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(Thomas Watson)
Affliction is a bitter root--but it bears sweet fruit!
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God's afflicting rod is a pencil to draw Christ's image more distinctly upon us.
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Affliction is God's flail to thresh off the husks--not to consume the precious grain.
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Fiery trials make golden Christians!
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God only threshes the precious wheat--but He burns the useless chaff.
He chastens the righteous--but He condemns the wicked.
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The godly have some good in them--therefore the devil afflicts them;
and some evil in them--therefore God afflicts them.
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Afflictions are sharp arrows--but are shot from the bow of a loving Father!
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For one affliction--we have ten thousand mercies!
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"Before I was afflicted I went astray--but now I keep Your word!" Psalm 119:67
"It is good for me that I have been afflicted--that I may learn Your statutes!" Psalm 119:71
"I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right--and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me!" Psalm 119:75
"No chastening seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it!" Hebrews 12:11
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