D. A. Carson Quotes

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy.

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

We may not ever fully understand why God allows the suffering that devastates our lives. We may not ever find the right answers to how we'll dig ourselves out.

Giving thanks is that: making the canyon of pain into a megaphone to proclaim the ultimate goodness of God when Satan and all the world would sneer at us to recant.

The truth is that when it comes to suffering, if we do not go to our graves in confusion, we will not go to our graves trusting. Explanations are a substitute for trust.

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

Within all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens above will weather any storm.

When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence.

This is one of the great paradoxes of suffering. Those who don't suffer much think suffering should keep people from God, while many who suffer a great deal turn to God, not from him.

Genuine transcendence doesn't just look away from human suffering and say, "I am at peace, so I'm at the mountaintop." Genuine transcendence looks human suffering in the eye and attains peace because of a faith in things unseen.

When things get bad enough, your only resort is to lie in bed and start praying.

Mighty prayer has often been produced by mighty trial.

Suffering breeds character. Character breeds faith. And in the end, faith will not disappoint. Faith, hope, and dreams will prevail... Our time has come. Our time has come. Our time has come.

That is when you need faith the most. Not when everything is going your way, not when you have much to be thankful for, but when there is darkness all around.

Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

Trials can be hard, if you don't know God.

Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places - even if things asked for are not given.

Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.

If we are a people who pray, darkness is apt to be a lot of what our prayers are about. If we are people who do not pray, it is apt to be darkness in one form or another that has stopped our mouths.

Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.