Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
–1 Peter 1:6-7 (KJV)–

Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
–1 Peter 4:12-13 (KJV)–

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Sanctified afflictions have, through the grace of God, an immediate and direct tendency to holiness. Through the operation of his Spirit, they humble, more and more, and abase the soul before God.
–John Wesley–

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John Wesley, “Heaviness Through Manifold Temptations.”

Dr. Vinson Synan, ed. Aspects of Pentecostal-Charismatic Origins (Logos, 1975), p. 66.

J. Gilchrist Lawson, Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians (Warner Press, 1911).

Dr. Robert McBain, “How Pentecostals Preach About Depression,” in Salubritas 3 (2024).