I have a great a need for Christ. I have a great Christ for my need.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Trials
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 –
The Treasure of Affliction – Thomas Brooks
Afflictions are the golden key by which the Lord opens the rich treasure of His word to his people’s souls.
– Thomas Brooks –
1608–1680
A Spirit of Thankfulness – Billy Graham
A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.
– Billy Graham –
The Christian’s Safety – Thomas Watson
The fear of God is a Christian’s safety. He is invulnerable; nothing can hurt him. Plunder him of his money, he carries a treasure about him of which he cannot be robbed (Isa. 33:6). Cast him into prison his conscience is free; kill his body, it shall rise again. He who has on this breastplate of God’s fear may be shot at, but can never be shot through.
– Thomas Watson –
from The Great Gain of Godliness, 1682
Trials teach us – Charles Spurgeon
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.
– Charles Spurgeon –
God has armed you – CS Lewis
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain, but without stain.
– CS Lewis –
Take 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 –
How to carry burdens – One of the ladies of the Scottish Covenant
With God, the most of mosts is lighter than nothing, and without Him the least of leasts is heavier than any burden.
– One of the ladies of the Scottish Covenant –