Quotes related to Romans 5:3-5
Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.
— Timothy Keller
Problems are God's resistance to create spiritual muscles.
— Tony Robbins
God can be found only in suffering and the cross.
— Martin Luther
Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
— Martin Luther
When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery. Will there also be faith? Yes, if our attention is focused more on the cross, and on the God of the cross, than on the suffering itself.
— DA Carson
Lord, how Thou dost afflict Thy lovers!
— Teresa of Avila
If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.
— Timothy Keller
God's grace doesn't always come in comfortable forms. But it's still grace, and it's still evidence that He loves us.
— Paul David Tripp
God seems to reward us with good, delightful experiences when we move with joy through the less-than-delightful times.
— Charles Swindoll
The godly have some good in them, therefore the devil afflicts them; and some evil in them, therefore God afflicts them.
— Thomas Watson
This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world.
— John Piper
Our problems are God's opportunities.
— Joyce Meyer