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e that fear the Lord, praise Him, all the seed of Jacob; glorify Him and fear Him, all ye the seed of Israel. For He hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath He hid His face from him, but when he cried unto Him, He heard- Psalm 22:23-24

Affliction is a school of virtue, it corrects levity and interrupts the confidence of sinning - Francis Attenbury

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sin, but sometimes the trail of extraordinary graces. Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions -Matthew Henry

Turn Thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses. Look upon my affliction and pain, and forgive me all my sins. Consider mine enemies; for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred. O keep my soul, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in Thee - Psalm 25:16-20

God washed the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more. O love! O affliction! Ye are the guides that show us the way through the great airy space where our loved ones walked, and as hounds easily follow the scent before the dew be risen, so God teaches us, while yet our sorrow is wet, to follow us on and find our dears ones in heaven - Henry Ward Beecher

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction; Lord, I have called daily upon Thee. I have stretched out my hands unto Thee - Psalm 88:9

> Tried & Tested Christians should be praying now for those people that will suffer hardship and affliction. Some people will believe that they have no future. Oh to be without hope is devastating. Some people will feel that they have no friends -loneliness is a killer!

> Tried & True Christians should be praying night and day for those that will be burdened down with various afflictions. Some people will be so shaken that they will believe that they have no foundation. Since they have no hope, they have nothing or no one to hold on to.

>Tried and True Christians should be praying -knowing that many people will be afflicted by disease, despair, and even death. Some people will feel or believe that they have no faith. If they come to a place of "no faith" then they will have 1) no expectation in prayer, and 2) no explanation for their problems and trials.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal - 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

God never allows pain without a purpose in the lives of His children. He never allows Satan, not circumstances, not any ill-intending person to afflict us unless He uses that affliction for our good. God never wastes pain. He always causes it to work together for our ultimate good, the good of conforming us more to the likeness of His Son (see Romans 8:28-29).

>Tough Christians should be planning now to help those that soon will be in need of compassion and comfort. Many people will be afflicted with emotional and physical pain and will be in dire need of a helping hand and understanding heart.

>Tough Christians should be planning now to help provide medical supplies and food and water to those in need. They should be "tough" and give up their pleasure and wants and use what resources they now have, to build up a store of supplies.

The Lord afflicts us at times, but it is always a thousand times less than we deserve, and much less than many of our fellow-creatures are suffering around us. Let us therefore pray for grace to be humble, thankful, and patient - John Newton

There is no attitude of God more comforting to His children than the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe troubles, they believe that Sovereignty hath ordained their afflictions, the Sovereignty overrules them, and that Sovereignty will sanctify them all - C. H. Spurgeon

No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of the Epistles were written in a prison. The greatest thoughts of the greatest thinkers have all passed through the fire. The greatest poets have "learned in suffering what they taught in song." In bonds Bunyan lived the allegory that he after-wards wrote, and we may thank Beford Jail for the Pilgrim's Progress. TAKE COMFORT AFFLICTED CHRISTIAN! When God is about to make pre-eminent use of a person, He put them into the fire> George MacDonald

>Tender Christians should be pleading now -asking the Lord for the needed strength and stamina to help those soon to suffer affliction. They should be requesting more resources and supplies in order to meet the needs of those that will be e suffering loss and pain.

>Tender Christians should be pleading night and day for the wisdom to do what is needed in the coming times of confusion. Some people will be completely unable to function when the chaos hits the country. Some people will be totally unprepared for the economic looses and will be in dire straights.

There are some things good but not pleasant, as sorrow and affliction. Sin is pleasant (sometimes), but unprofitable; and sorrow is profitable, but unpleasant. As waters are purest when they are in motion, so saints are generally holiest when in affliction -William Secker

Affliction and suffering have been appointed by God as instruments He uses to makes us more holy, to make us more like Jesus. They remind us that we are weak and we must rely not on ourselves, but on Jesus. They remind us that this world is not our home but that we are only passing through toward our real home in Heaven with our Father, our Savior, Jesus Christ, and our Comforter, the Holy Spirit - Michael Beates

I am mended by my sickness, enriched by my poverty and strengthened by my weakness... What fools are we, then, to frown upon our afflictions! Those, how crabbed so ever, are our best friends. They are not intended for our pleasure they are for our profit.