Suffering & Affliction

Obtaining Promises

God sometimes gives His people fresh promises “by faith,” just before a trial is about to come upon them. It was so with Elijah. God said to him …

Psalm 26

Psalm 26

… There are three modes of trial here challenged, which are said in the original to refer to trial by touch, trial by smell, and trial by fire. The …

The Ascension of Christ

Ephesians 4:7-12

… Had he been here we could have gone to him in every affliction, like those of whom it is said, “they went and told Jesus.” It seemed expedient …

Election-its Defenses and Evidences

1 Thessalonians 1:4-6

… And you became followers of us, and of the Lord having received the word in much affliction, withjoy of the Holy Spirit." 1 Thessalonians 1:4-6 . AT …

Song for the Free—Hope for the Bound

Psalm 107:14-16

… What an awful compound is described in the text—"affliction and iron"! The bondage is mental and physical, too. The enslaved spirit and the depraved flesh act and …

Evening, May 14

Is 40:11

… But how may we understand the expression, “He will carry them”? Sometimes he carries them by not permitting them to endure much trial . Providence deals tenderly with them …

Evening, October 13

Song 8:6

… His love was indeed stronger than the most terrible death, for it endured the trial of the cross triumphantly. It was a lingering death, but love survived the …

The Best Bread

John 6:48

… The Lord Jesus, the everlasting Son of God, is also Man—man, like ourselves. "In all our affliction He was afflicted." He Himself bore our infirmities and He …

Morning, March 10

Ps 30:6

… Continued worldly prosperity is a fiery trial. “Afflictions, though they seem severe, In mercy oft are sent.”

Morning, February 6

Eph 6:18

… help in the time of duty, and for succour in the day of trial. We have been compelled to go to God for our souls, as constant beggars …

Secret Disciples Encouraged

John 18:25

… Alas for him, he had so far forgotten himself that he tried, perhaps, to avoid showing that he took any particular interest in the trial. But I will …

Morning, June 25

Is 40:9

… believed,” for each experience had been like the climbing of a hill, each trial had been like ascending another summit, and his death seemed like gaining the top …

Morning, January 11

Lu 8:13

… If my mind remains as obdurate as it was by nature, the sun of trial will scorch, and my hard heart will help to cast the heat the …

Morning, November 7

Is 49:16

… He keeps his promise a thousand times, and yet the next trial makes us doubt him. He never faileth; he is never a dry well; he is never …

Evening, March 31

2Sa 21:10

… Behold how she loved her children! Shall Rizpah thus endure, and shall we start at the first little inconvenience or trial? Are we such cowards that we cannot …

Evening, December 18

Pr 27:23

… me stir you up in his name to make diligent search and solemn trial of your state, lest you come short of the promised rest. That which every …

The Joy of Harvest

… Some of you have children who are a trial to you whenever you think of them; let them be such a trial to you that they drive you …

The Christian Warfare

… Do you wonder that the Christian is called to conflict? God never gives strong faith without fiery trial; he will not build a strong ship, without subjecting it …

The Essence Of The Gospel

John 3:18

… There is no need of trial. You are justified when You speak, and clear when You condemn." There sits the Judge, and the prisoner should stand opposite to …

Morning, May 25

Ps 38:21

… Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, but we too much forget that we have need to use this …

Christ in the Covenant

Isaiah 49:8

… Whether they be works of suffering or of duty, they are the property of the believer. As a child, he was circumcised, and is that bloody rite mine …

Evening, April 26

Rev 16:15

… Or if wealth be not the trial, worldly care is quite as mischievous. If we cannot be torn in pieces by the roaring lion, if we may be …

Morning, March 27

Mt 26:56

… It may be, that I, at the opening of this day, have braced up my mind to bear a trial for the Lord’s sake, and I imagine …

Evening, March 8

Ge 35:18

… Sad hearts have peculiar skill in discovering the most disadvantageous point of view from which to gaze upon a trial; if there were only one slough in the …

Morning, August 5

Ro 8:28

… believer’s heart is assured, and he is enabled calmly to meet each trial as it comes. The believer can in the spirit of true resignation pray, “Send …

Evening, November 12

Lu 6:12

… Should we not learn from Jesus to resort to special prayer when we are under peculiar trial, or contemplate fresh endeavours for the Master’s glory? Lord Jesus …

Evening, February 20

Mt 4:1

… In the haunts of men we expect to be tempted, but even seclusion will not guard us from the same trial. Jesus Christ was led away from human …

Morning, March 26

Jn 18:8

… Mark, my soul, the care which Jesus manifested even in his hour of trial, towards the sheep of his hand! The ruling passion is strong in death. He …

Morning, March 23

Lu 22:44

… The cheeks are pale; a fainting fit comes on; the blood has gone inward as if to nourish the inner man while passing through its trial. But see …

Evening, July 19

Mt 12:20

… If temptation comes, they are taken like birds in a snare; if trial threatens, they are ready to faint; their frail skiff is tossed up and down by …

A Vexed Soul Comforted

Job 27:2

… It is necessary, sometimes, that we should be "in heaviness through manifold temptations." Not only are the temptations needed for the trial of our faith, but it is …

Evening, October 10

Je 15:21

… In all times of fiery trial, in patience let us possess our souls.

Morning, February 10

Php 4:12

… The crucible of adversity is a less severe trial to the Christian than the refining pot of prosperity. Oh, what leanness of soul and neglect of spiritual things …

Morning, October 17

1Sa 27:1

… one form only, but many—yet in every case he who sent the trial had also graciously ordained a way of escape. David could not put his finger …

Morning, September 5

Ps 120:5

… you on every hand, consider that all the saints have endured the same trial. They were not carried on beds of down to heaven, and you must not …

Morning, August 31

Is 51:5

Morning, August 31 Go To Evening Reading “On mine arm shall they trust.” Isaiah 51:5 In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that …

Morning, June 1

Ge 1:5

… Nor am I alone in this, for all the Lord’s beloved ones have had to sing the mingled song of judgment and of mercy, of trial and …

Strong Meat

Hebrews 5:14

… Now our text says that this comes as the result of use, and that use generally comes to us through affliction. Have you ever noticed how men get …

Morning, February 12

2Co 1:5

… When the scale of trial is nearly empty, you will always find the scale of consolation in nearly the same condition; and when the scale of trials is …

The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People

Nehemiah 8:10

… We have known it in the chamber of affliction; we have known it in the solitude of many a night of broken rest; we have known it beneath …