God’s Grace in Your Suffering
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
There are never quick fixes or easy answers when it comes to suffering. But even when we can’t immediately see God’s hand—when the struggle is hard and painful—he is working. Weaving together Scripture, personal stories, and the words of the classic hymn “How Firm a Foundation,” David Powlison brings an experienced counselor’s touch to exploring how God enters into our sufferings, helping us see God working in our own particular struggles—and discover how God’s grace goes deeper than we could ever imagine.
- Examines the deepness of God’s grace
- Helps readers see God working in their own particular struggles
- Explores how God enters into our sufferings
- Introduction
- Your Significant Suffering
- How Firm a Foundation
- Listen Well
- I Am with You
- I Am with You for a Purpose
- My Loving Purpose Is Your Transformation
- I Will Prove My Love to the End of Your Life
- I Will Never Fail You
Top Highlights
“C. S. Lewis says, ‘God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.’1 The purpose of this book is to anchor your experience more deeply in God’s goodness. Suffering reveals the genuineness of faith in Christ. And suffering produces genuine faith.” (Page 14)
“The wisdom to suffer well is like manna—you must receive nourishment every day. You can’t store it up, though you do become more familiar with how to go out and find what you need for today.” (Page 15)
“First, it is obvious from both Scripture and experience that God never establishes a no-fly zone keeping all problems away. He never promises that your life will be safe, easy, peaceful, healthy, and prosperous.” (Page 13)
“Suffering is both the acid test and the catalyst. It reveals and forms faith. It also exposes and destroys counterfeit faith.” (Page 14)
“whatever you must face changes in light of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the promise that you, too, will live” (Page 15)
Here’s a short book that is long on biblical wisdom for real life. I look forward to putting this book into the hands of those who struggle to connect the promises of the Bible with the painful realities of life in this world in a way that brings peace.
—Nancy Guthrie, Bible teacher; author, Even Better than Eden: Nine Ways the Bible’s Story Changes Everything about Your Story
Whenever my friend David Powlison offers insights on handling hardships, I listen. Far from dispensing ivory-tower platitudes, David takes anchors from Scripture and bolts them firmly into our thinking, providing practical steps in embracing the God of the Bible who, incidentally, wrote the book on suffering. David’s wisdom has helped me through a significant portion of my years as a quadriplegic, and I highly commend God’s Grace in Your Suffering. What a great guide for those who, every day, journey the hard, bloodstained path to Calvary.
—Joni Eareckson Tada, Founder, Joni and Friends
Sometimes navigating the advice of others while in the midst of suffering can be an added trial. Powlison puts all of that to rest by giving readers the gospel—showing them the firm foundation of the Word. He puts the compass of God’s Word in our trembling hands and points us to true north: Christ himself.
—Gloria Furman, author, Missional Motherhood and Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full
- Title: God’s Grace in Your Suffering
- Author: David Powlison
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: How firm a foundation; Hymns, English › History and criticism; Consolation; Suffering › Religious aspects--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781433556180, 9781433556210, 9781433556197, 9781433556203, 1433556189, 1433556219, 1433556197, 1433556200
- Resource ID: LLS:GDSGRCYRSFFRNG
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:13:05Z