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Jul 12, 2023

THE TRUTH ABOUT PATIENCE:

"...it is a truism that patience and endurance are both qualities which cannot be evident or present unless there is something taking place which would naturally cause impatience."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Jun 14, 2022

BEAUTY FROM ASHES:

"Our Assurance as children of the Living God is that He is able to bring beauty from ashes."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Jun 13, 2022

OUR OPPORTUNITY:

"Within the limits of our talents and personalities, with the confines of our circumstances...we are to have an increasing number of opportunities, of finding that 'tribulation worketh patience.'"

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 11, 2019

WE ARE GOD'S ART :

"Something is taking place in us right now, which is as astonishing as the refining of silver, the purifying of gold, the finishing of the final touches on a work of art."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 05, 2019

HEARING THE SYMPHONY: :

"It seems to me that when one thinks of the Bible as a fantastic orchestra of God's truth, some people are in the danger of getting stuck on one note of one instrument and never hearing the balanced whole at all. It would be like listening to someone going over one bar of music endlessly on one instrument and then trying to describe that as the whole symphony."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 04, 2019

OUR OPPORTUNITY:

"Within the limits of our talents and personalities, with the confines of our circumstances...we are to have an increasing number of opportunities, of finding that 'tribulation worketh patience.'"

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 02, 2019

THE TRUTH ABOUT PATIENCE:

"...it is a truism that patience and endurance are both qualities which cannot be evident or present unless there is something taking place which would naturally cause impatience."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Jun 26, 2019

OUR OPPORTUNITY:

"Within the limits of our talents and personalities, with the confines of our circumstances...we are to have an increasing number of opportunities, of finding that "tribulation worketh patience."

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Jun 02, 2019

OUR HISTORY OF PROOF:

"I believe that there is to be an history of fulfilling of proof that the death of Christ was sufficient for every kind of victory needed to make reality complete."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 15, 2018

BEAUTY FROM ASHES:

"Our Assurance as children of the Living God is that He is able to bring beauty from ashes."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 11, 2018

AFFLICTION & AFFLUENCE :

"Although people do not often consider affluence or power an 'affliction,' there is so much temptation connected with wealth and influence..."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 10, 2018

WE ARE GOD'S ART :

"Something is taking place in us right now, which is as astonishing as the refining of silver, the purifying of gold, the finishing of the final touches on a work of art."

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Dec 04, 2018

OUR OPPORTUNITY:

"Within the limits of our talents and personalities, with the confines of our circumstances...we are to have an increasing number of opportunities, of finding that 'tribulation worketh patience.'"

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Sep 30, 2018

OUR HISTORY OF PROOF:

"I believe that there is to be an history of fulfilling of proof that the death of Christ was sufficient for every kind of victory needed to make reality complete."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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May 25, 2018

THIS INNER REFINING:

"There is a very real thing that is going on inside us, a moment-by-moment, daily refining process, comparable to the refining of silver and gold."

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May 19, 2018

CARING CONFLICTS:

"Is there no time for pushing aside others for our own private sorrow? No, there is always a mixture. There is never a time when it is 'convenient' to care for someone else. There is always what could be considered a 'conflict,' and sensitivity as to what to do first is part of the polishing process."

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May 11, 2018

OUR OPPORTUNITY:

"Within the limits of our talents and personalities, with the confines of our circumstances...we are to have an increasing number of opportunities, of finding that "tribulation worketh patience."

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Mar 30, 2018

COMFORT OVERFLOWS:

"Just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Mar 26, 2018

THE BATTLE IS REAL:

"There is no mock battle going on inside us."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Feb 17, 2018

IN THE MIDST OF THE WAVES:

"...patience followed by hope can actually be seen to follow one another in the midst of the waves of tribulation."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Feb 16, 2018

PATIENCE MADE EVIDENT :

"...it is a truism that patience and endurance are both qualities which cannot be evident or present unless there is something taking place which would naturally cause impatience."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Feb 12, 2018

THE PLANT OF PATIENCE:

"Without a rich background of understanding of the gentleness, compassion, kindness, goodness and love of our Heavenly Father, the seed fertilized by tribulation will not begin to send down roots and put up shoots of the 'plant of patience!'"

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Feb 10, 2018

THE SYMPHONY:

"It seems to me that when one thinks of the Bible as a fantastic orchestra of God's truth, some people are in the danger of getting stuck on one note of one instrument and never hearing the balanced whole at all. It would be like listening to someone going over one bar of music endlessly on one instrument and then trying to describe that as the whole symphony."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Feb 06, 2018

A GROWING HISTORY:

"There should be a growing history--like a trail of footsteps behind us in an unbroken field of snow--which will bring to our minds that great reality ...'Great is thy faithfulness'"

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Jan 27, 2018

LIKE PURE SILVER:

"Have you heard that the silver is not pure, not considered ready for use until the silversmith himself can see his face reflected in the liquid silver? What a picture we have been given! (See Ps. 66:10)"

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Jan 21, 2018

BEAUTY FROM ASHES:

"Our Assurance as children of the Living God is that He is able to bring beauty from ashes."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Jan 18, 2018

TAKE THE CHALLENGE:

"Try to make an effort to see whether you could accomplish in one whole day an elimination of thinking of yourself at all. Take it as a challenge, as a work of art, as a project, as a complete production--accomplishing in one whole day the work of concentrating on someone else..."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Jan 16, 2018

FULFILLMENT AHEAD::

"Our today has a reality of meaning beyond our present. The refining and the preparation have a day of fulfillment ahead." ~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Jan 14, 2018

DON'T WASTE HIS MOMENTS:

"Don't let's miss the moments; don't let's waste the brief time when the Master Silversmith bends over us to skim something off that is hindering us."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Jan 09, 2018

THE FATHER OF COMPASSION :

Comments on 2 Cor. 1:2-7): "God has infinitely more compassion that any of us and that He is called, among other names, that describe Him to us, 'The Father of Compassion'"

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Jan 06, 2018

THE LIST OF PATIENCE:

"The list which you discover what patience and endurance are [will differ]. Every list differs from person to person and from day to day, but endurance and patience accompanied by love and kindness, are only learned in some such catalogue of happenings."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Nov 22, 2017

POSITIVE ANSWERS RESOLVING AFFLICTION OR SUFFICIENT GRACE AND STRENGTH THROUGH AFFLICTION?::

"It is wrong to shrug off the possibility that specific and positive answers to prayer are an expected part of the Christian's life, just as it is wrong to dismiss the reality that God's Grace and strength are able to be given with adequate 'sufficiency' to really make it possible to go on despite affliction."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 17, 2016

SCRIPTURE WITH SCHAEFFER: THE FATHER OF COMPASSION (2 Cor. 1:2-7):

"God has infinitely more compassion that any of us and that He is called, among other names, that describe Him to us, 'The Father of Compassion'" [see NIV translation]

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 16, 2016

COMFORT OVERFLOWS:

"Just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 15, 2016

FULFILMENT AHEAD:

"Our today has a reality of meaning beyond our present. The refining and the preparation have a day of fulfilment ahead."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 14, 2016

DON'T WASTE HIS MOMENTS:

"Don't let's miss the moments; don't let's waste the brief time when the Master Silversmith bends over us to skim something off that is hindering us."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 13, 2016

TAKE THE CHALLENGE:

"Try to make an effort to see whether you could accomplish in one whole day an elimination of thinking of yourself at all. Take it as a challenge, as a work of art, as a project, as a complete production--accomplishing in one whole day the work of concentrating on someone else..."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 12, 2016

BEAUTY FROM ASHES:

"Our Assurance as children of the Living God is that He is able to bring beauty from ashes."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 11, 2016

AFFLICTION & AFFLUENCE :

"Although people do not often consider affluence or power an 'affliction,' there is so much temptation connected with wealth and influence..."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 10, 2016

WE ARE GOD'S ART :

"Something is taking place in us right now, which is as astonishing as the refining of silver, the purifying of gold, the finishing of the final touches on a work of art."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 09, 2016

CARING CONFLICTS:

"Is there no time for pushing aside others for our own private sorrow? No, there is always a mixture. There is never a time when it is 'convenient' to care for someone else. There is always what could be considered a 'conflict,' and sensitivity as to what to do first is part of the polishing process."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 08, 2016

YOU'RE BEING REFINED LIKE SILVER (see Mal 3:2-3):

"Have you heard that the silver is not pure, not considered ready for use until the silversmith himself can see his face reflected in the liquid silver? What a picture we have been given!"

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 07, 2016

A VERY REAL THING:

"There is a very real thing that is going on inside us, a moment-by-moment, daily refining process, comparable to the refining of silver and gold."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 06, 2016

OUR OPPORTUNITY:

"Within the limits of our talents and personalities, with the confines of our circumstances...we are to have an increasing number of opportunities, of finding that "tribulation worketh patience."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 05, 2016

SCRIPTURE WITH SCHAEFFER: :

"It seems to me that when one thinks of the Bible as a fantastic orchestra of God's truth, some people are in the danger of getting stuck on one note of one instrument and never hearing the balanced whole at all. It would be like listening to someone going over one bar of music endlessly on one instrument and then trying to describe that as the whole symphony."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 04, 2016

IN THE MIDST OF THE WAVES:

"...patience followed by hope can actually be seen to follow one another in the midst of the waves of tribulation."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 03, 2016

THE BATTLE IS REAL:

"There is no mock battle going on inside us."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 02, 2016

THE LIST OF PATIENCE:

"The list which you discover what patience and endurance are [will differ]. Every list differs from person to person and from day to day, but endurance and patience accompanied by love and kindness, are only learned in some such catalog of happenings."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Dec 01, 2016

THE TRUTH ABOUT PATIENCE:

"...it is a truism that patience and endurance are both qualities which cannot be evident or present unless there is something taking place which would naturally cause impatience."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Nov 30, 2016

THE PLANT OF PATIENCE:

"Without a rich background of understanding of the gentleness, compassion, kindness, goodness and love of our Heavenly Father, the seed fertilized by tribulation will not begin to send down roots and put up shoots of the 'plant of patience!'"

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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Nov 29, 2016

PATIENCE & LIPSTICK:

"Patience cannot be applied like lipstick... and then removed at bedtime."

~ Edith Schaeffer, Affliction


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