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  STRONG IN SUFFERING
  by Charles E. Cowman
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Summary: Charles E. Cowman encourages listeners to find strength in
suffering by trusting in God's presence and submitting to His will, and
to hold onto hope in the midst of loss.

Topics: "Suffering And Strength", "Trust In God"
Scripture References: 2 Kings 4:26, Psalm 23:4, Romans 8:38, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, Hebrews 6:19

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Charles E. Cowman delivers a sermon on finding strength and comfort in
God during times of loneliness, afflictions, and loss. He emphasizes the
importance of turning to Jesus as a constant companion and friend,
seeking His comfort, strength, and provision in all circumstances.
Cowman highlights the power of submission and trust in God, showcasing
examples of individuals who found joy and peace even in the midst of
trials and grief.

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"Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she
answered, It is well"

(2 Kings 4:26).

"Be strong, my soul!

Thy loved ones go

Within the veil. God's thine, e'en so;

Be strong.

"Be strong, my soul!

Death looms in view.

Lo, here thy God! He'll bear thee through;

Be strong."

For sixty-two years and five months I had a beloved wife, and now, in my
ninety-second year I am left alone. But I turn to the ever present
Jesus, as I walk up and down in my room, and say, "Lord Jesus, I am
alone, and yet not alone--Thou art with me, Thou art my Friend. Now,
Lord, comfort me, strengthen me, give to Thy poor servant everything
Thou seest he needs." And we should not be satisfied till we are brought
to this, that we know the Lord Jesus Christ experimentally, habitually
to be our Friend: at all times, and under all circumstances, ready to
prove Himself to be our Friend. --George Mueller

Afflictions cannot injure when blended with submission.

Ice breaks many a branch, and so I see a great many persons bowed down
and crushed by their afflictions. But now and then I meet one that sings
in affliction, and then I thank God for my own sake as well as his.
There is no such sweet singing as a song in the night. You recollect the
story of the woman who, when her only child died, in rapture looking up,
as with the face of an angel, said, "I give you joy, my darling." That
single sentence has gone with me years and years down through my life,
quickening and comforting me. --Henry Ward Beecher

"E'en for the dead I will not bind my soul to grief;

Death cannot long divide.

For is it not as though the rose that climbed my garden wall

Has blossomed on the other, side?

Death doth hide,

But not divide;

Thou art but on Christ's other side!

Thou art with Christ, and Christ with me;

In Christ united still are we."

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/charles-e-cowman/strong-in-suffering/
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