Quotes about Suffering

This age is interested in success, not suffering … Our Lord was ridiculed, insulted, persecuted, and eventually killed. In the face of opposition, He went about "doing good.

Thank God for whatever measure of religious freedom you enjoy—and pray today for those suffering for their faith in Christ.

How can men boast that they control their own destiny when they cannot solve the problems of war, racism, poverty, sickness, or suffering?

When disappointment or tragedy or suffering strikes, we have a decision to make: Will we turn away from God, or will we turn toward Him? Which road will we take? One road leads to doubt, anger, bitterness, fear, hopelessness, and despair. The other leads to hope, comfort, peace, strength, and joy.

Before Satan there was no sin, and before sin there was no pain.

Can the sin of one or a few cause suffering for many? The answer, of course, is yes, for no sin is isolated in the life of the sinner. It spreads like poison gas into every available crevice.

War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning...This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross.

Affliction may be for our edification and Christian development.

The Bible teaches that Satan is the author of sin. Sin is the reason we have afflictions, including death. All of our problems and our suffering are a result of man's rebellion against God. But God has provided a rescue in His Son.

In the last essay he wrote before he died, the great Christian writer C. S. Lewis said, "We have no right to happiness; only an obligation to do our duty." Sometimes our God-given duty will include suffering. When it does, ask God to teach you through it. Remember the psalmist's words I quoted above: "Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD.

Within the New Testament, there is no indication that Christians should expect to be healthy, wealthy, and successful in this present age.

Tell me why the gardener trims and prunes his rosebushes, sometimes cutting away productive branches, and I will tell you why God's people are afflicted. God's hand never slips.