Quotes related to James 1:2-4
I wish I hadn't cried so much! said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That will be a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer today.
— Lewis Carroll
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— Lisa Bevere
When swords appear, motives are revealed. Do
— Lisa Bevere
Yes, seasons, criticisms, and events can refine you—they have the potential to shape the mettle of your life, but they are not the substance of your life . . . God is.
— Lisa Bevere
The very winds that cause the eagle to soar later in life terrified it when it was an eaglet.
— Lisa Bevere
Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
— John Ortberg
Afflictions are meant for our spiritual benefit; we are sometimes tempted that we may learn to pray the more.
— TB Joshua
We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.
— Epictetus
The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth
— Charles Stanley
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
— James Allen
Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.
— Rick Warren