Quotes by Suffering God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person. Joni Eareckson Tada glorydonesuffering Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised. Joni Eareckson Tada equipmentgymsuffering God turns on its head one form of evil - suffering - in order to defeat another form of evil - that is, our transgressions. It happened at the cross, and it occurs in the lives of followers of Christ every day. Joni Eareckson Tada sufferingevilorder When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus. Joni Eareckson Tada knowingsufferingjesus God lets us continue to feel much of sin's sting through suffering while we're heading for heaven. This constantly reminds us of what we're being delivered from; exposing sin for the poison it is. Joni Eareckson Tada poisonsufferingheaven Whatever in Christ had the nature of satisfaction, was by virtue of the suffering or humiliation that was in it; but whatever had the nature of merit, was by virtue of the obedience or righteousness there was in it. Jonathan Edwards meritsatisfactionsuffering Resolved, never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God; nor be, nor suffer it, if I can avoid it. Jonathan Edwards bodysoulsuffering God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more. Joni Eareckson Tada religioussufferingfaith We're not the paragons of virtue that we'd all like to think we are. And so, to shatter that myth, God will use suffering to expose the stuff of which we're made. Joni Eareckson Tada usesufferingthinking In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it. Joni Eareckson Tada christian-faithsufferingchristian Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages of a theology text. But the invitation to know God - truly know Him - is always an invitation to suffer. Not to suffer alone, but to suffer with Him. Joni Eareckson Tada ivory-towericonssuffering What is suffering? I'm not sure what it is, but I know that suffering is the name we give to the origin of all the sighs, screams, and groans — small and large, crude and multifaceted — that concern us. The word defines our gaze even more than what we are looking at. Jonathan Safran Foer sufferingnamesgiving The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone. Joni Eareckson Tada religioussufferingfaith He who would love much has also much to suffer. Jose Rizal suffering Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight; they just don't know where to look. Joni Eareckson Tada sufferingpeoplelooks There is an overabundance of rational reasons to say no to factory-farmed meat: It is the No. 1 cause of global warming, it systematically forces tens of billions of animals to suffer in ways that would be illegal if they were dogs, it is a decisive factor in the development of swine and avian flus, and so on. Jonathan Safran Foer sufferingdoganimal Translations are a partial and precious documentation of the changes the text suffers. Jorge Luis Borges documentationlanguagesuffering We've come from the same history - 2000 years of persecution - we've just expressed our sufferings differently. Blacks developed the blues. Jews complained, we just never thought of putting it to music. Jon Stewart persecutionsufferingyears I wanted to cry but I didn't, I probably should have cried, I should have drowned us there in the room ending our suffering. Jonathan Safran Foer sufferingshould-haverooms You can be sure you are a man of God if you suffer injustice gladly and in silence. Josemaria Escriva silencesufferingmen«108109110111112113114115116117118»
