It's a fact of earthly life that when God opens the windows of heaven to bless us, the devil opens the doors of hell to blast us. When God begins moving, the devil fires up all his artillery.

God will have life to be real; we will be damned, but it shall be theatrical.

Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.

Is there another Life? Shall I awake and find all this a dream? There must be we cannot be created for this sort of suffering.

To perceive is to suffer.

If you had never known physical pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ will meet you?

To those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace.

Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'tis all that I implore: In life and death a chainless soul, with courage to endure.

If you pour a pail full of water on the floor of your house, it makes a great show, but if you throw it into the sea, there is no sign of it. So, afflictions considered in themselves, we think are very great, but let them be considered with the sea of god's mercies we enjoy, and then they are not so much, they are nothing in comparison.

But the reality is that many people are facing nonphysical persecution because of their stand for righteousness.