How can suffering be productive in our lives? Jesus loves us, and He wants to be glorified through our lives. But He will not always remove suffering because it can make us stronger and give us a platform where we can glorify God and point others to Him.

Many of us lose confidence in prayer because we do not recognize the answer.
   We ask for strength, and God gives us difficulties, which make us strong.
   We pray for wisdom, God sends us problems, the solution of which develops wisdom.
   We plead for prosperity, and God gives us a brain and brawn to work. 
   We plead for courage, and God gives us danger to overcome.
   We ask for favors, and God gives us opportunities.  

Sometimes God will let us get what we want so we will see that it wasn't what we thought it was.

"For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.” James 1:3 NLT

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Anxiety is a result of envisioning the future without the Lord. So the best defense against worry is staying in communication with Him.

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.  - George Muller
                                               
Worry is a trickle of fear that meanders through the mind until it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts drain. 

Our Lord is our Redeemer. His name is Jesus. Anyone who comes to Him for comfort will find it. He has more mercy than you have misery. - Dr. Chuck Swindoll, Great Days With The Great Lives

Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you. 1 Peter 5:7 NLT

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Hope is seeing a light at the end of the tunnel;
Faith is believing it is not a train.

Waiting for an answer to prayer is often part of the answer.  - John Blanchard

Life with God is better…not easier, not devoid of pain or tragedy or missteps…but it is better.

Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil…it has no point! - Billy Graham                                                         

Faith in God’s promises is the only way to find peace in the midst of trouble. “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!  Isaiah 26:3 NLT. - Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Comforted                       

Our prayers run along one road and God’s answers by another, and by and by they meet. - Adoniram Judson

Lord, I don’t know where You are going today,
but wherever it is, I’m coming with YOU!

    Praise to the God of All Comfort

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.  2 Corinthians 1:3-4  NIV

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with My victorious right hand.  Isaiah 41:10

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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.  - Augustine

The true measure of God’s love is that He loves without measure. 

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