God cannot stretch out your tent pegs without stretching you.
Adversity
Author Unknown
Character is not a product of circumstances. It’s the thing that survives despite of it.
Author Unknown
Just as torches burn most brightly when swung to and fro; just as the juniper plant smells sweetest when flung into the flames; so the richest qualities of a Christian often come out under the north wind of adversity and suffering. Bruised hearts often emit the fragrance God loves to smell.
Mrs Charles E. Cowman
God’s winds do effectual work. They shake loose from us the things that can be shaken, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain, those eternal things which belong to the Kingdom which cannot be moved. They have their part to play in stripping us and strengthening us so that we may be the more ready for the uses of Eternal Love. Then can we refuse to welcome them?
Author Unknown
It doesn’t matter, really, how great the pressure is; it only matters where the pressure lies. See that it never comes between you and the Lord – then the greater the pressure, the more it presses you to His breast.
Gretchen Rodriguez
The most beautiful expression of your heart comes when trust and worship stand in full opposition to what’s happening around you.
Debbie Kay
Remember all the times when God has been faithful in your life. Remember all the prayers He has answered in the past. Remember all the trials He has seen you through. He is the same God now that He was then. He promises He will continue to see you through every day of your life until He calls you home.
Francis Frangipane
The root of the word persevere is the word severe. We must face the fact that en-route to victory our trials may get severe. Likewise, it is with severe faith—severe or extreme steadfastness—that we inherit the promises of God (see Hebrews 10:36). James tells us: “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing” (James 1:24)
David Wilkerson
It doesn’t matter what your problem is or how confusing the maze you’re navigating at present. If you will wait faithfully on Jesus, he will give you wisdom, knowledge and grace sufficient for your trial. He has always made a way for those who trust in him fully.
Sadhu Sundar Singh
