Tag: affliction

• Joy in the Trials of Life

  Isaiah 49:13 “Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.” Joy: it’s one of the most wonderful aspects of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5).  If we are God’s children, we have joy because God…

  lejaneyoung

  April 23, 2024

  Isaiah, Isaiah 49

  affliction, endurance, hope, joy, perseverance, the promises of God, trials

• The Things Not Said

  1 Thessalonians 3:4 “For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.” One of the marks of a false teacher is what he or she does not say.  Turn on your TV to any of the…

  lejaneyoung

  March 22, 2024

  1 Thessalonians, 1 Thessalonians 3

  affliction, false teachers, health and wealth, persecution, prosperity preaching, suffering

• Why this?

  Psalm 119:75 “I know, O Lord, . . . that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.” For a believer, every single affliction that touches his or her life must pass through God first. He is our Great Shepherd and he never abandons His sheep. Nothing is greater than Him. And He is a Good Shepherd…

  lejaneyoung

  August 5, 2022

  Psalm 119, Psalms

  affliction, anxiety, faith, Fear, trials, trouble, trust, worry