“Let God’s promises shine on your problems.”1 – Corrie Ten Boom
“Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.” – Charles Spurgeon
“Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God’s most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth. Once we begin to understand this, and accept it as a spiritual fact of life, adversity becomes easier to bear.” – Charles Stanley
“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” – Billy Graham
“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” – Zig Ziglar
“Adversity is the diamond dust heaven polishes its jewels with.”- Robert Leighton
“If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.” – Charles Spurgeon
“Bumps are the things we climb on.” – Warren Wiersbe
“You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation, a rock rising above the storm.” – Robert Murray McCheyne
“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.” – Alan Redpath
“Opposition is not only evidence that God is blessing, but it is also an opportunity for us to grow.” – Warren Wiersbe
“If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you’re serving in the wrong place.” – G. Campbell Morgan
“Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcomed. It is an intruder and a thief, and yet in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which His supernatural power is demonstrated.” – Charles Stanley
“If you know people in your church or your neighborhood that are facing adversity, I encourage you to offer a hand of friendship to them. That is what Jesus would do.” – Jonathan Falwell
“Trouble and prayer are closely related. Trouble often drives men to God in prayer, while prayer is but the voice of men in trouble.” – E. M. Bounds
1 All of these quotes are from the website below: