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title: "4 Faith Stretched Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Faith Stretched quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Faith Stretched sayings and thoughts."
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> [Surveillance legislation passed in good faith has been stretched well beyond its original purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-grieve/surveillance-legislation-passed-in-good-faith-has-been-stretched-well/)

[Dominic Grieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-grieve/)

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> [God allows us to dace difficulties so that our faith will be stretched and refined. The trials we face provide an excellent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stanley/god-allows-us-to-dace-difficulties-so-that-our-faith-will-be/)

[Charles Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stanley/)

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> [“Growing in faith doesn’t mean that you’ll never wrestle with doubt and faith. If anything, the wrestling and doubt can be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-scott/growing-in-faith-doesn-t-mean-that-you-ll-never-wrestle-with-doubt/)

[Kevin Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/kevin-scott-51024_doubt_growing-in-faith-doesn-t-mean-that-you-l_1322452.jpg)

> [“Within the substandard construction of the Charlevoix church, literally upon a shaky foundation, I was baptized into the Orthodox faith; a faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/within-the-substandard-construction-of-the-charlevoix-church/)

[Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/jeffrey-eugenides-462_christianity_within-the-substandard-construction-of-t_3184614.png)

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