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Tag Archives: afflictions
Shall I Not Drink It?
John 18:11 The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): And Jesus did drink it, though it involved more suffering than we can imagine! Yet there was no resistance to that … Continue reading
Posted in Trials, Temptations & Afflictions
Tagged afflictions, cross bearing, faith, obedience, suffering, trials
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Job’s Diligent Search for God
Job 23:8-10, 13-15 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that … Continue reading
Posted in Trials, Temptations & Afflictions
Tagged afflictions, faith, God's judgments, patience, searching, self-examination, trials
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Hope in the Living God
Psalm 42:11; Daniel 6:26 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. For … Continue reading
Posted in Trials, Temptations & Afflictions
Tagged afflictions, dejection, depression, faith, fretting, hope, the living God, trials
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Trusting Our Lord’s Wisdom & Mercy Under the Rod
2 Samuel 24:1-4, 8-14 The anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with … Continue reading
Posted in Guidance & Wisdom
Tagged afflictions, chastening, faith, king David, mercy, rod, wisdom
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The Tender Mercies of the Wicked
Proverbs 12:10; Psalm 74:20 The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. WILLIAM ARNOT (1808-1875): Cruelty is a characteristic of the wicked in general. ADAM CLARKE … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual Warfare, Opposition
Tagged afflictions, Christ, cruel, cruelty, mercies, mercy, persecution, persecutors, tender, wicked
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The Angelic Instruments of God’s Judgments
I Chronicles 21:15, 16; Acts 12:21-23 God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, … Continue reading
Posted in Angels
Tagged afflictions, angels, judgments
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When God Shuts Up a Preacher’s Mouth
Ezekiel 3:24-27 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. Behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with … Continue reading
Posted in Preaching & Ministry
Tagged afflictions, God's wisdom, ministry, Preaching, Providence, training, utterance
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Spiritual Medicine & Preventative Prescriptions
I Peter 1:6 Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (347-407): God measures out affliction to our need. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): “If need be”―if such proves needful—if God, in looking upon … Continue reading
Posted in Trials, Temptations & Afflictions
Tagged afflictions, God, grace, sanctification, spiritual medicine, trials
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Teaching Times
Hebrews 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. JOHN GILL (1697-1771): Christ’s sonship did not exempt him from obedience and sufferings. MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714): He was a Son; the only-begotten … Continue reading
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Tagged afflictions, instruction, sanctification, teaching, temptations, trials
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True Faith: The “No Pain, No Gain” Rule of Spiritual Exercise
Ecclesiastes 3:10; I Peter 1:7 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. The trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth. … Continue reading
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Tagged afflictions, Assurance, evidences of faith, faith, growth in grace, trials, troubles
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