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When life hurts
Suffering is a reality in our fallen world, but it is not meaningless. God is present in our pain, using even our hardest moments for His purposes and our growth. Jesus Himself was a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. These verses bring comfort in suffering and reveal the redemptive purposes of God.
"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."Read full explanation
"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"Read full explanation
"But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."Read full explanation
"And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;"Read full explanation
"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."Read full explanation
"Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all."Read full explanation
"When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee."Read full explanation
"Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;"Read full explanation
"Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God."Read full explanation
"Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby."Read full explanation
"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:"Read full explanation
"But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."Read full explanation
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."Read full explanation