Quotes about Trials
Whatsoever God takes away from His children, He either replaces it with a much greater favor or else gives strength to bear it.
— Richard Sibbes
Let God's promises shine on your problems.
— Corrie Ten Boom
Whoever brings an affliction, it is God who sends it.
— Thomas Watson
God had one Son without sin, but He never had a son without trial.
— DL Moody
Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
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
Wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever commonplace and homely way, there God is hewing out the pillars for His temple.
— Phillips Brooks
Jesus is the ultimate Job, the only truly innocent sufferer.
— Timothy Keller
The point of the Book of Job is not suffering: where is God When It hurts? The prologue (chapters 1-2) dealt with that issue. The point of the Book of Job is faith: Where is Job when it hurts?
— Philip Yancey
If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God.
— John Calvin
We are always on the anvil by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
— Henry Ward Beecher