Devotionals about Suffering & Trials
Suffering is not the evidence that God has left — it's often where He does His deepest work. The devotionals on suffering and trials below refuse easy answers and sit with the real pain while pointing to the real hope.
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210 devotionals in Suffering & Trials
April 22, 2026
Peace Is a Journey, Not a Destination
I had my three month cancer screening yesterday and it's always a stressful day. But I found myself thinking about this devotional, and how I've kept...
faithApril 21, 2026
Plant the Seed, Trust the Tree
If you've ever looked at our logo, you know it's a fig tree. And there's a reason for that. The tree represents Jesus. The branches represent us. And...
perseveranceApril 8, 2026
Setbacks Are Building Something
I want to carry on with yesterdays topic. I'll be the first to admit it. When a setback hits, my first reaction is usually not, "thank you Lord, I...
perseveranceApril 7, 2026
Getting Up When Life Knocks You Down
Life, like sport, has its winners and its losers. Winning is easy, it's what you do when we face a loss that matters. One of the great tragedies in...
faithMarch 13, 2026
God's Power Shows Up Best in Our Weakness
You know, people will do almost anything to appear strong, successful, and worthy of admiration. We exercise our bodies with intensity, post the...
faithFebruary 27, 2026
Change the Way You Think and Change Everything
Could things be the way they are because you are the way you are? What one thing can you change that can change everything? It's simple. If you want...
faithFebruary 26, 2026
Give Your Raw Emotions Room to Speak
Since I got into Job, let's dig a little deeper into his story because it's easy to howl at the moon. What would you do if your whole life was...
perseveranceJanuary 12, 2026
Hope in Hardship: When Prayers Seem Unanswered
Have you been praying for something for a long time and it hasn’t happened yet? I think at times we all have. Look, we all know that life isn't always easy, I dig it. And more so for a Christian who wants to live a life contrary to the world's philosophies. Sometimes it is tempting to throw in th...
sufferingDecember 5, 2025
Suffering Happens to All
It’s been a “challenging” week, but one last thing on Job and suffering and let’s ring in the weekend. Job was a tremendously righteous man and suffered greatly. So do we assume that the more righteous we are the more suffering we are to expect? Not necessarily. The large part of Job’s life featu...
trialsNovember 25, 2025
Standing Firm: Finding Courage Through Trials in Christ
I want to stay with Paul in Philippians because I think it’s important to understand how he was using his imprisonments as an advantage to further the message of Christ. “so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righte...
peaceOctober 23, 2025
Finding Peace in the Middle of Life's Storm
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."”John 16:33 It’s the middle of the fourth quarter in my world and I found myself slipping in and out what I call my “peace” or “serenity” yesterday....
gods-peaceOctober 17, 2025
Perfect Peace in Imperfect Times: God Meets Us in Trials
So, what causes us to think God’s peace equals perfection on earth? Our expectations. I read where a pastor once said, “If I’m going to live at peace, I’ve got to surrender my expectation of perfection. Peace isn’t found in a place or in a set of circumstances that are problem free.” Amen, huh?Wh...
friendshipOctober 14, 2025
He Ain't Heavy: The Call to Bear One Another's Burdens
I hope your week is off to a great start. I was driving and listening to my music and an old favorite of mine came on. It reminded me of a devotional I wrote a long time ago and I went to digging for it…I found it and thought it was worth the reboot. Hope you enjoy. From June of 2019;I bet you wo...
humilitySeptember 23, 2025
Battling Pride, Lust, and Entitlement
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”Philippians 2:3 ESVSo, we all have to deal with pride, lust and entitlement to some degree. Some more in one area than others. But to be able to deal with the weak areas of our life we nee...
perseveranceSeptember 19, 2025
Running the Race: The Reward of Endurance
I’ve been writing about persevering the last couple of days and reading about the struggle on Earth and the eternal reward in Heaven. For most of my life I raced motocross, most of you know that. But I’ve never received a medal with out running the race. No successful business person or entrepren...
contentmentSeptember 17, 2025
Learning Contentment in Every Circumstance
I’m totally entrenched in our topic we started last week and I want to wrap it up with a simple question? How quickly can you or do you bounce back from hardship and loss? Maybe it paralyses you into a depressed state? The key is learning to press on in life regardless of your adverse circumstanc...
gods-goodnessAugust 28, 2025
Trusting God's Goodness When Life Gets Hard
We will all face those times in our lives when we question whether or not God is on our side. In September of 2016, I was seriously injured doing what I love, racing motocross. I broke my jaw requiring plates and screws and my back at the T5,6&7. While the weather was great that fall, I was laid...
sufferingAugust 1, 2025
When Life Gets Hard, God Still Loves You
I see a lot of post and stories in the media (that which I allow myself to see) and people seem, generally speaking, so mad and angry. Many times I see them questioning God or if there even is one. Why do we sometimes get frustrated or angry with God? Let’s face it, we all do it. We lose a job pr...
sufferingMay 19, 2025
Rejoicing in Suffering
Like you, I’ve gone through sufferings and hard times and I will again I’m sure. But are we rejoicing in our sufferings?Here’s a great quote by CS Lewis, “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.” “Not only t...
trialsMay 14, 2025
Count It All Joy Through Trials
As I sit here this morning reading and wondering what we will talk about, my mind continues to slip to Monday’s surgery and how this has seemingly drug on forever…mainly because I still feel it. But the thing is, I’m not complaining. Probably because I’ve learned that this is all part of my story...
trialsMay 2, 2025
Gospel Through Chains: Finding Purpose in Trials
“I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprison...
spiritual-warfareApril 23, 2025
Be Watchful: Your Adversary Prowls Like a Roaring Lion
“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while...
patienceMarch 31, 2025
Learning Patience Under Pressure
A simple thought to start your week…We live in a world that is going by so fast that finding patience is becoming a lost art. However, one of the best ways to be patient is to carry on with life, knowing God is in control...not you. I will say it one more time, “God is in control, not you.” “Not...
joyMarch 13, 2025
Finding Joy in Trouble: Christ Has Overcome the World
Jesus said in John 16:33, “In this world, you will have trouble…”That’s almost like a disclaimer for life on earth , you are going to have trouble, whether you are in Christ or not. But the hope that we have is what separates us from the world, and that is why Jesus goes on to say, “But take hear...