Suffering & Affliction

On Spiritualizing

… in a man’s position, there is sure to be some difficulty, some trial in connection with us all: “Naaman was a great man with his master, but …

God, the All-Seeing One

Proverbs 15:11

… by iron chains, to wait in dreary woe the result of the awful trial, when “Depart ye cursed,” must be the re-affirmation of a sentence once pronounced …

God's Word Not to Be Refused

Hebrews 12:25

… That same trial which, on the one hand, comes from man, viewed in another way comes from God—and is a chastening. Let us accept it at His …

Spiritual Religion

John 6:63

… Cahill dares not accept such a trial as that, for it would very soon be found that the so-called "consecrated" wine would make the boy intoxicated as …

An Antidote to Satan's Devices

Genesis 3:1

… That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it is tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor …

John Ploughman's Talk

… The best remedy for affliction is sub- mitting to providence. What can't be cured must be endured. If we cannot get bacon, let us bless God that …

The Saviour's Many Crowns

Revelation 19:12

… By suffering, Christ has become master over sin. The dragon’s neck is now beneath his feet. There is not a temptation which he has not known and …

David's Dying Prayer

Psalm 72:10

… s grace I this day devote myself to him; through trouble and through trial I will be his, if he will help me; for missionary work or for …

The Lesson of Uzza

1 Chronicles 13:8

… if someone starts back and says, "I can hardly ask for such a trial as that." Like James and John we want to sit on the right and …

More Room for More People

Luke 14:22

… hearts? Believe only! Christian, what is your trouble this morning, what is your trial? Believe only, and let your humble faith cast your burdens upon your God! "Believe …

Free Will—A Slave

John 5:40

… to deliver him from a little sin, to keep him from a little trial, to carry him a little way and then drop him—but able to save …

"Blessed in Him"

Psalm 72:17

… He will sanctify to us every trial we meet and nothing shall, by any means, harm us. He will bring us safely to our journey's end and …

The Hope That Purifies

1 John 3:3

… Is he in great trial? Then he knows the temptation to impatience and murmuring will come and he tries to purify himself from that. Has he great pleasure …

Infant Salvation

2 Kings 4:26

… She was mourning over a lost chid, and yet she said, “It is well;” she felt that the trial would surely be blessed. “Is it well with thy …

Too Little for the Lamb

Exodus 12:3

… Or if we do, we must look upon the delay as a further trial of our faith and we must intensify our prayer until it becomes an agony …

Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:15

… the land where you shall be no more subject to any pain, or trial, or sorrow, or sin, or death! Happy are the people who have such a …

'Brief Life Is Here Our Portion'

Psalm 39:4

… sentence, the forecast of the sentence of the Last Tremendous Day. "Committed for trial," to lie in durance vile without the body till the Resurrection trumpet, or be …

Salvation As It Is Now Received

1 Peter 1:8

… That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it is tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor …

The Perseverance of Faith

Matthew 15:28

… Christ's silence must have been a great trial to the poor woman, but our Lord knew with whom He was dealing. 23. And His disciples came and …

The Minister's Plea

Philippians 1:19

… At this moment the Gospel is on trial. It has had its trials before and has come out of them like gold from the furnace, purified by the …

The Great Change

Hosea 14:8

… blessed is the man that trusts in Him."— "Oh, make but trial of His love! Experience will decide How blest are they, and only they, Who in His …

Not Boasting, But Trusting

Ephesians 2:9

… anything that I have done! No, I am not afraid to meet the trial hour. I am not afraid to look you in the face to-night and …

Negotiations For Peace

Acts 10:36

… He asks no gold from you, He asks no suffering from you—no passing through dreary penance—or horrible despairing. It would be no satisfaction to Him to …

Why Men Cannot Believe in Christ

John 5:44

… But it is not given to all men to bear the serious trial of honor. Too many men, receiving honor, come to expect honor—and he who expects …

Prepared to Meet God

Amos 4:12

… He needs no trial—he has condemned himself! 20-22. Shall not the day ofthe LORD be darkness, and not light?Even very dark, andno brightness in it …

The Resurrection of the Dead

Acts 24:15

… Scarcely a day passes but you are tormented with some suffering or other; and if you were silly enough to be always doctoring yourselves, you might always be …

Public Meeting Of The Various Denominations

… we not passing through the wilderness together? Had we not sorrow enough, and trial enough, and vexation enough, bodily pain and mental distraction enough, that we must increase …

David and His Volunteers

1 Chronicles 12:8-15

… But do you remember the flesh is weak, And will shrink in the trial hour? Yet yield to His love, who around you now The bands of a …

The Lower Courts

1 John 3:20

… But if you have listened to it attentively, I expect you have had half a dozen different opinions during the trial. You have heard the whole case against …

The Third Beatitude

Matthew 5:5

… I am glad there is somebody who is free from that trial." He works very hard and perhaps earns very little, but he lives next door to a …

Our Magnificent Savior

Isaiah 53:11

… He suffered in His service and He served in His suffering—not only with all the power He had, but bowing the fullness of His strength into the …

Intimate Knowledge of the Holy Spirit

John 14:17

… age and infirmity, but "He shall be in you." You tremble before that trial which threatens you, but "He shall be in you." You do not know how …

Heart-communing

1 Kings 10:2

… In the time of trial, we often imitate King Asa, who, when he was sick, "sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians." It was not wrong …

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness

Jeremiah 23:6

… Let your faith say, as you see him suffering, bleeding, dying, “Thus my sins were washed away.” But let not your faith stay there. As you see him …

God, the Husband of His People

Jeremiah 31:32

… be unknown! And yet have we not been base enough, when some new trial has come, to sit down and say, "Shall I get through this? Will the …

Jesus Meeting His Warriors

Genesis 14:18-20

… You will scarcely find a trial which will befall you which has not in some respect happened to Abraham. I will not say that he was tempted in …

A King Sent in Love

2 Chronicles 2:11

… If you would only give Him a trial, (by God's Grace may you be led to do so!) you would never regret it. Ask any man who …

Christ's Curate In Decapolis

Mark 5:17-19

… and never eating—well, I am afraid that you will not bear that trial so well as the gentleman who yesterday ate his first meal after forty days …

The Precious Blood Of Christ

1 Peter 1:19

… After all, the real preciousness of a thing in the time of pinch and trial must depend upon its usefulness. A bag of pearls would be to us …

Camp Law and Camp Life

Deuteronomy 23:14

… This is the trial of many visitors among poor people who profess religion, that certain of them are not clean in their houses and in their clothes. Filth …