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I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.
Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.
How can we bless at one moment and curse at another?
God wrote a book on suffering, and its name is Jesus.
A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.
Christianity isn't all that complicated ... it's Jesus.
Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.
When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.
God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.
The Bible isn't quick to give answers; it mainly gives the Answer.
The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.
God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.
Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.
Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.
God permits what He hates in order to accomplish something that He loves.
I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.
Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.
The Psalms wrap nouns and verbs around our pain better than any other book.
Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.
The greatest good suffering can do for me is to increase my capacity for God.
There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.
Every Christian who keeps looking up stretches his heart's capacity for Heaven.
I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.
Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.
The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.
God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.
Believers are never told to become one; we already are one and are expected to act like it.
The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.
Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.
My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord's.
Amazing, isn't it, that our prayers...can move the very heart of God who created the universe?
The success of God's Word in our lives is linked intrinsically to our application of its truth.
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
The truths of the Bible are never just abstract concepts; they're always related to real people.
The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.
Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it.
When we honestly ask God the 'why' question, He doesn't give us answers as much as He gives us Himself.
Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.
It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well.
I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.
My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.
God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more.
If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.
Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.
Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.
God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.
Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight; they just don't know where to look.
Even in my despair, I knew in a vague way that the Bible held hope for me in its pages. I just didn't know where to begin.