Quotes about Suffering
God wants us to be totally dependent on Him, and suffering seems to bring us to that point.
- Joyce Meyer
Oh, Lord God, have mercy on me and mend my broken wings.
- Khalil Gibran
Suffering can serve us. Suffering tests our trust in God's promises. And we have a great interest in knowing the truth about our trust in Him.
- Mark Dever
Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy.
- Philip Yancey
Suffering may be someones fault or it may not be anyones fault. But if given to God, our suffering becomes an opportunity to experience the power of God at work in our lives and to give glory to Him.
- Anne Graham Lotz
This is one of the great paradoxes of suffering. Those who don't suffer much think suffering should keep people from God, while many who suffer a great deal turn to God, not from him.
- Randy Alcorn
When we are hurt it is important to remember that God Himself has allowed it for a purpose.
- Billy Graham
Pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
- CS Lewis
God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.
- Charles Swindoll
If there were never any clouds (sorrows and sufferings) in our lives, we would have no faith. God does not come near us without clouds.
- Oswald Chambers
We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of God. Amazing grace is no longer amazing to us.
- RC Sproul
God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.
- Rick Warren