Good News for the Afflicted
This pamphlet collects devotional meditations by Rev. Herman Hoeksema originally published in church bulletins during 1941-1946, offering pastoral comfort to believers experiencing suffering and affliction. The meditations emphasize God's sovereign providence, fatherly love, and the sustaining grace of Christ as the foundation for Christian endurance and hope in trials. Drawing from the Heidelberg Catechism's theology of comfort, this resource provides accessible spiritual encouragement grounded in Reformed doctrine.
Contents - Introduction - Father’s Perfect Way - God’s Purpose in Suffering - The Love of God Is Greater Far - The Christian’s Answer - The Glorious Ways of God - Contentment in the Lord’s Way - The Christian’s Hope - Day by Day Our Savior Leads - Where He Leads, I Will Follow - Looking at Things Unseen - Afflicted? Why Me? - Meeting the Lord in Afflictions - All Things Work for Our Good - Patient Trust in God - He Doeth All Things Well! - Poem: Race - Desire for Rest - God...