Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, “Shake well before using.” That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.
– Vance Havner –
Trials
What God WON’T protect you from – Elisabeth Elliot
God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
As afflictions abound – Charles Spurgeon
As afflictions abound, even so do consolations abound by Jesus Christ.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Joy in brokenness – Jack Wellman
Joy is best sown in broken ground.
– Jack Wellman –
Focus on God’s mercy – Thomas Watson
Do not look upon your troubles as to forget your mercies.
– Thomas Watson –
The difficulty and joy of life – Gladys Aylward
Life is pitiful, death so familiar, suffering and pain so common, yet I would not be anywhere else. Do not wish me out of this or in any way seek to get me out, for I will not be got out while this trial is on. These are my people, God has given them to me, and I will live or die with for Him and His glory.
– Gladys Aylward –
Believe, don’t fear – Lottie Moon
Only believe, don’t fear. Our Master, Jesus, always watches over us, and no matter what the persecution, Jesus will surely overcome it.
– Lottie Moon –
Faith destroyed by suffering – Richard Wurmbrand
A faith that can be destroyed by suffering is not faith.
– Richard Wurmbrand –
Victory over all circumstances – Eric Liddell
Victory over all the circumstances of life comes not by might, nor by power, but by a practical confidence in God and by allowing His Spirit to dwell in our hearts and control our actions and emotions. Learn in the days of ease and comfort, to think in terms of the prayer that follows, so that when the days of hardship come you will be fully prepared and equipped to meet them.
– Eric Liddell –