Suffering & Affliction

The Blood of the Lamb, the Conquering Weapon

Revelation 12:11

… He grew as a child, He ripened into manhood and lived here among us, eating and drinking, suffering and rejoicing, sleeping and laboring as men do. He died …

Done In A Day, But Wondered At Forever

Zechariah 3:9

… For him there is no hope that suffering could ever make atonement. He must, forever and forever, as long as God's Word is true, lie under the …

The Prince of Life

Acts 3:15

… 2:10 ), where He is called "the Captain of our salvation" made perfect through suffering. The word "Prince" is not inaccurate, for the idea of princedom lies on …

With or Without Shedding of Blood

Hebrews 9:22

… not be so ungenerous as merely to regret your faults because of the suffering it will bring to yourself, but you will lament it because it offends so …

Power With God

Genesis 32:28

… There is many a spectacle of suffering and sorrow in this world that even a strong man cannot bear to look at, especially if he is unable to …

How To Converse With God

Job 13:22

… See yonder Cross and hear the cry, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"! Great God, You have, in Jesus, all the suffering Your Justice can …

The Rule of the Race

Hebrews 12:1

… It is described in these words—"Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame." Jesus has endured the suffering and shame …

Remember!

Deuteronomy 15:15

… If you are suffering or ailing, or if sometimes your spirits are cast down, or if you are poor and despised, yet say to yourself, "Why should I …

The Holy Spirit Compared To The Wind

John 3:8

… Can you cling to it and find it stable in the hour of trial? Is it a nice pleasant speculation for a sunny day when all is calm …

Jesus Christ Himself

Ephesians 2:20

… He is Human and perfect in that humanity and, therefore, capable of obedience and suffering in man's place. He is able to save us because He is …

Pleading and Encouragement

Ezekiel 18:23

… This is the age of patience and long-suffering. If God had taken any pleasure in the death of the wicked, some of you who are now present …

More and More, or Less and Less

Matthew 13:12

… the surface-soil which conceals the rock of your unrenewed nature, then under trial you will lose what you have—the sprouting of the grain so prematurely will …

A Greater Than Solomon

Luke 11:31

… There is a great deal of difference between your strength today and what your strength would be if you were called to some tremendous work or suffering. My …

The Unsearchable Riches Of christ

Ephesians 3:8

… The latter part of His life was spent in a ministry full of suffering to Himself, but filled with good to others. "We beheld His glory, the glory …

"By All Means, Save Some"

1 Corinthians 9:22

… Those who are laid aside by suffering are taking their part in the economy of the household of Christ. But with that exception, he that does not work …

“Helensburgh House” and Garden (Continued)

… He saw fit to reverse our position to each other ; and for a long, long season, suffering instead of service became my daily portion, and the care of …

Jesus!

Matthew 1:21

… He saves His people through His personal Substitution—by standing in their stead and suffering in their place. There is no other way of salvation but by His …

The Christian's Motto

John 8:29

… His Baptism was an emblem and a type of the perfect obedience which He intended to render—it set forth His immersion into depths of suffering, His sinking …

Solemn Pleadings for Revival

Isaiah 41:1

… after his own fashion, to suffering and to labor for the grand cause of God, feeling well assured that neither labor nor suffering can be in vain in …

"Do You Love Me?"

John 21:16

… Then, again, perhaps suffering lies before you—and if your heart is not true to Christ, you will not be able to patiently endure for His name's …

The Harvest and the Vintage

Revelation 14:14-20

… God! "And the winepress was trodden outside the city." This represents the awful suffering of lost souls, the eternal punishment that will then begin. And, as the red …

How Hearts Are Softened

Zechariah 12:10

… Steadily view His suffering Person until He seems to turn His head and look at you, as He did at Peter when he went out and wept bitterly …

"The Ark of His Covenant"

Revelation 11:19

… the Divine mercy which comes to you through the bleeding Person of the suffering Christ—remember that there will be for you the thunder, the lightning, the voices …

'Pray, Always Pray'

John 16:26

… The dispensation of the Holy Spirit is of a higher order than the dispensation of the humiliated and suffering Savior. That was the day of the Church's …

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Revelation 19:9

… the gentle, suffering, sacrificial Victim, dying that we may not die, presenting Himself a Sacrifice acceptable unto God! Now, because Christ was the Lamb, suffering for sin, and …

The First Note of My Song

Psalm 103:3

… What is more, this forgiveness could not be purchased by an eternity of suffering in Hell. There they lie in anguish, which God grant we may never know …

Songs of Deliverance

Judges 5:11

… of toil and trouble, strong for labor, and patient for the endurance of suffering. Happy are ye to whom the word has come with demonstration of the Spirit …

Redemption and Its Claims

1 Corinthians 6:20

… Are you not His? There is not one single good work of yours needed to complete the merit, or a single pang of suffering required from you to …

Fathers In Christ

1 John 2:13

… Their suffering or their need would be his suffering and his need. His heart has grown larger than when he was a child or a young man, for …

Between the Two Appearings

Hebrews 9:26-28

… By once offering up Himself to God, our Lord has done what myriads of years of repentance and suffering could never have done. Blessed be the name of …

The Recorders

1 Chronicles 16:4

… I have already hinted at them in speaking of those who are suffering from their losses. From our childhood until now we have had bread to eat and …

Imitators of God

Ephesians 5:1

… If even men have come up to such a degree of patience, much more will you find long-suffering in God! Oh, Trembler, believe that our Father in …

The Glorious Master and the Swooning Disciple

Revelation 1:17-18

… Be grateful, that while you are to be here to serve him, and to do his will in suffering for him, he does not deprive you of your …

The Sin Offering

Leviticus 4:3

… His body and soul are alike—white as the lily for holiness—though made by suffering red as the rose. Alabaster and bright ivory overlaid with sapphires are …

The Water of Life

John 4:15

… Think of Him as God's only Son suffering for sinners. Call him, "Lord." Can you do that? If you reject His Divinity, you shut yourself out of …

All the Promises

2 Corinthians 1:20

… For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds by Christ Are we not willing to endure the greater suffering that we may …

Without Christ—Nothing

John 15:5

… By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by love unfeigned, by every good and holy work we would show forth the praises of our God! Apart from the …

Poverty and Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… This marvelous Psalm is a wonderful prophecy which might seem as if it had been composed after the suffering of our Lord. But it was written many hundreds …

'The Ministry of Reconciliation'

2 Corinthians 5:18

… your will, nothing of your merits, nothing of your doing, nothing of your suffering, but, "all things are of God." I think I hear one say, "That suits …

"In the Garden With Him"

John 18:26

… Once more—not only have we been with Him in Church fellowship, in service, and in some small measure of suffering, but we have been with Him in …