"Those Who Dive Into The Sea Of Affliction, Bring Up Rare Pearls!"

Choice quotes on AFFLICTION

"Affliction does not come from the dust, 
nor does trouble spring from the ground!" 
Job 5:6

"Affliction does not rise out of the dust 
or come to men by chance; but it is 
the LORD who sends it, and we should 
own and reverence HIS hand in it!" 
(Thomas Boston)

"Those who dive into the sea 
of affliction, bring up rare pearls!" 
(Charles Spurgeon)

"The furnace of affliction is a good 

place for you, Christian; it benefits 
you; it helps you to become more 
like CHRIST, and it is fitting you for 
Heaven!"  (Charles Spurgeon)

"Most of the grand truths of GOD have 

to be learned by trouble; they must 

be burned into us with the hot iron 

of affliction, otherwise we shall not 

truly receive them." (Charles Spurgeon)

"The LORD gets his best soldiers 

out of the highlands of affliction." 

(Charles Spurgeon)

"There is no attribute of GOD more 

comforting to HIS children than 

the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. 

Under the most adverse circumstances, 

in the most severe troubles--

they believe that Sovereignty has 

ordained their afflictions, that 

Sovereignty overrules them, and 

that Sovereignty will sanctify 

them all."  (Charles Spurgeon)

"Afflictions tend to wean 

us from the world--

and to fix our affections on 
things above." (John Angell James)

"Poverty and affliction take 

away the fuel that feeds pride!" 

(Richard Sibbes)   

"The winter prepares the earth for 

the spring; so do sanctified afflictions 

prepare the soul for glory." (Richard Sibbes)

 
"When I am in the cellar of affliction, 

I look for the LORD'S choicest wines." 

(Samuel Rutherford)

"Whoever brings an affliction, it is 

GOD who sends it. It is one heart-

quieting consideration in all 

the afflictions that befall us--

that GOD has a special hand in them: 

"The Almighty has afflicted me!" 

Ruth 1:21. 

Instruments can no more stir until 
GOD gives them a commission--
than the axe can cut of itself without 
a hand. Job eyed GOD in his affliction; 
therefore, as Augustine observes, 
Job does not say, "The LORD 
gave, and the devil took away," 
but "the LORD has taken away." 
(Thomas Watson)

"Afflictions add to the saints glory. 
The more the diamond is cut, the more 
it sparkles; the heavier the saints cross 
is, the heavier will be their crown." 
(Thomas Watson)

  
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