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David Wilkerson Quote

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When God sets His heart on you, you will be tried often.  But the longer and harder your affliction, the more deeply God has set His heart on you, to show you His love and care.

From James 1:2-4:  “My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.  And let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing.”

David Wilkerson (1931-2011) was an American evangelist, Christian author, and pastor.

Arnold Henry Glasow Quote

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Nothing lasts forever–not even your troubles.

From 2 Corinthians 4:17-18:  “For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen, for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.”

Arnold H. Glasow (1905-1998) was an American author and humorist.  He was a regular contributor to the humor sections found in Reader’s Digest.

Samuel Rutherford Quote

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Whenever I find myself in the cellar of affliction, I always look about for the wine.

From Luke 22:19-20:  “Then He took a loaf of bread, and when He had given thanks He broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is My body, which is given for you.  Do this in remembrance of Me.’  And He did the same with the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.'”

Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) was a Scottish pastor and Christian theologian.

Charles Stanley Quote

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When affliction strips away every crutch, one has only the Lord to depend upon.  Though some people are destroyed by that kind of situation, others are built into undaunted believers.

From Proverbs 3:5-6:  “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.  In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”

Matthew Henry Quote

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Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary grace.

From James 4:5-6:  “Or do you suppose that it is for nothing that the scripture says, ‘God yearns jealously for the spirit that He has made to dwell in us’?  But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says.”

Charles Spurgeon Quote

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The Lord gets His best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

From 2 Corinthians 4:8-10:  “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies.”