Suffering & Affliction

Lovest Thou Me?

John 21:15-17

… emblem, then I beseech you, let the solemn recollection of his agony and suffering for you inspire you with a greater love, that you may be more devoted …

'Repentance and Remission'

Luke 24:47

… But if there is a person who is suffering from a disease that is believed to be incurable and a wise physician is the means of his restoration …

Sympathy and Song

Romans 12:15

… to be so benevolent—and not to be happy! To love makes even suffering, in a certain sense, sweets for the object of loves. "The joy that was …

Our Lord's Voluntary Poverty

2 Corinthians 8:9

… him behold a bleeding Savior bearing the griefs of men upon Himself and suffering in their place. "You know the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ," the kindness …

God's Knowledge of Sin

Psalm 69:5

… You lost your mother and you could not have lived a month suffering the pangs that you felt in the moment that you realized your loss. All your …

The Fatherhood of God

Matthew 6:9

… the sick; comfort the faint-hearted; go about doing good, minister unto the suffering people of God, wherever thou findest them, and let the world take knowledge of …

Praise for the Gift of Gifts

2 Corinthians 9:15

… s love Towards the sinner flame, That Jesus, from His Throne above, A suffering Man became. 'Twas not the death which He endured, Nor all the pangs He …

Life, and the Path to It

Psalm 16:11

… How dreadful this punishment of loss must be, in addition to all the suffering that must be forever endured in Hell! There stand the pearly gates, but what …

Private and Confidential

Psalm 25:14

… secret of His Presence when I lingered by the lowly couch of His suffering saint! Why, had some skeptic called in there and merely suggested that "there is …

Confession of Christ

Matthew 10:32

… But he gladly accepts the suffering or the shame, and confesses that what may seem to be a foolish thing to others, is a wise thing to him …

The Dejected Lover

Solomon 3:1-4

… For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endures grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if when you are buffeted for your faults …

Our Lord's Entrance Within the Veil

Hebrews 9:12

… it was that He might voluntarily offer up His own sacrifice of personal suffering and personal death—yielding up His whole being as a sacrifice in our place …

Growth in Grace

2 Peter 3:18

… Be more often on the Mount of Transfiguration, in the Garden of Suffering, in the Hall of Agony, under the Cross of Crucifixion! Live with Jesus and near …

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… Brothers, let us heartily love all whom Jesus loves! Cherish the tried and suffering! Visit the fatherless and the widow! Care for the faint and the feeble! Bear …

The Lord'S Care Of His People

Zechariah 2:8

… God has seemed, at last, to leave off His general rule of long-suffering and of patience and to give to His foes a blow then and there …

An Unalterable Law

Hebrews 9:22

… They do not know that His patience—His slackness, as they call it—is long-suffering because He is not willing that any should perish, but that all …

Cheering Congratulation

Psalm 32:1

… I obtained mercy that, in me, Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering as a pattern to them who should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting …

Ho! Ho!

Isaiah 55:1

… If you are suffering in the body the results of your iniquities. If your own conscience has pronounced on you the dread sentence of doom—know this—my …

Titles of Honor

… say, the Glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, you will forget the little suffering that you have ever borne on His account and rejoice with unspeakable joy and …

'The Oil of Joy for Mourning'

Isaiah 61:3

… Full of the joy of the Lord, deeds of injustice in trade or of grasping at the world would be disdained by you! Suffering would be endured with …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… upon whose weary bed you would cheerfully lie down if a night of suffering could be spared him? Your Father loves you better than that and Jesus proves …

'Ever This Our War Cry—victory, Victory!'

Isaiah 53:12

… accurate! God putting Himself into human form, so as to be capable of suffering and death, cannot suffer and die in vain! He must, He shall, He will …

The Water and the Blood

John 19:34

… Two mighty rivers which bear the elect vessels onwards towards the sea of everlasting bliss, not one of them suffering shipwreck on the voyage, for this mighty river …

Christ's One Sacrifice for Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… Three more years rolled by—years of toil and suffering—and now the great debt was to be paid, the bill was presented. Would He be there to …

Attention!

Matthew 17:5

… God in words and deeds of mercy and compassion, of patience and long-suffering, of sweet mindfulness and great marvel in such clearness as days of sunshine and …

The Queen of Sheba, a Sign

Matthew 12:42

… as you look back upon it? How calm, how joyous she was in suffering or in poverty! How quiet, how patient she was in putting up with you …

Plenary Absolution

Psalm 103:12

… His was the tremendous suffering—ours is the unutterable joy— "Your blood, not nine, O Christ, Your blood so freely spilt, Has blanched my blackest stain And purged …

The Lamb In Glory

Revelation 5:6

… Far otherwise, for He won these triumphs as a Lamb, by gentleness and suffering and sacrifice. He won His battles by a meekness and patience never before known …

A Message From God To His Church And People

Habakkuk 3:2

… in goods, and have need of nothing." And all the while she was suffering multitudes to perish for lack of knowledge, leaving the banner of Truth to be …

'Marvelous Things'

Psalm 98:1

… must exact the penalty of my guilt! Dear Brothers and Sisters, Jesus Christ suffering, bleeding, dying, has gotten us the victory! The hand that was pierced by the …

Must He?

Luke 19:5

… Oh, I pray you, go not there! There are some who deny the eternity of future punishment, but, for my part, I would not risk such suffering for …

The Doors of the Shadow of Death

Job 38:17

… up yourself! To die by your own hand is not to escape from suffering, but to plunge yourself into it forever, for we know that no murderer has …

A Sweet Bow

Micah 7:18

… by God, Himself, coming into this world, taking upon Himself our Nature and suffering to the very death in our place! Calvary tells us that sin is not …

Satan, Self, Sin and the Savior

Mark 5:9

… soul that is resolved not to be saved! Suppose, my Friend, you were suffering from some deadly disease which a noted physician offered to cure, but you were …

Grieving the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30

… The Holy Spirit of God knoweth no passion or suffering, but nevertheless, his emotion is here described in human language as being that of grief. And is it …

Christ Glorified

Isaiah 55:5

… He was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, but now is crowned with Glory, honor and the loftiest created beings delight to …

The Minister's Trumpet Blast and Church Member's Warning

Hosea 8:1

… Shall it ever be so with this Church? God forbid! O God of Benjamin Keach, Your suffering servant! O God of Gill, Your servant who declared Your Truth …

Experiencing Confirming Testimony

Psalm 48:8

… this Church as ever gladdened the eyes of those Apostles! I have seen suffering endured with an astonishing patience, labor done with a perseverance that was most commendable …

Reasons for Seeking God

Amos 5:8

… in the massacres within the city walls and in the bitter exile and suffering which they have so long endured! Take care that the same curse does not …

Daniel—a Pattern for Pleaders

Daniel 9:19

… knows what he needs! Sin was the mischief, the cause of all the suffering. He puts his hand on it. Oh, it is grand when one knows what …