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To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
–Isaiah 61:3 (KJV)–

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), pp. 215-226. Lorenzo Dow was an early Methodist evangelist who had many dreams and visions from God, including a Hell dream that came after agonizing prayer, and compelled him into Methodist circuit preaching. He preached hard and heavy against sin like Leonard Ravenhill did, was opposed and criticized heavily by Methodist leaders for preaching so hard against sin; and his meetings were often marked by outpourings of the Holy Spirit that made his scoffers go into Quaker jerks to punish them for their blasphemy.

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

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple…Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
–Isaiah 6:1, 8 (NIV)–

As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
–Acts 9:3-6 (NIV)–

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WesleyGospel, “The Supernatural Call to Preach.”

—. “Refuting Anti-Supernatural Doctrines About Calling.”

Leonard Ravenhill, Revival God’s Way (Bethany House Publishers, 1983).

See to it that no one takes you captive
through hollow and deceptive philosophy,
which depends on human tradition
and the elemental spiritual forces
of this world rather than on Christ.
–Colossians 2:8 (NIV)–

Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labor in vain.
–Psalm 127:1 (NIV)–

There is a way that appears to be right,
but in the end it leads to death.
–Proverbs 14:12 (NIV)–

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William Gouge, Building a Godly Home, vol. 1 (RHB, 2013).

Elijah mocked them.
–1 Kings 18:27 (ESV)–

You blind guides, straining out
a gnat and swallowing a camel!
–Matthew 23:24 (ESV)–

I wish those who unsettle you
would emasculate themselves!
–Galatians 5:12 (ESV)–

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Jehoram’s intestinal breakdown could have come from being stabbed in the gut by a sword and developing ischemic colitis. Although it could also be caused by dysentery or food poisoning.

Dante, The Divine Comedy, Volume 1: Inferno (Penguin, 2003), pp. 280-285.