Numbers 16
I have often wondered what would happen if God allowed someone to have the power that Moses (and others for that matter) had back in the day. What if God would answer the prayer of the person who ridiculed and persecuted God's messenger when he asked God to call down fire, lightening bolts or whatever on the offending party(s). Seems to me we would either be short a few hundred people in the world in one shot (perhaps not idle) but also a huge media blitz trying to explain. It might be good that God doesn't do this any more (at least so profoundly), but it would help take care of the problem of the question of "Does God even listen to prayer anymore?"
Psalm 90
Verses 14-15: "O Satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil."
Romans 8-9
The second half of Romans 8 is great for those who are feeling far from God and feeling afflicted, abandoned and lost. Nothing can seperate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus. The Spirit intercedes when you don't know how to pray with groanings too deep for words. If God is for you who can be against you. It might not make the pain and suffering easier, but it does bring comfort in times of trouble.
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