Your Only Comfort: Devotions for Hope in Suffering

As you walk through trials and face hardships of life, experience the hope and deep comfort of Christ, found in thirty days of devotionals taken from the sermons of Charles H. Spurgeon.

Beloved nineteenth-century pastor Charles Spurgeon wrestled with dark depression, debilitating illness, personal sorrow, and ministerial trials. Suffering was not just a component of his life—it was the dark cloud that hung over all his labors and accomplishments. Yet Spurgeon leaned into the caring hands of his unchanging, compassionate Savior who experienced suffering himself.  

Your Only Comfort draws from Spurgeon’s best teachings on suffering to bring that comfort to a new generation. Suffering is inevitable in a fallen world, but it is in the middle of distress that the truth of our hope shines brightest. We can rest in the steadfast goodness of Christ, cling to God’s promises to bring good from our trials, and rejoice in the eternal glory that awaits believers.

• Thirty daily devotions to give you biblical comfort, hope and encouragement.
• Second book in the Old Made New series, making the teaching of theologians and pastors who have left us a rich heritage of faith accessible for modern-day readers.  
• Compiled by Geoffrey Chang, curator of the Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.  

“Suffering is not an elective for the Christian. If we follow Jesus, it is a required course. As we traverse the dark valley, we need trusted friends to help us persevere. Your Only Comfort serves suffering believers by bringing them alongside the late great C. H. Spurgeon, who helps us honestly and hopefully lean on Jesus in affliction. Read and be encouraged to not lose heart!”
—Garrett Kell, Pastor, Del Ray Baptist Church

“Since the mid-1800s, Charles Spurgeon has been widely known as ‘The Prince of Preachers,’ and rightly so. But he could just as fittingly be called a prince of writers about suffering. As Geoff Chang outlines in his introduction, Spurgeon suffered terribly—both emotionally and physically—for nearly the entirety of his thirty-eight-year pastorate in London. Aware of the great suffering always afflicting many in the large crowds who heard him, Spurgeon often shared with them in preaching and in print the solid comforts he received from Christ and his Word. In these pages is a collection of some of his choicest words of consolation and encouragement. Sufferers today will find them as fresh and meaningful as they were in Spurgeon’s day.”
—Donald S. Whitney, Professor of Biblical Spirituality, John H. Powell Professor of Pastoral Ministry, and Director of the Center for Biblical Spirituality, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; author of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Praying the Bible, and Family Worship

Format: Hardcover