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The dangers and hardships for the faithful are real indeed. Truth is tested and faith is confirmed not in idle speculation but in the crucible of adversity. Those who wish to find a more vibrant relig... -
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In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing. -
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The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance. -
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The waters are rising, but so am I. I am not going under, but over. -
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It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. -
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[If] your imagination of God is starved then when you come up against difficulties, you have no power, you can only endure in darkness. -
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People are usually better in adversity, than prosperity. A prosperous condition is not always so safe. True, it is more pleasing to the flesh - but it is not always best. In a prosperous state, there ... -
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No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of the Epistles were written in a prison. The greatest thoughts of the greatest thinkers ha... -
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When we’re chasing our dreams, all the turbulence we face shouldn’t scare us into pulling back, though. The shaking, jerking, and rattling in our lives are telling us we’re getting close to the breakt... -
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You know the adage “People resist change.” It is not really true. People are not stupid. People love change when they know it is a good thing. No one gives back a winning lottery ticket. What people r... -
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If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you're serving in the wrong place. -
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Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God's most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that... -
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Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcome. It is an intruder and a thief, and yet in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which His supernatural power is demonstrated. -
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Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity. Before any great achievement, some measure of depression is very usual. -
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. -
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Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled. -
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"When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person that walked in. That’s what the storm is all about." -
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When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become. -
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A friend cannot be known in prosperity. An enemy cannot be hidden in adversity. -
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Adversity is hard to endure, and can even be harder to understand. If God were really in control, why would He allow the tragic auto accident or crucial job loss? How could He permit cancer in a loved... -
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“It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.” -
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Men (and woman) are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success. -
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Our faith, trust, and love are proved and revealed in adversities. -
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Of all the virtues we can learn, no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challeng... -
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These periods of struggling to overcome challenges are what people find to be the most enjoyable times of their lives. A person who has achieved control over psychic energy and has invested it in cons... -
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A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain. -
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God never calls you to a task without giving you what you need to do it. He never sends you without going with you. -
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Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. -
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Relational congruence is the ability to be fundamentally the same person with the same values in every relationship, in every circumstance and especially amidst crisis. It is the internal capacity to ... -
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Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
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