Posts with the category “suffering”

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name.  Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled (John 17:12).Nothing that Satan can do to you should cause you to fear (2 Timothy 1: 7). Jesus chose the twelve disciples the Father had given Him and then jealously guarded them from the evil one. Jesus sent ...  Read More

The story of Jonah and the whale is one of my favorites from childhood.  I imagine how Jonah must have felt and how this event played out logistically.  As exciting of a story this one is, I often think about the end of the story.  Jonah had finally obeyed God after being inside the whale.  The people of Ninevah had repented and "Jonah was not happy that God saved the city.  Jonah became angry" (J...  Read More

James 1:12-15Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.  Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.  But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.  Then when...  Read More

John 8:1-11But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.  Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them.  The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, they said to Him, Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.  Now in the Law Mos...  Read More

In 2 Kings 20:1-6 we learn that Israelite King Hezekiah became mortally sick and asked God to grant him more time to live. God granted him fifteen more years.  In those years Hezekiah fathered a child named Manasseh.  Be careful what you pray for.  Manasseh is known as the most wicked king in the Old Testament (21:11).  He worshiped many pagan gods, practiced witchcraft, and even sacrificed his ow...  Read More

If you suffer as a Christian do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name (1 Peter 4:16).Peter is offering hope and encouragement to suffering and persecuted Christians.   Many of the early Christians were experiencing physical persecution as well as being socially ostracized.  I am sure many of them wanted to give up but Peter encourages them to remain steadfast and loyal to Christ. ...  Read More

My favorite person in the Bible is Joseph.  He suffered through so many trials and never gave in to the hurt.  He never turned away from God. In Genesis 37:23-28, his brothers threw him in a pit.  They later sold him to Ishmaelite traders.In Genesis 39:20-21 he was falsely accused and thrown in to prison.In Genesis 40:14-15 he asked the cupbearer to tell Pharaoh about his circumstance.  The man fo...  Read More