Quotes about Suffering

One reason God allows times of difficulty and suffering to come into our lives is so that we will not take Him for granted but will remember in a deeper way His faithfulness to us and our dependence on Him.

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.

Some of the happiest Christians I have met have been life-long sufferers. They have had every reason to sigh and complain, being denied so many privileges and pleasures that they see others enjoy, yet they have found greater cause for gratitude and joy than many who are prosperous, vigorous, and strong.

When suffering comes, learn to trust each day into God's hands... let your lips be filled with prayer and praise.

Our sufferings may be hard to bear, but they teach us lessons which, in turn, equip and enable us to help others.

Tens of thousands of God's saints and sufferers through the ages have found their dark nights lightened and tortured souls strengthened because they found help from the Spirit in the Word of God.

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.

We can react with bitterness and hate God, as some do, or we can accept suffering as a natural part of life and a condition that comes with living in this world. We cannot avoid suffering, but we can determine our response to it.

In His thirty-three years on earth, Jesus suffered with man; on the cross He suffered for man.

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".

Jesus suffered more than any other person in human history.

Angels] guide, comfort, and provide for the people of God in the midst of suffering and persecution.