What is the voice that is making you feel orphaned from God's love? Guard yourself by seeking the protection and counselling of the Holy Spirit.

If even the righteous Job have to go through sufferings, how can we even question God about our sufferings with all our hidden sins? Rather than blaming God for the sufferings, thank Him for His sustaining grace.

Although Job was a righteous and blameless man, God allowed sufferings on him, so that he could see the full measure of God’s grace.

Job was fearful of God, and remained righteous because of his fear. Through his sufferings, Job saw that his salvation did not lie in his righteousness alone, but in the grace of God.

Have you seen God’s grace in your sufferings?

Sin is ever-present in man and allows evil to work in us. We cannot destroy sin, nor can we pay it back in kind - it is only Christ who pays it back in full for us.

What we can do to is to seek repentance. In repenting, we do not just correct our wrongdoings, nor do we just seek to do good. Instead, we realise that we have already been redeemed, and in receiving God’s grace and love, we learn to hate and reject sin.

How does Satan use suffering to damage our relationship with God?

Satan wants to prove that our relationship with God is based only on material gifts, not on love. By blaming God for our sufferings, we affirm ourselves of God's abandonment and become food for Satan.

In spite of all our weakness or limitations, we should still strive to use sufferings as a chance to know God's grace, and in doing so draw closer to God.

During suffering, how aware are we of the presence of God? How aware are we of the presence of evil?

Satan is constantly seeking to weaken our relationship with God in our moments of pain and suffering through insinuations and accusations.

Only through prayer, preparation and reflection can we guard ourselves against his deception.

Satan finds ways to accuse and insinuate us during our periods of suffering. Instead of relying on our own merits, we must learn to rely on the Spirit for strength.

How does the Sprit work through the promise of God?

What is the one constant in the midst of our worldly achievements or sufferings?

It is the grace of God. We see His grace when we are given recognition in the eyes of men; we also see His grace when we are given the strength of carry out His work, even when shunned by men.

"You cannot be selective about the grace of God - if you choose the grace of God, you will not see the glory of His grace."

Why do we pray? It might be easy to pray when one is in a ‘spiritual’ mood, but it is even more important to pray through our weaknesses and sufferings.

We pray because of the promise of God, given to us through Romans 8 - for nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Jesus Christ our Lord. He has suffered for us, and will surely share in our sufferings, just as we will surely share in His comfort.

Are you aware of the spiritual reality in our era? Satan is constantly working to corrupt our hearts and draw us away from God. In this age of technology, it is easy to get caught in the flow of information and lose sight of what is truly important.

Look past the veil of the world and become aware of the spiritual reality.