Troubles, troubles, troubles!
(Henry Smith)
"Man is born to trouble as surely
as sparks fly upward." Job 5:7
"Many are the afflictions of
the righteous!" Psalm 34:19
"Here on earth you will have many
trials and sorrows!" John 16:33
"We must go through many hardships
to enter the kingdom of God!" Acts 14:22
Since we are not in paradise--
but in the wilderness, we must
expect one trouble after another.
As in the case of David . . .
first he fought a lion,
and then a bear,
and then a giant,
and then the Philistines,
and then a King!
In the same way, believers may . . .
first fight with poverty,
and then with envy;
and then with slander;
and then with sickness.
They shall be like a laborer
who is never out of work.
"While I continue on this side
of eternity, I never expect to be
free from trials and hardships--
only to change them. Every new
scene brings its new trials!"
(George Whitefield)
"Troubles come, and then a respite
is granted; and then new troubles
follow on the heels of the old ones."
(Arthur Pink)
"Expect daily trouble while in the flesh.
Something or other happens every day
that will grieve us. Perhaps events
concerning ourselves, our families,
or friends, that are matters of sorrow.
Perhaps we have some bodily pain or
sickness every day; or, some cross and
disappointment in our affairs." (Matthew Henry)
"GOD has appointed this whole life to be
as a race or a battle. The state of rest,
wherein we shall be so out of danger
as to have no need of watching and
fighting, is for the eternal world."
(Jonathan Edwards)
"My own experience is a daily struggle
with the evil within." (Charles Spurgeon)
"O dear friends, make up your minds
to carry the cross daily. To be fore-warned
is to be fore-armed. All GOD'S children go
through these tribulations."
(Robert Murray M'Cheyne)
"You will have your trials and crosses
before you will have your crown--
and they will not come in the way most
suited to your natural wishes.
A cross is to be a cross!
..."
You will have trials with your church,
trials with your family, and trials
with the world. But that monster SELF
will be your worst trial!
Nevertheless, as the sufferings abound,
so also the consolations; and as your day is,
so your strength shall be." (William Tiptaft)
(Henry Smith)
"Man is born to trouble as surely
as sparks fly upward." Job 5:7
"Many are the afflictions of
the righteous!" Psalm 34:19
"Here on earth you will have many
trials and sorrows!" John 16:33
"We must go through many hardships
to enter the kingdom of God!" Acts 14:22
Since we are not in paradise--
but in the wilderness, we must
expect one trouble after another.
As in the case of David . . .
first he fought a lion,
and then a bear,
and then a giant,
and then the Philistines,
and then a King!
In the same way, believers may . . .
first fight with poverty,
and then with envy;
and then with slander;
and then with sickness.
They shall be like a laborer
who is never out of work.
"While I continue on this side
of eternity, I never expect to be
free from trials and hardships--
only to change them. Every new
scene brings its new trials!"
(George Whitefield)
"Troubles come, and then a respite
is granted; and then new troubles
follow on the heels of the old ones."
(Arthur Pink)
"Expect daily trouble while in the flesh.
Something or other happens every day
that will grieve us. Perhaps events
concerning ourselves, our families,
or friends, that are matters of sorrow.
Perhaps we have some bodily pain or
sickness every day; or, some cross and
disappointment in our affairs." (Matthew Henry)
"GOD has appointed this whole life to be
as a race or a battle. The state of rest,
wherein we shall be so out of danger
as to have no need of watching and
fighting, is for the eternal world."
(Jonathan Edwards)
"My own experience is a daily struggle
with the evil within." (Charles Spurgeon)
"O dear friends, make up your minds
to carry the cross daily. To be fore-warned
is to be fore-armed. All GOD'S children go
through these tribulations."
(Robert Murray M'Cheyne)
"You will have your trials and crosses
before you will have your crown--
and they will not come in the way most
suited to your natural wishes.
A cross is to be a cross!
..."
You will have trials with your church,
trials with your family, and trials
with the world. But that monster SELF
will be your worst trial!
Nevertheless, as the sufferings abound,
so also the consolations; and as your day is,
so your strength shall be." (William Tiptaft)
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