Trials Quotes

“She held her breath, when suddenly there was a pounding on the cellar door. No one moved, but the door broke open and Leah saw the outline of a man in a  long military coat, holding a sword reflecting the glow of the fires outside.”
― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle

“Are you afraid?” he asked moving his chair directly in front of her. “Should I be?” she answered getting her courage back. She stood about to dart away, but Vaselik stopped her, took her hands and studied them intently.”
― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle

“It is true that we endure trials, but it is just as true that we are delivered out of them.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning by Morning: Daily Devotional Readings

“But the three-day pattern--Friday's tragedy, Saturday's despair, Sunday's triumph-- became for Jesus' followers a pattern that can be applied to all our times of tribulation. Good Friday demonstrates that God is not indifferent to our pain; God, too, is personally "acquainted with grief." Holy Saturday hints that we may go through seasons of confusion and seeming defeat. And Easter Sunday shows that, in the end, suffering will not prevail.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“Before God sends you on a journey, he will reveal to you something about that journey. He will prepare you for the problems and the things that you are going to face along the way.”
― Andrew Wommack

“Eternal bonds are formed on the battlefield.”
― Jonah Priour, Praying the Word of Grace: The Revival of a Grieving Father's Soul Through the Simple Practice of Scripture-Based Prayer

“You're lucky the method of your death is not my choice (Shadows of the Crown)”
― Dakota Monroe, Shadows of the Crown

“Counting our blessings is far better than recounting our trials.”
― Russell M. Nelson, Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

“The bigger the trial, the more difficult it is to surmount. But after the mountain is scaled, strength of character along with profound satisfaction are the rewards.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year

“Trials makes a man trust in his Maker.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Without trials, a man do not learn to trust in his Maker.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Without trials, there is no trust.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“A day is never just a day, for despite how difficult and frequently dark they might be, some sort of blessing is set deep in each of them. And the blessing that we can hold onto every day is that the blessing set deep in us can only be held at bay for just so long.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Trials teaches us the things we ought to know.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“By 'Perry Mason moment,' I mean that climactic instant during a trial when you have just done something fantastic and everyone in the courtroom knows it. Your brilliant question or some stunning admission you coerced from a witness has left the opposing lawyer reeling, his mouth agape, and jurors amazed and entertained. The case is won; the rest of the trial is a formality. Your friends and colleagues are itching to congratulate you as soon as a recess is called. Only a supreme effort of will on your part, coupled with the knowledge that the judge and jurors are watching, keeps you from high-fiving everyone in sight.”
― Morley Swingle, Scoundrels to the Hoosegow: Perry Mason Moments and Entertaining Cases from the Files of a Prosecuting Attorney

“Baptism's power doesn't stop when the water dries. God preaches in your baptism every day. When the bullies and demons return, remind Jesus and yourself you are his. When you want to slink into the shadows, God says, 'You are robed in Christ.' When you feel shackled by your past, God calls you to the future he opened at the font. Whenever you're insulted or falsely accused, hear God's declaration: 'Whoever has died [in baptism] is justified from sin' (Rom 6:7). When you're fearful, call on the Spirit, and he will give you words to speak. When a murderous mob surrounds you, remember your baptism is fulfilled in martyrdom. You are what God says you are, not what you feel. Consider yourself to be who baptism says you are.

Whatever happens, you are in your Father's love. Trust him. Stay loyal. Don't 'melt like water' (Josh 7:5). Plunged in God's water, you become God's water. Imitate the fish. Live in the water, and be God's rain on dry ground, God's flood again the wicked. Be God's water, for nothing is more powerful than water.”
― Peter J. Leithart, Baptism: A Guide to Life from Death

“It was in this line of thought, where true courage was mustered. A strength measured not by the size of his muscles or the amount one could lift, but the more impressive type, the type quantified in the amount of shit one can wade. Identified in the amount of crap hands dealt without bowing out altogether.”
― John Westrick, The Hanging Tree

“All evidence can be divided into two broad categories: direct and indirect. Direct evidence is simply the testimony of eyewitnesses. Indirect evidence (also called 'circumstantial evidence') is everything else.”
― J. Warner Wallace, Forensic Faith: A Homicide Detective Makes the Case for a More Reasonable, Evidential Christian Faith

“The greatest storm is my fear of the storm.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“When we face challenges and questions, we should not trust in ourselves, follow our own hearts, or create a litany of backup plans. Instead, we should bow before the Lord, declare our belief in Him, and fully rely upon the assurances of His Word. No matter what comes to pass, we will always be safe in the presence of the Lord, and we can rest peacefully within this truth.”
― Marc Webb, A Theology of Sleep: Trusting in the Lord When You Are Most Vulnerable

“How wonderful it is to know that we go through no experiences where God is not there in divine companionship, and the hotter the fire the sweeter the fellowship. You know, I can tell you, folks, in my own experience, that whenever I get into a situation where I decide to take a stand for something and it’s the unpopular thing to do, and you start getting flack, you have this tremendous sense of divine companionship. It’s what Peter talked about when he talked about the fact that when we go through persecution, the Spirit of grace and glory rests on us. I had this overwhelming sense of the presence of God strengthening. And here they were in the fiery furnace in divine companionship.

- Uncompromising Faith in the Fiery Furnace, Part 2 (Sermon)”
― John F. MacArthur Jr.

“In spiritual and shamanic traditions, every trial is seen as an opportunity for purification and learning. Stagnating in pain dissipates vital energy that could otherwise be channeled toward personal improvement and service to the community. These moments of pain become rites of passage toward a deeper understanding of our place in the universe.”
― Marie Chieze, Words of the Shaman: 50 Quotes from Paching Hoé Lambaiho

“It would be a very sharp and trying experience to me to think that I have an affliction which God never sent me, that the bitter cup was never filled by his hand, that my trials were never measured out by him, nor sent to me by his arrangement of their weight and quantity.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“If there were no trials in life, no disappointments, no fears, no suffering, nothing overwhelming enough to bring you to your knees beseeching God for help, would you seek Him out on your own? What would be your motivation if not desperation for something you want but cannot do for yourself?
The trials that permeate mortality serve a real purpose. Because of them, great personal change comes about, and beautiful blessings await. Forgiveness, peace, miracles, personal revelations, a real relationship with God—these things can be yours when you pray. Talk to God.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year

“Our job is not to put a rosy face on the carnage of other people's sin in our own lives. Our job is not to try to anticipate God's meaning and then manipulate outcomes accordingly at the risk of somehow screwing up the ultimate plan if we end up guessing wrong. Our job is to make meaning of the circumstances. We are entrusted with the sacred responsibility to create order. To defend justice. To restore peace.
Even if we never witness that victory ourselves.
Even if the story ends before the chaos does.
Even if the order is not ours to comprehend.
Even if we are still in the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
Even if we never see Moses plucked from the bulrushes.
Even if the stone has not yet been rolled away from the tomb.
Because the meaning, ultimately, lies not in what happens, but in what we make of it.”
― Tiffany Yecke Brooks, Gaslighted by God: Reconstructing a Disillusioned Faith

“This water was in your way to heaven, and written in your Lord's book; ye behoved to cross it: and therefore, kiss His wise and unerring providence. Let not the censures of men, who see but the outside of things (and scarce well that), abate your courage and rejoicing in the Lord; howbeit, your faith seeth the black side of providence, yet it hath a better side, and God shall let you see it.”
― Samuel Rutherford, The Loveliness of Christ

“Do you even remember their faces, or did you shut your eyes and pray the blood would wash away?”
― Natalia Hrivnak, Skyburn

“At ten years old he realized that people were born whole, and that the bad things peeled layers from the person you once were, thinning compassion and empathy and the ability to construct a future. At thirteen he knew those layers could sometimes be rebuilt when people oved you. When you loved.”
― Chris Whitaker, All The Colors of the Dark

“The cure of fragility is through fire.”
― Goitsemang Mvula

“Pain is the offer of salvation.”
― Rick Walker, 9 Steps to Build a Life of Meaning: How to Unlock Your Mind, Happiness, Power, and Your Enemy's Demise