Suffering & Affliction

Entangled in the Land

Exodus 14:3

… Now, secondly, let us think of OUR SECURITY UNDER THIS TRIAL. My text is, "Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land …

When Can We Find Comforters?

Nahum 3:7

… There are still many of God's people who endure the trial of cruel mockings and something worse than that. Some of you have to suffer in many …

Driving Out the Canaanites and Their Iron Chariots

Joshua 17:18

… But for the sake of you who have to bear it, I would hardly lift a finger to screen you because the trial is an education of the …

The Old Man's Sermon

Psalm 71:17

… learn? What a school have some of us passed through—a school of trial and a school of love! We have sat on the hard floor of discipline …

The Glory of Our Strength

Psalm 89:17

… Possibly if God should give you, at this service, a very special manifestation of His Presence and you were to meet with a great trial at home, you …

A Home Question and a Right Answer

John 6:66-69

… this age of wandering! How few are found approved in the day of trial! The question is one that must of necessity be pressed home, "Will you, also …

The Sheep and Their Shepherd

John 10:27

… Depend upon it, the Lord know’s your temptation, and watches your trial; or be it a sick child, or be it a bad matter of business that …

The Sound in the Mulberry Trees

2 Samuel 5:24

… The same I might say of any time of general sickness, or any time of plague or cholera, or sudden death. There are times when the cholera is …

Jesus, the Judge

Acts 10:42

… The whole trial will be most solemnly conducted. I shall not, for a single moment, attempt a description of the scene. There is room, indeed, for imagery and …

Place for the Word

John 8:37

… I am no Prophet, nor the son of a Prophet, yet I perceive that there is coming upon the world a time of most unusual trial. I believe …

New Uses for Old Trophies

2 Kings 11:10

… give glory;” how could he have engaged their hearts in the hour of trial to wail forth the litany of supplication—“The Lord hear thee in the day …

Expiation

Isaiah 53:10

… There shall be a vicarious suffering; and my vengeance shall be content, and my mercy shall be gratified.” Now, dear friends, this grace of God is yet further …

Broad Rivers And Streams

Isaiah 33:20-23

… That peace of God which passes all understanding, lives even in the day of trial. You know what Martin Luther said, whenever any trouble came, "Come, let us …

The Two Guards Praying and Watching

Nehemiah 4:9

… It is the same today—some who seem to be pillars prove very weak in the hour of trial—and by their cowardice discourage the rest. 11. And …

The Disowned

Matthew 7:21-23

… Whether you are in a palace or in a hovel, trial and testing must and will come to you! "The floods came, and the winds blew, and beat …

"At Your Word"

Luke 5:5

… sulkily saying, "I will not try again." Apply my text to this painful trial and yet, again, sally forth in hope, saying with Peter, "We have toiled all …

Self-Sufficiency Slain

John 15:5

… of grief as well as of seas of sorrow; weakness for splinters of trial as well as for the terrible darts of the Evil One. In everything, Christian …

God's Hidden Ones

Psalm 83:3

… The more of trial you have to endure, the more of communion you shall have to enjoy! This is the happy, happy case of a tried child of …

The Peace of God

Philippians 4:7

… Does he apprehend the loss of friends? He prays that the trial may be averted, for he is permitted so to pray, even as David begged for the …

Our Urgent Need of the Holy Spirit

Romans 15:13

… that we think we know turns out to be unknown when times of trial put us to the test. We really know nothing unless it is burnt into …

Very Singular

2 Samuel 17:23

… What a loyal spirit they displayed in the time of trial! Oh, that such loyalty could always be found in all the servants of King Jesus! But, alas …

Healing for the Wounded

Psalm 147:3

… At the time of regeneration, the soul is subject to an inward work, causing at the time considerable suffering. This suffering does not continue after the soul has …

The Sight of Iniquity

Habakkuk 1:3

… That was Job's character before the trial which made him famous. Perhaps if it had not been for that trial we would never have heard of him …

An Earnest Entreaty

Psalm 2:12

… Nothing of the kind! You will be liable to sickness and adversity in their manifold forms, as other men are, but you will have this to comfort you …

The Saints' Riches

Romans 8:32

… tell you that he has had his happiest times on a bed of sickness, or when losses and crosses have come quickly, one upon another! Fellowship with Christ …

The History of Little-Faith

Matthew 14:31

… He had forgotten that he had both winds and waves to contend with—and now the wind comes upon him as a new trial! As the blast came …

A Home for the Fatherless

… Spurgeon’s affliction, sent £1,000 for the same purpose. At one meeting of the Trustees, the financial report was, “all bills paid, but only £2 left in …

Bright Prospects for Young Believers

Malachi 4:2

… comes also with health to sick souls! Do not believe, Soul, that your sickness is incurable, though Satan may tell you a thousand times that it is! If …

The Withered Fig Tree

Matthew 21:17-20

… Without test or trial of his brand-new virtues, he holds himself forth as an example to others. Now, I do not object to the rapidity of the …

Some Reminiscences of Foreign Travel

… tours were always fresh and fragrant, and one of the compensations of my sickness was to go over again in thought all the difficulties, and dangers, and delights …

Unpurchasable Love

Solomon 8:7

… Bind me to Your altar, for I am but flesh and blood, and may start aside in the hour of trial. Cast the links of Your love about …

The Sieve

Amos 9:9

… She will come out of her trial, however fiery, like gold seven times purified! She shall shine with a clearer luster because of the ordeals which she has …

The Believer's Glad Prospects

Song 2:17

… will flee away! That means this poor flesh-and-blood body full of sickness which declines as the shadow. That house, those lands. Oh, you rich men! your …

Moses' Dying Charge to Israel

Deuteronomy 8:2

… It is often the length of an experience that is the trial of it. "In the wilderness"—that is bad enough, but, "forty years in the wilderness"—that …

Our Lord's Preaching

Isaiah 61:1

… need a doctor and Jesus has come in great compassion to remove their sickness. The more diseased you are, the more sure you may be that the Savior …

Self-Delusion

Luke 13:24

… We should be unfaithful to your souls if we did not warn you against deception, and excite you to solemn trial of your state. That which every wise …

The Holy Spirit's Threefold Conviction of Men

John 16:8-11

… We have stood our trial, and have been acquitted. Our Representative has borne the penalty of our sin. Our chastisement is passed, for Jesus has borne it—He …

Mistrust of God Deplored and Denounced

Numbers 14:11

… But in a short time another trial looms in the distance and they are despondent and dismayed. Now, I will read to you, and I will read to …

A Sermon for the Most Miserable of Men

Psalm 77:2

… He believes of his trial that the Lord has done it—he calls God his Father—he knows that all things work together for good. He is persuaded …

Commendation for the Steadfast

Revelation 3:8

… Does anyone in his senses think so? I should suppose that after having given a sufficient trial to that manner of procedure, it would be quite as well …