where they …

Sacred Memories

Jeremiah 51:50

… And if your sickness should be unto death, then all the more, "let Jerusalem come into your mind." I was thinking of the little son of a Duke …

Christ's Loneliness and Ours

John 16:31

… He was alone, too, when put upon His trial. False witnesses were found to bear lying testimony against Him, but no man stood forward to attest the honesty …

Forward! Forward! Forward!

Exodus 14:15

… They were in a trial into which God had brought them. And it is an absolute certainty that if God brings you in, He will bring you out …

The Beginning of Months

Exodus 12:1

… Observe that the refreshment which Israel ate that night was the lamb "roasted with fire." The best refreshment to a troubled heart is the suffering Savior—the Lamb …

"Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?"

Jeremiah 32:26

… When we go down to the sea of trial and do business on great waters of trouble we find that we know little enough of God. When we …

The True Christian’s Blessedness

Romans 8:28

… Your being sick very probably might not be for your good only God has something to follow your sickness, some blessed deliverance to follow your poverty, and he …

A Happy Christian

Isaiah 58:11

… glorified spirits in Heaven." May we get out of a state of spiritual sickness, and may our bones grow fat so that we may be strong in the …

A Question for You

John 9:35

… Your affliction is borne by Christ as well as by yourself— rejoice in that! And rejoice also that as Christ is with you in your suffering, you will …

The First Cry from the Cross

Luke 23:34

… Beloved, what an example our Lord herein presents to us! Let us continue in prayer so long as our heart beats; let no excess of suffering drive us …