“Neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength” (Neh. 8:10). “The oil of joy calms down the waves of trouble.” — Andrew Bonar “Life need not be easy to be joyful. Joy is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of Christ.” — William Vander Hoven “The Christian’s midnight...
“God will not give an easy journey to the Promised Land, but He will give a safe one.” — Andrew Bonar “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” — Bertha Calloway “We are always in the forge or on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.” —...
“Nothing paralyzes our lives like the attitude that things can never change. We need to remind ourselves that God can change things. Outlook determines outcome. If we see only the problems, we will be defeated; but if we see the possibilities in the problems, we can have victory.” — Warren W. Wiersbe “It is almost...
“The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.” — C. C. Colton “Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero “We all have people who pull on us, but we all need a few...
“Our greatest problem in suffering is unbelief.”— Geoff Thomas “When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away your ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.”— Corrie ten Boom “Believe God’s Word and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your Rock...
“Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.” — Alexander MacLaren “God has never promised to solve our problems. He has not promised to answer our questions . . . He has promised to go with us.” — Elisabeth Elliott “Contentment with the divine will is the best remedy we...