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The Bible says:
Do you love the Lord with all your heart? Are you trusting him with all your heart? Are you seeking him with all your heart? Sometimes only the burning effect of a vision will keep you from losing your way, or getting swollowed up by temporal things that make no difference in the light of eternity.
Dentist chairs are designed to hold a person in position so they do not move too much in spite of pain or discomfort, so the Dentist can do his job and cause as little pain as possible. This temporary pain, leads the end of the long-term pain of toothache or worse infected, absessed gums. The question is can you maintain a position of faith even when it means being exposed to temporary pain and pressure for the long-term goal of eternal life.
Consistant prayer and Bible reading are like the Dentist's chair, they hold you in place so God can operate effectively and as painlessly as possible in your life, when you might otherwise be tempted to give up, or step out of His will. Maybe you think that if you don't risk again, you can't be hurt again. But that also means you can't be fruitful again!
For women giving birth is often the ultimate pain, they don't call it LABOUR for nothing - God said it would be painful:
Notice at the end of the Labour and intense pain, God says he will restore the relationship between the husband and wife by restoring her desire for her husband. There is no cure for past pain like present desire, even the secular world has picked up on this one - the secular world teaches the quickest way to get over one man is to get under another. I agree with that when the "another" they are talking about is Jesus and coming "under" his authority. He is the healer of the broken-hearted. So whether you are exhausted from your victory's or discouraged by your defeats, allow God to draw you back to Himself. Let Him rekindle within you a desire to do His will, and walk with Him the path He has set before you.