The Ministry of Sorrow

Preview: God has shown us how to handle hardship and sorrow in our Christian lives.


Scripture Reading: Ecclesiastes 7:1-6.

Memory Verse: Hebrews 12:6.

1. Why is it better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting? Ecclesiastes 7:2.
2. What did David ask God to teach him? Psalm 39:4 & Psalm 90:12.
3. Why is sorrow better than laughter? Ecclesiastes 7:3.
4. Are the righteous free from afflictions in this world? Psalm 34:19.
5. Does God delight to afflict any? Lamentations 3:31-33.
6. Does He afflict to leave the one chastened in despair? Job 5:17-18.
7. In what language is the same truth again expressed? Hosea 6:1 & Isaiah 61:1-3.
8. Whom does the Lord chasten? Hebrews 12:6.
9. Is this a source of pleasure? Hebrews 12:11.
10. Does death bring unusual sorrow to Christians? I Thessalonians 4:13.
Note: The loss of loved ones God often uses as a means of conversion. Persecution, sickness, the loss of sight, hearing or limb, the loss of property, or other calamities, may likewise be instrumental to bringing us nearer to God. See Psalm 119:71 & Isaiah 26:9.
11. What do our transient afflictions do for us? II Corinthians 4:17 & Romans 8:28.