AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTOUS.
WHAT ARE AFFLICTION AS THE BIBLE PUTS IT?
But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness. 9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time. 10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry Nahum 1:9.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit. 19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Psalm 34:19
The definition of
an affliction is a curse to bear, or something that causes agony,
suffering, or great pain. An example of an affliction would be a
diagnosis of a fatal illness. An example of an affliction is the process
of going through chemotherapy.
Afflicted means "impaired" or "stricken" and usually refers to a person who is mentally or physically unfit, or has been grievously affected by disease. This adjective's Latin root, afflictare, means "to damage, harass, or torment," which may sometimes be a good description of how an afflicted person feels.
So many people are self afflicted. self-affliction. Noun. (plural self-afflictions) The infliction of pain or suffering on oneself.
There are many types of affliction but the worst of them all, is mental affliction.
Mental affliction is any state of mind that disrupts your peace of mind. Anger is a mental affliction, hatred is a mental affliction, desire etc. - When you are enraged with anger you do not have a peace of mind.
Afflicted means "impaired" or "stricken" and usually refers to a person who is mentally or physically unfit, or has been grievously affected by disease. This adjective's Latin root, afflictare, means "to damage, harass, or torment," which may sometimes be a good description of how an afflicted person feels.
Majority of people are either being afflicted or inflicted.
Both afflict and inflict cause pain, but afflict means to cause suffering or unhappiness, something a disease does, but inflict means to force pain or suffering, like if you smack someone upside the head. The difference between the two is whether the emphasis is on the one suffering or the one causing the suffering.
CAUSES/SOURCES OF AFFLICTION
Suffering can be “the work of Satan…to cause [us] to fall away from Jesus” (Luke 22:31–34). 5. Sometimes, we must humbly accept “the mystery of suffering,” which is beyond our power to comprehend (Job 40:8–14).
Some afflictions are as a result of deprivations of spiritual nutrients. For "spiritual suffering," human spiritual needs include Love, Faith, Hope, Virtue, and Beauty. Spiritual suffering is experienced when these needs are unfulfilled. Spiritual care involves assisting in the fulfillment of these needs.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DEFEAT AFFLICTIONS
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness. 9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time. 10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry Nahum 1:9.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit. 19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Psalm 34:19
What is affliction?
1. a cause of persistent pain or distress a mysterious affliction. 2 : great suffering . 3 : the state of being afflicted by something that causes suffering.
Afflicted means "impaired" or "stricken" and usually refers to a person who is mentally or physically unfit, or has been grievously affected by disease. This adjective's Latin root, afflictare, means "to damage, harass, or torment," which may sometimes be a good description of how an afflicted person feels.
So many people are self afflicted. self-affliction. Noun. (plural self-afflictions) The infliction of pain or suffering on oneself.
There are many types of affliction but the worst of them all, is mental affliction.
Mental affliction is any state of mind that disrupts your peace of mind. Anger is a mental affliction, hatred is a mental affliction, desire etc. - When you are enraged with anger you do not have a peace of mind.
Afflicted means "impaired" or "stricken" and usually refers to a person who is mentally or physically unfit, or has been grievously affected by disease. This adjective's Latin root, afflictare, means "to damage, harass, or torment," which may sometimes be a good description of how an afflicted person feels.
Majority of people are either being afflicted or inflicted.
Both afflict and inflict cause pain, but afflict means to cause suffering or unhappiness, something a disease does, but inflict means to force pain or suffering, like if you smack someone upside the head. The difference between the two is whether the emphasis is on the one suffering or the one causing the suffering.
CAUSES/SOURCES OF AFFLICTION
Suffering can be “the work of Satan…to cause [us] to fall away from Jesus” (Luke 22:31–34). 5. Sometimes, we must humbly accept “the mystery of suffering,” which is beyond our power to comprehend (Job 40:8–14).
Some afflictions are as a result of deprivations of spiritual nutrients. For "spiritual suffering," human spiritual needs include Love, Faith, Hope, Virtue, and Beauty. Spiritual suffering is experienced when these needs are unfulfilled. Spiritual care involves assisting in the fulfillment of these needs.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DEFEAT AFFLICTIONS
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
- Through the word of God. Psalms 34:19 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit. 19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all. 20He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.…
- Through prayers:
“This kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” This quote, from the Gospel of Matthew 17:21 - By becoming a giver. 1 Corinthians 13:8.
- By becoming a joyful child of God: Weeping may last for a night but Joy comes in the morning.
- Be patient. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. ... Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Romans 12:15.
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