Quotes related to James 1:2-4
Sickness has frequently been of more use to the saints of God than health has.
— Charles Spurgeon
Unfortunately, some Christians are guilty of throwing out an equivalent sentiment when they play the "God is sovereign" card as a way to trump every evil that comes your way.
— Tullian Tchividjian
I don't believe in the end that God gave me cancer, but He certainly could have stopped it and didn't.
— Matt Chandler
The Bible teaches us that God does not cause pain, but that He uses pain and evil to advance His cause and shape His servants.
— Max Lucado
God does not relish our sufferings, but He delights in our development.
— Max Lucado
I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain is one of the ways God shapes us into the kind of beings He wants us to be for eternity.
— Max Lucado
Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God? I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain is one of the ways God shapes us into the kind of beings He wants us to be for eternity.
— Max Lucado
God's greatest blessings often come costumed as disasters. Any doubters need to do nothing more than ascend the hill of Calvary.
— Max Lucado
God is using my struggle. My struggle is the answer to the prayer.
— Max Lucado
You can be happy in any circumstances, you simply need to believe in God.
— Nick Vujicic
Sometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems
— Nicky Gumbel
The point of the Book of Job is not suffering: where is God When It hurts? The prologue (chapters 1-2) dealt with that issue. The point of the Book of Job is faith: Where is Job when it hurts?
— Philip Yancey