After ye were illuminated, ye
endured a great fight of afflictions.
Heb 10:32 (KJV)
Our boldness for God before the world must always be the result of
individual dealing with God in secret. Our victories over self, and sin, and
the world, are always first fought were no eye sees but God’s. . . . If we have
not these secret conflicts, well may we not have any open ones. The outward absence
of conflict betrays the inward sleep of the soul. –F. Whitefield
