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God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

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Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.

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Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.

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The Psalms wrap nouns and verbs around our pain better than any other book.

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The greatest good suffering can do for me is to increase my capacity for God.

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Every Christian who keeps looking up stretches his heart's capacity for Heaven.

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God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.

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Believers are never told to become one; we already are one and are expected to act like it.

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The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.

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Amazing, isn't it, that our prayers...can move the very heart of God who created the universe?

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He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

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Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

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When we honestly ask God the 'why' question, He doesn't give us answers as much as He gives us Himself.

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Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.

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God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more.

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God cares most not about making us comfortable, but about teaching us to hate our transgressions and to grow up spiritually to love him.

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Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don't see it.

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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.

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We will stand amazed to see the topside of the tapestry and how God beautifully embroidered each circumstance into a pattern for our good and His glory.

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Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives.

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Most of the verses written about praise in God's Word were voiced by people who were faced with crushing heartaches, injustice, treachery, slander, and scores of other difficult situations.

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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.

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Take those road hazards- the potholes, ruts, detours, and all the rest- as evidence that you were on the right route. It's when you find yourself on that big, broad, easy road that you ought to worry.

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