Quotes related to 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
If there is something we need more than anything else during grief, it is a friend who stands with us, who doesn't leave us. Jesus is that friend.
— Billy Graham
Suffering can give us opportunities to witness. The world is a gigantic hospital; nowhere is there a greater chance to see the peace and joy of the Lord than when the journey through the valley is the darkest.
— Billy Graham
Someone has said, "To have suffered much is like knowing many languages: It gives the sufferer access to many more people." Lord, help me to use any suffering I might be called upon to endure in that positive fashion.
— Billy Graham
God doesn't comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.
— Billy Graham
There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also in the daily distress that so often creeps into our lives.
— Billy Graham
Because tragedy happened to you, it gives you a greater sense of oneness with others who experience tragedy. Because we have been comforted through the Word of God, we in turn may be able to comfort others.
— Billy Graham
When we are a comfort and encouragement to others, we are sometimes surprised at how it comes back to us many times over.
— Billy Graham
God is not blind. He knows about you and your problems. He knows of those who are suffering... and His love for His children will never leave in times of trouble.
— Billy Graham
Humanity wants comfort in its sorrow, light in its darkness, peace in its turmoil, rest in its weariness, and healing in its sickness and diseases: The Gospel gives all of this to us.
— Billy Graham
Our sufferings may be hard to bear, but they teach us lessons which, in turn, equip and enable us to help others.
— Billy Graham
In my years of global travels, I have seen a world in pain... Without God's guidance, our response to suffering is a futile attempt to find solutions to conditions that cannot be solved.
— Billy Graham
We enjoy the sense of God's presence in the midst of suffering here and now. I have talked to people who are experiencing deep pain or severe difficulties, and they have said, "I feel God is so close to me".
— Billy Graham