Much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray. We do not drift into spiritual life; we do not drift into disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray. That means we must self-consciousl y set aside time to do nothing but pray.
D. A. CarsonThere is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering.
D. A. CarsonTo God on whom we rely knows what suffering is all about- not merely in the way that God knows everything, but by experience.
D. A. Carson