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“The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.”

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German pastor, theologian, philosopher, and member of the resistance against the Nazis. Born on February 4, 1906, in Germany, he was executed on April 9, 1945 in a concentration camp. more

“Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along life's way and all that is required is the willingness to act when the time comes. The needs of the neighbor, especially those of the weak and downtrodden, the victimized and the persecuted, the ill and the lonely, will become abundantly evident.”

Way Needs Christian Suffering Opportunity Bears Crosses Lonely Weak Ill Seeking Neighbor Inevitable Willingness Evident Persecuted Downtrodden Crosses To Bear Bonhoeffer

Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The universe is a soul making machine, and part of that process is learning, maturing, and growing through difficult and challenging and painful experiences. The point of our lives in this world isn't comfort, but training and preparation for eternity.”

Source: The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity

“Courage would be impossible in a world without pain.”

World Would Be Pain Suffering Impossible Inevitable Without Pain

Book:The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity

Source: The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity

“The most devastating effect of sin is that by it, we are blinded to it.”

Suffering Sin Effects Inevitable Blinded

Author:Billy Graham

“Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy.”

Suffering Offers Tragedy Inevitable Faith In God

Book:Where Is God When It Hurts?

Source: Where Is God When It Hurts?

“But we are gravely mistaken to think that Christianity protects us from the pain and agony of mortal existence. Christianity has always insisted that the cross we bear precedes the crown we wear. To be a Christian, one must take up his cross, with all of its difficulties and agonizing and tragedy-packed content, and carry it until that very cross leaves its marks upon us and redeems us to that more excellent way which comes only through suffering.”

Suffering Christianity Bears Crosses Inevitable Crowns

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The only thing wrong with Christianity is the lack of suffering.”

Suffering Christianity Inevitable

Author:Winston Churchill

“If we were never depressed we would not be alive - only material things don't suffer depression. If human beings were not capable of depression, we would have no capacity for happiness and exaltation. Whenever you examine yourself, take into your capacity for depression.”

Ifs Humans Suffering Human Beings Alive Materials Capable Capacity Inevitable Material Things Exaltation

Author:Oswald Chambers

“Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.”

Ifs Looks Feelings Motivational Suffering Opportunity Difficult Produce Appreciate Adversity Sorry Inevitable Unexpected Feeling Sorry Feeling Sorry For Yourself

Author:John Wooden

“We will suffer a sharp painful disullisionment before we fully surrender. When people really see themselves as the Lord sees them, it is not the terribly offensive sins of the fleshthat shock them, but the awful nature of the pride of their own hearts opposing Jesus Christ. When they see themselves in the light of the Lord, the shame, the horror, and desperate conviction hit home for them.”

People Heart Home Light Suffering Jesus Christ Sin Lord Pride Horror Jesus Christ Shame Painful Conviction Surrender Awful Inevitable Desperate Shock Offensive Opposing

Author:Oswald Chambers

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