2010-08-20T12:26:37-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/affliction/ http://reviveourhearts.com/topics/series.php?series=109&topic_name=Suffering 2010-08-20T12:26:37-05:00 Have you ever thanked God for the thorns in your life? Nancy shows how our afflictions can be the tool God uses to make us like Jesus. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%204:17&version=KJV 2009-08-18T16:34:14-05:00 Suffering in this life is real, but we can take comfort in knowing that it's a temporary, passing thing--it will soon be replaced by God's perfect peace. http://cqod.com/index-02-26-09.html 2009-07-02T14:52:24-05:00 Spurgeon on the role of affliction in God's plans. http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=685 2008-01-07T17:42:50-05:00 As we turn to the Holy Scriptures for light upon this subject of Trouble, Suffering, Affliction, Tribulation, Persecution etc., we discover two distinct and different lines of Truth thereon, running all trough the Word. On the one hand we read that, “We must through much tribulation... http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=1147 2008-01-07T17:39:27-05:00 These words supply us with a reason why we should not faint under trials nor be overwhelmed by misfortunes. They teach us to look at the trials of time in the light of eternity. They affirm that the present buffetings of the Christian exercise a beneficent effect on the inner man...