It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which we believe sets us right with God, the problems of life will somehow scoot away or they will slowly be removed from our lives.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.

Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.

The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices.

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.

...certain it is that minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort, and like them, are often successfully cured by remedies in themselves very nauseous and unpalatable.

Man performs, engenders, so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything.

God uses suffering as a whetstone, to make men sharp with.

It's because so much happens. Too much happens. That's it. Man performs, engenders, so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything. That's it.

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.