| TRIALS - Response | 試煉 - 回應 |
| God has done a mighty work in our hearts when we can
praise him in every pain, bless him for every burden, sing in every sorrow and delight in
every discipline. 當我們能夠在每一次痛楚中讚美祂、為每一個重擔頌讚祂、為每一個憂傷歌唱並為每一次的調教歡喜，那就是上帝在我們心中成就了無比的工作。 |
| We are called upon to
reflect the love of God as much in trail as in tranquility. 在試煉中比平靜安穩中更需要思想上帝的愛。 |
| Reckon any matter of trial to thee among thy gains. Thomas Adams 在計算收穫時要把試煉也計算在內。 |
| Adversity does not make us
frail; it only shows us how frail we are. 苦難不讓讓我們變得脆弱，只會讓我們看清自己何等脆弱。 |
| If you meet with misfortunes, consider that you
merit greater ones. Petrus Blesensis 如果你遭遇不幸，想想你或許該遇到更不幸的事情。 |
| In the day of prosperity we
have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only one. Horatius Bonar 在繁榮之日，我們有許多可求助的避難所；在苦難之日，只有一個。 |
| I do not pray for a lighter load but for a stronger
back. Phillip Brooks 我不祈求輕省的擔子，只求堅強的背脊。 |
| It is a genuine evidence of
true godliness when, although plunged into the the deepest afflictions, we yet cease not
to submit ourselves to God. John Calvin 縱使我們陷入最深的苦難之中，仍不會停止順服上帝，那就是真正敬虔的明證。 |
| Afflictions are blessings to us when we can bless
God for affliction. William Dyer 當我們能為苦難頌讚上帝時，苦難對我們而言就成了祝福。 |
| Nothing influences the
quality of our life more than how we respond to trouble. Erwin G. Tieman 再沒有比我們對苦難的回應更能決定我們生命的品質。 |
| A cross which comes from God ought to be welcomed
without any concern for self. Francois Fenelon 我們應當毫不顧及自己而歡迎從上帝而來的十字架。 |
| Shall light troubles make
you forget weighty mercies? John Flavel 至暫至輕的苦楚該讓你忘記至長至重的憐憫嗎？ |
| We shall be more anxious that our afflictions should
benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us. Robert Hall 我們應該更多盼望從苦難得到的益處，遠勝於計較這苦難該迅速離開我們。 |
| Days of trouble must be days
of prayer. Matthew Henry 苦難的日子應該是禱告的日子。 |
| While the fire is hot, keep conversing with Refiner. F. B. Meyer 當爐火燒旺時，繼續與精鍊者交談。 |
| No affliction would trouble
a child of God if he knew God's reasons for sending it. G. Campbell Morgan 如果知道上帝賜下苦難的因由，沒有任何苦難會使上帝兒女苦惱。 |
| A Christian should never let adversity get him down
except on his knees. Mae Nicholason 除了他的膝蓋以外，基督徒不應該因苦難而下沈。 |
| We ought as much to pray for
a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread. John Owen 我們應該祈求賜下每日鞭子如同賜下今日的飲食。 |
| There is a strange perversity in men concerning
their trails in life, and only grace can cure it. William S. Plumer 人們擔心他們生活中的試煉，這實在十分反常，只有恩典能醫治這樣的問題。 |
| Many a man has thought
himself broken up, when he has merely been made ready for the sowing. Hugh Redwood 許多人認為自己被破碎了，這只是讓他能夠預備成為撒種的地方而已。 |
| Praise God for the hammer, the file and the furnace! Samuel Rutherford 為鐵鎚、銼刀及熔爐讚美上帝！ |
| Cast your troubles where you
have cast your sins. C. H. Spurgeon 脫離罪惡之處正是脫離難題之處。 |
| When I am in the cellar of affliction I look for the
Lord's choicest wines. Samuel Rutherford 當我在苦難的地窖裡，我尋找主的上選葡萄酒。 |