Suffering & Affliction

What We Would Be*

… Almost all that had been prepared was forgotten, and no new springs of thought could make channels for themselves while the mind was smothered up in physical suffering …

Divine Surprises

Isaiah 64:3

… but the Presence of God? The Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of My people and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters, for …

Choice Portions

Deuteronomy 32:9

… court never did affect God's riches, all the expenses of our trial and affliction while we are here, never can diminish the unsearchable riches of God which …

A Basket of Summer Fruit

Amos 8:1-2

… Oh trust thou in him and thou shalt have each fruit in its season, the mercy in its time, the trial in its period, and the deliverance in …

The Blessed Christ

Matthew 21:9

… Some have thought this Psalm was composed by Hezekiah after his sickness, and after the destruction of Senacherib's host. It may be so. It has been used …

"Jesus Only" —a Communion Meditation

Mark 9:8

… and others had trial of cruel mocking and scourging, yes, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the …

The Voice From Heaven

Revelation 11:12

… Besides, you have had a sickness yourself. If I am not mistaken, I am speaking to the right man now. It is not so long ago since you …

To Those Who Are Angry With Their Godly Friends

Genesis 4:6

… This division has never ceased and never will cease while the race of man remains on earth under the reign of God's long-suffering! By this shall …

All the People at Work for Jesus

… Where was his duty as commander-in-chief? Was it not in the camp? Indolence is temptation! Certain of our Churches are suffering from unsound teaching, but they …

Christian Diligence

… Sea, can make a highway for His people through the deep waters of affliction–that He who appeared in the burning bush, which was not consumed, will support …

"My Lord and My God!"

John 20:28

… A very heavy affliction has fallen upon you and yet, to your surprise, it has not crushed you as you feared it would have done. Years before you …

Intercessory Prayer

Job 42:10

… The Lord aimed also at the trial of Job’s faith. Many weights were hung upon this palm tree, but it still grew uprightly. The fire had been …

Anxiety, Ambition, Indecision

Luke 12:29

… God can save us, however, even from this great trial, and enable us to actually rejoice in this sharp affliction. It is no strange thing that has happened …

Strong Faith in a Faithful God

Psalm 57:2

… If ever He is present, it shall be in trial—if He can be absent, it will certainly not be when His servants most need His aid! Rest …

What Is Essential in Coming to God?

Hebrews 11:6

… and others had trial of cruel mocking and scourging, yes, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the …

The Power of Christ's Name

Acts 3:16

… All forms of sickness yielded to that name. There was great force in the argument implied in the Centurion's words when he sent to Christ, saying, "Lord …

The Prodigal'S Reception

Luke 15:20

… But he looked and looked again, till at last he said, "It is he! Oh, what marks of famine are upon him and of suffering, too!" And down …

First Things First

… Blessed is that man who never deliberates because his mind is made up, rather, to "suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of …

Rest

Hebrews 4:3

… Christ, by suffering in his place, has answered all the demands of Justice, and the Believer's heart is perfectly at rest. How does he deal with his …

'Mr. Moody's Text'

Isaiah 12:2

… There may come a season of sickness when all your money bags, if they were laid upon your suffering body, could not heal it, and when all your …

Bands Of Love

Hosea 11:4

… Fear of coming trial alarms others. Fear of I know not what, a sort of indefinable dread comes over not a few. But when we fly to our …

The Great Arbitration Case

Job 9:33

… THE Patriarch Job, when reasoning with the Lord concerning his great affliction, felt himself to be at a disadvantage and declined the controversy, saying, "He is not a …

Glory!

1 Peter 5:10

… Look at the blessed text in 2 Corinthians 4:17 , where Paul says, "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far …

Work

John 9:4

… He did them whether they were works of suffering Himself or works of relief to those that suffered. Whether they were works of silent secret groaning, or works …

An Unparalleled Cure

Matthew 9:32

… And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among …

Rain and Grace—a Parallel

Job 38:25-27

… But because the Lord knew that there was something better for Job than he had already attained, he had to be subjected to extraordinary trial. He was such …

The Sojourn in Mesech

Psalm 120:5

… There are works of charity and resignation, and deeds of heroic suffering that those blessed spirits can never perform. "Give me a body," says the angel, "and let …

Characteristics of Christ's Disciples

Luke 14:26

… I serve the Lord Christ and Him alone." And we are also to continue in Christ's word when we are in affliction. There are, alas, some who …

To Souls In Agony

Psalm 116:3

… If I am describing a sickness and the way in which the physician cures it, you must not say, "I am surely wrong, for I never felt that …

On the Cross After Death

John 19:31-37

… We are saved from eternal misery, not from temporary pain! Our Savior, by our salvation, gives no pledge to us that we shall be screened from suffering in …

The Ever-Living Priest

Hebrews 7:23-25

… I can conceive that to many Jewish believers the death of a priest was a great affliction. I could imagine an Israelite saying, "And so he is dead …

The Gladness of the Man of Sorrows

Psalm 45:7

… Yet, even in the days of his affliction, the Great Mourner was not utterly wretched, even amid the wormwood and the gall there were drops of joy. When …

Sins Of Ignorance

Leviticus 5:17

… I might condemn what you allow and you would scarcely tolerate what I approve—we are, neither of us, judges, but both culprits upon trial when we come …

Faint—but Not Faint-Hearted

Judges 8:4

… But it is that length of endurance, that year after year of trial, that long fight of affliction, or that long-continued temptation that tries the man—and …

"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"

John 14:1-4

… You know where I am going and you know, also, the way by which I am going—I am going through suffering and death, through Atonement and righteousness …

Who Is This?

Jeremiah 30:21

… Why do you cry for your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable, for the multitude of your iniquity—because your sins were increased, I have done these things unto …

Full Redemption

Exodus 10:26

… He saw their affliction, he heard their cry, he knew their sorrows, and he determined, with his own bare arm, to be avenged on Pharaoh, and to bring …

Morning, March 22

Mt 26:39

… Believer, be much in solitary prayer, especially in times of trial. Family prayer, social prayer, prayer in the Church, will not suffice, these are very precious, but the …

"Much More"

Romans 5:10

… There was a necessity for Christ's death, "it behooved Christ to suffer," and by His suffering He appeased the wrath of the great Judge of All, so …

The Great Change.—Conversion

… 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 …