Suffering & Affliction

The Right Keynote for the New Year

Psalm 115:18

… Bless Him for everything! Bless Him for the bitters; bless Him for the cold; bless Him for poverty and sickness. "That is a hard thing to do," you …

Little-faith

… 8 The Privileges of Trial. 10 The Joy of Victory. 11 Light in the Cloud. 13 Good Works. 16 The Knowledge of Christ’s Love. 18 Clear Shining …

"Out Of The Depths"

Psalm 40:12

… He may hear you before you speak, according to His promise, "Before they call, I will answer," but He may, for the trial of your faith, make you …

A Jealous God

Exodus 34:14

… He will take away that husband; he will smite that child; he will bring you from riches to poverty, from health to sickness, even to the gates of …

A Sight Of Self

Isaiah 64:6

… In "Grace Abounding," Bunyan says, "My original and inward pollution, that, that was my plague and affliction. That, I say, at a dreadful rate, always putting forth itself …

Heaven

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

… When waves of distress, and billows of affliction pass over the Christian, there are times when his faith is so strong that he lies down and sleeps, though …

Let Him Alone

Hosea 4:17

… That soldier who has been in the hospital, laid aside by sickness brought on by his own folly, who, after his life was despaired of, has nevertheless recovered …

Fear Not

Revelation 1:17

… Some of the Lord's best people are those that have to suffer most, but it is because they can glorify Him here most by suffering. I think …

A Miniature Portrait Of Joseph

Genesis 39:2

… For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction." When his aged father said to him, "Who are these?" Joseph replied very beautifully …

The Savior You Need

Hebrews 5:9

… But when he shows that he knows all about you by describing the symptoms exactly as they occur, and adds, "I was once afflicted with this same sickness …

God's Love Shamefully Questioned

Malachi 1:2

… I do not suppose you are so long-suffering as that with any of your fellow creatures! There are some with whom God has had great patience who …

The Hope Laid Up In Heaven

Colossians 1:5

… Once again, the Apostle says, "strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness." A hope of Heaven is a …

Consolation for Poor Petitioners

Isaiah 38:14

… Now let us put all these things together, and I gather from them that Hezekiah, first of all, in his sickness prayed often and much, but his prayers …

Speaking on God's Behalf

Job 36:2

… Remember this—on such occasions it is our bounden duty to speak on God's behalf! Yet again, we meet with Brothers and Sisters in affliction. They are …

"This Thing Is From Me"

1 Kings 12:24

… For instance, the deaths of dear friends, or when we cannot accuse ourselves of having done anything that can have contributed to the affliction that has come upon …

The Rose and the Lily

Solomon 2:1

… conquering, in His weakness, over all the powers of Hell, and by His suffering overthrowing all the hosts of your sins so that they cannot rise against you …

Psalm 33

Psalm 33

… When it relieves the miserable, it is mercy; when it bestows favours on the worthless, it is grace; when it bears with provoking rebels, it is long suffering …

Sight For Those Who See Not

John 9:39

… God, in infinite long-suffering, waits to be gracious, giving men space wherein to repent and to be reconciled to Him. Jesus has come into the world for …

Obeying Christ's Orders

John 2:5

… of a minister is not his library, but very often a sick-bed. Affliction is our school and before we can deal with others, God must deal with …

How "The Unspeakable" is Spoken of

Psalm 145:6

… the time being, and his visits were sought for in the hour of sickness. It is amazing how men laugh on the other side of their mouths when …

The Prophet Like Unto Moses

Deuteronomy 18:15-19

… and Perfect One! These frail tabernacles, like the tents of Cushan, are in affliction when the Lord marches by in the greatness of His power. We need a …

Angelic Protection in Appointed Ways

Psalm 91:11

… Do not be afraid, my dear Friend, when sickness comes into your house. Do not be alarmed, as perhaps you are, when you hear that there is fever …

Psalm 7

Psalm 7

… The slanderer is seen in vision bringing a curse upon his own head, (14, 15, 16), while David retires from trial singing a hymn of praise to his …

The Believer Catechized

John 11:26

… She was convinced that Jesus was the Master of disease and could restore the suffering to health. This was something worthy of her faith, but it was not …

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… The Savior often gives gold to those who only ask for silver—he grants the forgiveness of sin to those who only seek relief from sickness. He "is …

The Danger Of Doubting

1 Samuel 27:1

… Yet in every case He who sent the trial had also graciously ordained a way of escape. David could not put his finger upon any entry in his …

The Man Greatly Beloved

Daniel 10:19

… The trial of a diet of vegetables and water turned out most satisfactorily. Daniel and his friends were found to be both better in health and stronger in …

'Nunc Dimittis'

Luke 2:29-30

… Brethren, it often happens that the loss of dear friends, or the treachery of those we trusted, or bodily sickness, or depression of spirit, may help to unloose …

Gracious Renewal

Psalm 51:10

… After recovery from sickness, when, like Hezekiah, you have had a new term of years added to your life, and have risen from the bed of languishing to …

The Judgment Seat Of God

Romans 14:10-12

… Are you ready to be tried as by fire? Trial by fire is but a scant figure of trial compared to the searching eyes of the Most High …

Cheer For The Faint-Hearted

Judges 13:23

… Deep waves of trial, high mountains of joy. But the reverse is almost as often true—from Pisgah's top we go to our graves. From the top …

Examination Before Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… And when the Lord's Supper is dishonored, there is no doubt that the sickness and sleep here mentioned will follow. "For this cause many are weak and …

Untitled Sermon

Acts 9:32-35

… Now, as there is no room for a great cure unless there is a great sickness, so there is no room for God's great Grace unless there …

The Best Thing in the Best Place

Psalm 37:31

… Neither sickness, nor death, nor the devil, himself, can ever take from us what is in our hearts. We have known people in sore sickness suffer from loss …

Consider Before You Fight

Luke 14:31

… Did not Christ Himself show us how to endure this trial? See His foes gathered around Him when He hung dying on the Cross. They laugh at Him …

Man Humbled, God Exalted

Isaiah 2:17

… one—not by communion with Christ, nor by activity, so much as by affliction. Must it always be that? Must it always be that? They are bad children …

All and All in All

Colossians 3:11

… lying upon the bed of sickness, expecting soon to stand before God? Blessed be God, we have a remedy for sin's sickness which the Great Physician understands …

"This Year Also"

Luke 13:6

… of carelessness? The same words recall some of us our years of sharp affliction when we were, indeed, dug about and fertilized. How went those years? God was …

The First Recorded Words of Jesus

Luke 2:48

… is! If I am not with His people because I am detained by sickness, yet I must be in my Father's house! There are many mansions in …

There Go The Ships

Psalm 104:26

… It is good that there is sea, or the land might devour its inhabitants by sickness. God has made nothing in vain. Ignorance gazes on the stormy deep …