I earnestly entreat all sick believers to remember that they may honour God as much by patient suffering as they can by active work. It often shows more grace to sit still than it does to go to and fro, and perform great exploits. I entreat them to remember that Christ cares for them as […]
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28, ESV) And thus Christian exhortations to endure suffering are of this sort: Whether we suffer poverty, exile, imprisonment, contempt, sickness, childlessness, or any such thing, let us remember that
The law of the Lord is the best and most suitable instruction for the proper ordering of our lives. Nevertheless, it seemed good to our heavenly teacher to conform us by an even more precise rule than what’s given in the precepts of the law. This is the sum of that rule: It is the
Don’t believe everything you hear. Don’t speak everything you know. Don’t do everything you can. — Martin Luther Quoted in Luther on Leadership by Stephen J. Nichols, p. 65.
