Quotes related to James 1:2-4
God has never deserted our people. Through the ages Jews have had to suffer, but through the ages they've gone on living, and the centuries of suffering have only made them stronger.
— Anne Frank
Tribulations cannot cease until God either sees us remade or sees that our remaking is now hopeless.
— CS Lewis
God uses prisons to train people for future roles of leadership or martyrdom.
— Charles Colson
Most of the grand truths of God have to be learned by trouble; they must be burned into us with the hot iron of affliction, otherwise we shall not truly receive them.
— Charles Spurgeon
God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.
— Timothy Keller
Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.
— Timothy Keller
Problems are God's resistance to create spiritual muscles.
— Tony Robbins
The biggest black eye that you can give the devil is to give God your pain and let Him turn it into gain.
— Joyce Meyer
Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows. (Brida)
— Paulo Coelho
For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.
— RC Sproul
Regardless of the cause, none of your problems could happen without God's permission.
— Rick Warren
God measures out affliction to our need.
— St. John Chrysostom