Suffering & Affliction

No Quarter

1 Kings 18:40

… conformed, we reverence You! Conquering in so many conflicts, coming forth from every trial victorious, You are glorious, indeed! It is not ours to open up the whole …

Solomon's Plea

1 Kings 8:53

… Now, Brothers and Sisters, perhaps some of you are under the peculiarly severe trial of being misunderstood, misrepresented and misjudged. You have not been guilty of that which …

The Final Separation

Matthew 25:32

… Neither will there be any question about a new trial—your own conscience will make you feel that the decision is final, for it is just—and you …

Why May I Rejoice?

Luke 10:20

… with it to overflowing, would be found unable to bear the strain of trial, trouble, temptation and especially of death. Take the last—will any man, when he …

Now, A Sermon for Young Men and Young Women

Ezekiel 12:27

… There will be a well of Living Water within you which will supply you with joy and comfort and consolation—even amid trial and distress. You will be …

Sown Among Thorns

Matthew 13:7

… Neither will I address myself to those who receive the truth with sudden enthusiasm, and as readily quit it when trial befalls them; such are the rocky-ground …

Stumbling at the Word

1 Peter 2:8

… We may well leap for joy, we who once had not obtained mercy! We sinned against the Lord, but He was long-suffering, and now we have obtained …

Underneath

Deuteronomy 33:27

… For a period we may be content with superficial pleasures, but there are times of trial when we have to fall back upon something deeper and more reliable …

Sermon for New Year's-Day

Revelation 21:5

… to escape from what has been to many a twelve-months of great trial. The last year had become wheezy, croaking, and decrepit, in its old age; and …

A Business-Like Account

Philippians 3:7-9

… It is all very well to begin with eagerness, but how does the venture answer after a trial? After 20 years or more of experience, Paul had an …

Last Things

Proverbs 5:11

… It is the last of our period of trial here below. It is the last of the days of Divine Grace. It is the last of the days …

The Holy Spirit's Chief Office

John 16:14

… to you, that you may not be caused to stumble by any fresh trial that may assail you. 2. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes …

How God Comes to Man

Genesis 3:8

… dread of the future hanging over them! Many of you know that the trial of being kept in suspense is almost worse than any other trouble in the …

The True Position of the Witness Within

1 John 5:10

… and you might be sorely put to it, perhaps, until the day of trial settles the dispute as to whether it is yours or not. I believe that …

The Unchangeable Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… So fade our friends and the most attached adherents drop away from us in the time of trial. But Jesus is to us what He always was. When …

Faith in Perfection

Psalm 138:8

… Here is a trial of faith. “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.” Alas, beloved, we cannot say we have any good thing without having concern for …

Joy in God

Romans 5:11

… Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? "Quis separabit?" That should be our motto in every time of trial—"who shall separate us from the love …

The Jewel of Peace

2 Thessalonians 3:16

… personal beliefs and convictions—and then when you get into deep waters of trial and sorrow you will say, "Ah, I did believe the right doctrine after all …

A Silly Dove

Hosea 7:11

… Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. But rejoice, inasmuch as you are …

Pentecost

Acts 2:1

… It will always be so and we should not think it a new and strange trial—tares grow with the wheat and bad fish are taken in the …

Lukewarmness

Revelation 3:15

… Notice that Daniel recollected the exact date when the captivity was to end—and when you and I have had a term put to any trial or chastisement …

Resurrection for the Just and the Unjust

Acts 24:15

… instant in season, out of season! The same thing is an encouragement under suffering. For this the martyrs cheerfully gave themselves up to their tormentors, not accepting deliverance …

Christ's 'New Commandment'

John 13:34

… in the world"—not yet in Heaven, but still in the midst of trial, still imperfect, even as you and I are—"He loved them unto the end …

Testimony And Experience

John 4:39-42

… If it is not true, bear your witness honestly like men and let the world be undeceived! We challenge the trial! In the name of Him that died …

The Substance Of True Religion

Job 19:28

… All this will turn out to be unsubstantial comfort in the hour of trial. But the root of the matter yields the sweetest and surest consolation at all …

A Delusion Dispelled

Ezekiel 14:20

… Moreover, He bestowed on him high praise and a double blessing at the end of his trial. Now, if we had any one of these three men to …

My Hourly Prayer

Psalm 119:117

… In times of stress and trial when others fell, he stood upright and incorruptible. Under slander he has smarted, but he has outlived the reproach and disproved every …

A Page From a Royal Diary

Psalm 119:132

… You will always find that, in proportion to the strength the Lord gives, so He sets the trial. That is how He used to do to those who …

Five Links in a Golden Chain

Titus 1:4

… 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 …

Preaching Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23

… Christ suffering agonies that are indescribable, yet being at the same time the God at whose right hand there are pleasures forevermore. If Christ had not been Man …

God's Glorious and Everlasting Name

Isaiah 63:12

… He is "long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy." Oh, if some of us had been treated with a thousandth part of the hatred that men have poured on …

A Weighty Charge

… Grace in prosperous seasons, what shall we do in times of temptation and trial? If the heart is full to overflowing, there is a likelihood that its stores …

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… on that occasion and, therefore, they fell into distrust as to their new trial. Beloved, is not this a very common fault with us? Do we not too …

Medicine For The Distracted

Psalm 94:19

… What comforts there are in Him! A Man, of the substance of His mother, suffering just as we suffer and touched, therefore, with a feeling of our infirmities …

The Private Tutor

John 14:24-26

… Let it be a matter, then, of personal trial with each one of you. Hear your risen Lord saying, "Do you love Me?" Not to Simon, alone, but …

A Challenge and a Shield

Romans 8:34

… Who can tell us what Christ's suffering really was? It goes into the region of unknown things —it goes beyond the knowable—for flesh and blood will …

Honor for Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… see much that landsmen never see and those who have deep experience of trial and trouble are the people who see most of the wonders of the Lord …

Immeasurable Love

John 3:16

… would it not embitter her existence? If she could withdraw from such a trial, would she not? Assuredly she would. Yet the Lord God spared not his own …

No Difference

Matthew 5:45

… And supposing I kept on seven years, I fancy that I should think that I had endured a long enough trial of him and should get a little …

Co-workers With God

Psalm 127:1

… When they are unwilling to be tutored and trained, then they become a trial and a trouble. But happy is the man who has a quiver full of …