The Christian need not dread sickness, for he has nothing to lose, but everything to gain, by death.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Healing
Learning from sickness – Thomas Watson
A sick bed often teaches more than a sermon.
– Thomas Watson –
Mercy outweighs affliction – Thomas Watson
Our mercies far outweigh our afflictions. For one affliction—we have a thousand mercies! The sea of God’s mercy swallows up our few drops of affliction!
– Thomas Watson –
Joy is Balm and Healing – AB Simpson
Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power.
– AB Simpson –
What I Learned in Sickness – Gaspar Olevianus
In this disease I have learned how great God is, and what the evil of sin is.
– Gaspar Olevianus –
1586 … as quoted in Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks, 1652
Comfort not Comfortable – John Henry Jowett
God does not comfort us to make us comfortable but to make us comforters.
– John Henry Jowett –
1864-1923
The Blessing of Pain and Difficulty – Charles Spurgeon
I have often looked gratefully back to my sick chamber. I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Talking About Mighty Deeds – AW Tozer
Where there have been mighty deeds, there need be no multitude of words to tell of them. Many words are required only where the deeds have been too feeble to speak for themselves.
– AW Tozer –
The Hardest Thing in Your Life – Lilias Trotter
Take the very hardest thing in your life – the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom.
– Lilias Trotter –
