Dependent Quote by Joyce Meyer

God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.

— Charles R. Swindoll

Suffering can serve us. Suffering tests our trust in God's promises. And we have a great interest in knowing the truth about our trust…

— Mark Dever

Indeed, there is nothing like suffering to remind us how much we need God. What good news that His purpose and plan for our…

— Tullian Tchividjian

I don't know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer. Every living thing tends toward the good or we would…

— Al Jarreau

Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.

— Joni Eareckson Tada

God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him more.

— Joni Eareckson Tada

There's nothing like suffering to remind us how not in control we actually are, how little power we ultimately have, and how much we…

— Tullian Tchividjian

“God knows suffering, not because he created it, but because He experiences it with us. ... It is also true that although God knows…

— Nancy Rue

God is with us, not beyond us, in suffering.

— Christian Wiman

“Suffering often draws us closer to God. Instead of being a sign of God's punishment or distance, suffering can purify us, lead us into…

— Allen R. Hunt

Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.

— Timothy Keller

I know that God is not going to willfully hurt us. Why there is suffering is the business of the Lord, but He never…

— Martin Luther King, Jr