Fiery trials make golden Christians.
Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.
If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened.
Certainty... lurks at the door of faith and threatens to devour it.
Great faith must have great trials.
I have tried and I cannot find, either in scripture or in history, a strong-willed individual whom God used greatly until He allowed them to be hurt deeply.
My will, my faith and my body have been challenged, but make no mistake, my heart is strong and my resolve to fight will never be broken.
Be a man!... What good is religion if it collapses under calamity? Think of what earthquakes and floods, wars and volcanoes, have done before to men! Did you think that God had exempted [us]? He is not an insurance agent.
FAITH untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trials.
in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language in which he invokes the pity of heaven!
Weary or bitter of bewildered as we may be, God is faithful. He lets us wander so we will know what it means to come home.
Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
The Gospel can stand up to scrutiny.
