[In reference to Col. 1:10-12]:
...Live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father.
"When you are under any great hardship, live so that others may see such a Scripture made good in you."
- Jeremiah Burroughs, from his book The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment