God's Purpose for Your Suffering

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Does God have a purpose for your suffering? YES! And Charles Spurgeon wants to help you understand it.

God's Purpose in Suffering is a never before released volume of classic sermons from the Prince of Preachers.

Table of Contents
1. The Trial of Your Faith (1 Peter 1:7)
2. All Joy In All Trials (James 1:2–4)
3. The Sweet Uses of Adversity (Job 10:2)
4. Gladness for Sadness (Psalm 90)
5. The Suffering Savior’s Sympathy (Hebrews 2:18)
6. Strengthening Words from the Savior’s Lips (2 Corinthians 12:9)
7. Renewing Strength (Isaiah 40:31)
8. Christians Kept in Time and Glorified in Eternity (Jude 24, 25)

Appendix 1: A Prayer to Not Waste Your Suffering
Appendix 2: 31 Ways God Can Use Your Suffering for Good

Charles Haddon Spurgeon knew what it means to suffer, and he also knew how to find consolation for his sorrows in the truth of the Bible. Join him in God's Purpose for Your Suffering to learn how to take joy in your sufferings and use your trials for God's purposes.

Genres: Theology

205 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 29, 2023

About the author

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was England's best-known preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of London's famed New Park Street Church (formerly pastored by the famous Baptist theologian, John Gill). The congregation quickly outgrew their building, moved to Exeter Hall, then to Surrey Music Hall. In these venues, Spurgeon frequently preached to audiences numbering more than 10,000—all in the days before electronic amplification. In 1861, the congregation moved permanently to the newly constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle.

Reviews

[Elysia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful collection of sermons. Some are truly strong medicine, but heartening. I haven’t read much Spurgeon and I enjoyed getting to hear more of him. His love for Christ comes through so clearly.

The audio was narrated by a computer, which wasn’t as good as a real person, but wasn’t as bad as expected.

[Caroline Parkinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. I'm humbled and encouraged by Spurgeon's ability to speak the truth with grace and compassion, to give thanks, and to set his gaze on Christ in the midst of his own suffering.
If God has brought trials into your life I would highly recommend you give this a read.

[Jordan Payne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I often thank the Lord for giving us Charles Spurgeon.
First chapter is definitely the best:

“Shall any man say, ‘I have faith, but I have never had to believe under difficulties?’ Who knows whether thou hast any faith. Shall a man say, ‘I have great faith in God, but I have never had to use it in anything more than the ordinary affairs of life, where I could probably have done without it, as well as with it.’ Is this to the honor and praise of thy faith? Dost thou think that such a faith as this will bring any great glory to God, or bring to thee any great reward? …He that has tested God, and whom God has tested, is the man that shall have it said of him, ‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant.’”

[Samantha Cefola]

I did not finish this book…. How the sermons were written was not clicking in my brain and I was just very confused. I’m sure it is just how my brain works….

[Tommy Piowaty · Rating 4 out of 5]

This wasn’t my favorite of his works. These eight sermons are really good. So I do recommend it.