Faith untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trials. Faith never prospers so well as when all things are against her: tempests are her trainers, and lightnings are her illuminators.

Spurgeon, C. H. (2006). Morning and evening: Daily readings (Complete and unabridged; New modern edition.). Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers.

On this day...

• The day will come when lost man will no longer be loved by God Almighty - 2015
• the hatred of the Holy Ghost all that is not in keeping with God's holiness - 2014
• the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses me from all sin so that God Almighty can see nothing to censure in me - 2014
• the impartation of His absolute perfection - 2014
• thank God for what grace you have; praise him for that degree of holy confidence whereunto you have attained - 2014
• Faith increases in solidity, assurance, and intensity, the more it is exercised with tribulation - 2014
• Christians are the physical organism through which Christ acts. We are His fingers and muscles, the cells of His body. - 2011
• I don't care how you have back-slidden and wandered; if you really want to come back, God will hear your prayer, and answer. - 2011
• If you call on God for deliverance and for victory over sin and every evil, God isn't going to turn a deaf ear to your call. - 2011
• You certainly cannot bring forth fruit to the honor and glory of God until you get self-control. - 2011