Quotes related to James 1:2-4
God wants us to be totally dependent on Him, and suffering seems to bring us to that point.
— Joyce Meyer
We are always faced with different challenges, and circumstances necessitate bringing out the greatness God puts in all of us.
— Lou Holtz
Suffering can serve us. Suffering tests our trust in God's promises. And we have a great interest in knowing the truth about our trust in Him.
— Mark Dever
Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy.
— Philip Yancey
Suffering may be someones fault or it may not be anyones fault. But if given to God, our suffering becomes an opportunity to experience the power of God at work in our lives and to give glory to Him.
— Anne Graham Lotz
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.
— Randy Alcorn
Everything that happens to a child of God, His father filtered and He intends to use it for the good and even when Satan and others mean it for bad because God is sovereignly in control.
— Rick Warren
Often, in the midst of great problems, we stop short of the real blessing God has for us, which is a fresh vision of who He is.
— Anne Graham Lotz
When we are hurt it is important to remember that God Himself has allowed it for a purpose.
— Billy Graham
Pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
— CS Lewis
God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.
— Charles Swindoll
Wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever commonplace and homely way, there God is hewing out the pillars for His temple.
— Phillips Brooks