Suffering & Affliction

The Faithful Saying

1 Timothy 1:15

… obtained mercy that in him, first, Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting …

The Three Whats

Ephesians 1:18-20

… Surely all the suffering I have endured and all the rest I have enjoyed should bring forth some fruit unto God! Yet so feeble are we that we …

A Good Soldier Of Jesus Christ

2 Timothy 2:2

… The soldier is full often a suffering man. There are wounds, there are toils, there are frequent stays in the hospitals— there may be ghastly cuts which let …

Psalm 87

Psalm 87

… In the same sense it is used for the bald head, when age or sickness has deprived it of its glory and left it without hair. This is …

Omniscience

Genesis 16:13

… himself to be guilty now;” the case then would have been over; the trial would have been little more than a form. What wilt thou think, O sinner …

Enquirers and Converts

… but you are my spiritual father; and now, at such a time of trial as this is to you, I must write and send you a word of …

Psalm 45

Psalm 45

… Hence we trust him without suspicion; he cannot err; no affliction is too severe, for he sends it; no judgment too harsh, for he ordains it. O blessed …

Christ—The Power and Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 1:24

… which could lead you to believe in such a manner, under such a trial.” Christians! try to exhibit that spirit wherever you are, and prove to the worldling …

Jacob Worshipping on His Staff

Hebrews 11:21

… There is a mimic faith, a false assurance, which lasts under all ordinary heats of trial, but this evaporates when the fires of death surround it. Certain men …

Fearing and Trusting—trusting and Not Fearing

Psalm 56:3

… faith enough to bear them! What shall I do in the last great trial of the swellings of Jordan?" Now, what ought you to do at the time …

The Soul's Desertion

Song 5:6

… angel his harp of gold! It matters not what may be his outward trial, the Holy Spirit is able to make the heart live above all surrounding circumstances …

A Memorable Interview

John 20:27

… So long as we are in this body, exposed to trial and temptation, we shall be prone to start aside like a broken bow. Thomas was a true …

Psalm 113

Psalm 113

… In Psalm 118 (just before leaving the Upper Room to go to Gethsemane), he poured forth the story of his suffering, conflict, triumph and glorification.— A. A. Bonar …

Goodness Going Before

Psalm 21:3

… He is our great sympathetic Pioneer, going before us through the thick forest and jungle of trial and trouble, clearing a way for us through the brambles and …

Why Are We Saved By Faith?

… It enables a man both to live and to die without fear; it prepares both for action and for suffering; and hence the Lord selects it as a …

Christ Before Annas

John 18:12

… detain the prisoner there till the Sanhedrim could be hastily convened for His trial. If He should be brought into the palace of Annas, the old man would …

The Leafless Tree

Isaiah 6:3

… It has had days of blood-red persecution, and of fiery trial; it has had times of sad apostacy, when an evil heart of unbelief and departing from …

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… It was during a time of long and painful suffering that it occurred. Dark days those were, both for husband and wife, for a serious disease had invaded …

A Helpful Survey of Christ’s Work

… Accepting Christ Jesus as suffering for me, I have accepted a complete discharge from judicial liability. I have been condemned in Christ, and there is, therefore, now no …

Ancestry and Genealogy

… in a chair the most part of that time.” In my seasons of suffering, I have often pictured to myself this modern Job in Chelmsford gaol, and thanked …

Consulting With Jesus

1 Kings 10:1-3

… Are you in some very sharp trial? Is your spirit terribly depressed and have you, because of that, kept away from Christ? Have you felt that you could …

Psalm 59

Psalm 59

… sanctuary is in no small degree indebted to the trials of the saints. Affliction is the tuner of the harps of sanctified songsters. Altaschith. Another "destroy not" Psalm …

Psalm 48

Psalm 48

… It is well to think of past lovingkindness in times of trial, and equally profitable to remember it in seasons of prosperity. Grateful memories sweeten sorrows and sober …

Now, and Then

1 Corinthians 13:12

… refused it.” And often God has sent us, in the black envelope of trial, such a precious mass of mercy, that if we had known what was in …

The Ploughman

… Even then the long-suffering God has followed up his work—ploughing, ploughing, ploughing, ploughing, till darkness ended all. Do I address any aged ones whose lease must …

Fear Not

Isaiah 41:14

… Again, if you want to know your own nothingness, consider what you are in suffering. I was thinking, the other evening, how small a matter it must be …

The Two Effects of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

… Another trial is, you are afraid of displeasing the rich in your congregations. Your think, “If I say such-and-such a thing, so-and-so will be …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… these Truths are needed for the strengthening of the soul in times of trial. I pray the Lord to help you to be strong in Him and to …

God in the Covenant

Jeremiah 31:33

… If thou hast trial, or if thou art free from it, I beseech thee make God thy delight; go from this house of prayer and be happy this …

Secret Sins

Psalm 19:12

… heart accuse me not Of walking in a false disguise, I beg the trial of thine eyes. Doth secret mischief lurk within? Do I indulge some unknown sin …

“The Boy-Preacher of the Fens”

… It seemed a great risk and a serious trial; but depending upon the power of the Holy Ghost, I would at least tell out the story of the …

Under His Shadow

Psalm 91:1

… Be to them as a nurse who bears up her child in her hands, and if they are likely to meet with even some minor trial, lest they …

Faith Hand in Hand With Fear

Psalm 56:3

… Fruit is always best in its season, and the time for faith is the time of trial. Faith is never so full-flavored as when it is produced …

A Merry Christmas

Job 1:4

… JOB was an exceedingly happy man before his great trial. He was as much blessed in the fruit of his body as in his basket, and in his …

The Divine Discipline

Deuteronomy 32:11

… His face is hidden from us, or else by some outward trial of Providence we are made to try our wings again to see whether our faith will …

Psalm 21

Psalm 21

… when he was on earth, both by his prayer, his actions, and his suffering; he manifested that his heart longed to redeem his people, and now in heaven …

The Pilgrim's Longings

Hebrews 11:15-16

… refresh your memory with them frequently; recur to them and renew them in every time of trial and temptation. Howbeit, repent of them never, or woe betide you …

Christ Lifted Up

John 12:32

… The cross was a trial of Christ’s fortitude and strength, and therein it was a garden in which his glory might be planted. The laurels of his …

Christ Loosens From Infirmities

Luke 13:11-13

… a limited one. "After that, you shall cut it down." If, after the trial of another year, it shall still be fruitless, then even the pleader will not …

An Earnest Invitation

Psalm 2:12

… that will stand the test of consideration, the test of life, and the trial of death; a blessedness into which we cannot plunge too deeply, for it is …