The waters are rising, but so am I. I am not going under, but over.
– Catherine Booth –
Trials
Remember Christ – St. John of the Cross
Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you remember Christ crucified and be silent.
– John of the Cross –
A Broken Heart – Oswald Chambers
If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart.
– Oswald Chambers –
Trust God in the Dark – AW Tozer
Trust God in the dark until the light returns.
– AW Tozer –
Expect to Suffer – Charles Spurgeon
Mark then, Christian, Jesus does not suffer so as to exclude your suffering. He bears a cross, not that you may escape it, but that you may endure it. Christ exempts you from sin, but not from sorrow. Remember that, and expect to suffer.
– Charles Spurgeon –
A God Who Delights in Impossibilities – Andrew Murray
We have a God who delights in impossibilities.
– Andrew Murray –
Tremendous Difficulties – Charles Spurgeon
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Pray Hardest – Charles H. Brent
Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray.
– Charles H. Brent –
Faith’s Most Severe Tests – Elisabeth Elliot
Faith’s most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.
– Elisabeth Elliot –