“After conversion we need bruising to let us see that we live by mercy.” Richard Sibbes
“The place of suffering in service and of passion in mission is hardly ever taught today. But the greatest single secret of evangelism or missionary effectiveness is the willingness to suffer and die. It may be a death to popularity (by faithfully preaching the unpopular biblical gospel), or to pride (by the use of modest methods in reliance on the Holy Spirit), or to racial and national prejudice (by identification with another culture), or to material comfort (by adopting a simple lifestyle). But the servant must suffer if he is to bring light to the nations, and the seed must die if it is to multiply.” John R W Stott
“Suffering and martyrdom have to be seen as part of God’s plan; they are his instruments by which he achieves his purposes in history and by which he will accomplish his final purpose with man.” Josif Ton
“The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation” Edwin Hubbell Chapin
