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# "Trials of Life 3": Our Heavenly Father knows us and our circumstances and even what faces us in the future. His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior, has suffered and paid for our sins and those of all the people we will ever meet. He has perfect understanding of the feelings, the suffering, the trials, and the needs of every individual. ([https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1996/10/witnesses-for-god?lang=eng&country=mx Henry B Eyring 1996]) | # "Trials of Life 3": Our Heavenly Father knows us and our circumstances and even what faces us in the future. His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior, has suffered and paid for our sins and those of all the people we will ever meet. He has perfect understanding of the feelings, the suffering, the trials, and the needs of every individual. ([https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1996/10/witnesses-for-god?lang=eng&country=mx Henry B Eyring 1996]) | ||
# "Trials of Life 4": The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it. (Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)) | # "Trials of Life 4": The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it. (Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)) | ||
# "Learning from Trials of Life": If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life. (Hudson Taylor) | |||
# "Learning from Trials of Life 2": We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ward_Beecher Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)] - an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, and his emphasis on God's love. | |||
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