I preached from Isaiah 49:14-16 yesterday. The text starts with these words...
But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”
I used that text to springboard into the Bible's teaching on suffering. The gist: God's people have always, now are and will always suffer. This is the unavoidable teaching of Scripture. And it is also why "Bible teachers" who want to reshape the Bible's message on suffering will have so much to answer for on the day of judgment.
I offer the following two videos on the subject to show how two preachers of two very large churches handle the concept of suffering as they teach their people.
By the way, I may do a post later this week on Osteen's unbelievable comment that "God is not moved by our tears but our faith." Wow!
Oh, how I pray the church would grow in its discernment of true biblical teaching.