How do you gain hope in afflictions? Understand the reality of suffering, the reason for affliction, and then respond with hope.

God does not spare his children from afflictions. These are signs of God’s love to his children, for through them he reveals his care as a Father, and he disciplines his children. So Christians must pay attention to their afflictions.

If God’s providence embraces all things, does it mean that God is the one who sends suffering and afflictions? This article’s answer is: yes.

Is it possible to be thankful in suffering? This article gives twelve reasons that should make the Christian thankful in the face of afflictions.