When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses the black poker of adversity in order that the flames of devotion may burn more brightly.


A.W. Pink's Studies in the Scriptures - 1926-27, Volume 3 of 17 (ed. Sovereign Grace Publishers,, 2001) - ISBN: 9781589602328


When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses...

When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses...

When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses...

When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses...