From Trials to Usefulness in the Bible
. . . caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a stick. Grain must be ground to make bread. . . Isaiah 28: 27a, 28b. This passage alludes to how spices...
Category: God’s Discipline
If You’re a Suffering Christian Read This!
“A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother” Proverbs 29:15. This verse is talking about the discipline of children, but I believe it can also apply to...
God’s Discipline: That’s Life
“Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father” Hebrew 12:7? This verse tells us to endure hardship as God’s discipline. In other words,...
Hope for the Brokenhearted
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” Psalm 34:18. The Lord has a great blessing in store for those who are experiencing loss, are grief-stricken and broken- hearted. And...
What Does It Mean to Share in the Sufferings of Christ?
“Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory” Romans 8:17. This...
Suffering Well: How Joseph Did It
“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God” Genesis 45:8a. This statement was made by Joseph to his brothers after he had become a ruler in Egypt. He was saying...
Why Does God Let Us Suffer? It’s NEVER Random
“To this you were called because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in His steps” 1st Peter 2:21. This passage may refer more to the suffering of persecution,...
Trials and Glory in the Bible: The Link
“Trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow” 1 Peter 1:11. In...
If God is Good, why do I Hurt So Bad?
“The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made” Psalm 145:8, 9. This verse tells us the Lord is gracious, compassionate, rich...
Fiery Trials and God’s Faithfulness
“ So these men. . . were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. . . Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, ‘Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most...