Circumstances which we have resented, situations which we have found desperately difficult, have all been the means in the hands of God of driving the nails into the self-life which so easily complains.
Interpretation
Difficult circumstances can lead to personal growth and spiritual development.
This quote emphasizes that the challenging situations we often resent can serve a higher purpose, aiding in the removal of our ego and self-centeredness, which tends to complain in the face of adversity. It suggests that through hardship, we can cultivate resilience and a deeper connection to God, ultimately transforming our perspective on life's difficulties.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming obstacles.
We will only advance in our evangelistic work as fast and as far as we advance on our knees. Prayer opens the channel between a soul and God; prayerlessness closes it. Prayer releases the grip of Satan's power; prayerlessness increases it. That is why prayer is so exhausting and so vital. If we believed it, the prayer meeting would be as full as the church.
More important than finding the teacher is finding and following the truth of the teaching.
I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.
Boasts are wind and deeds are hard.
Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of mind.
Oh, to have “the word of Christ” always dwelling inside of us;-in the memory, never forgotten; in the heart, always loved; in the understanding, really grasped; with all the powers and passions of the mind fully submitted to its control!
Blaming the wolf would not help the sheep much. The sheep must learn not to fall in the clutches of the wolf.
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