Quotes about Resolve

This is the path toward change. We are called to take it and not wait passively while our minds are drawn away with all kinds of passions that wage war against our souls (1 Peter 2:11). It is when we focus our minds on the glory of Christ that we are transformed from one degree of glory to another (2 Corinthians 3:18). Take this moment to resolve that you will be intentional about what your mind considers. It will dwell on something, and what it dwells on, it becomes like.

Delighting in God was not a mere preference or option in life; it was our joyful duty and should be the single passion of our lives. Therefore to resolve to maximize his happiness in God was to resolve to show him more glorious than all other sources of happiness. Seeking happiness in God and glorifying God were the same.

We must train our people that it is not irreverent to see difficulties in the biblical text and to think hard about how they can be resolved.

It is not a bad thing to desire our own good. In fact, the great problem of human beings is that they are far too easily pleased. They don't seek pleasure with nearly the resolve and passion that they should. And so they settle for mud pies of appetite instead of infinite delight.

The first time the temptation comes, meet it in such a decided manner that it will never be repeated!

When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.

We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.

I am a hard worker who looks to give everything.

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.

Because I am your constant Companion, there should be a lightness to your step that is observable to others. Do not be weighed down with problems and unresolved issues, for I am your burden-bearer. In the world you have trials and distress, but don't let them get you down. I have conquered the world and deprived it of power to harm you. In Me you may have confident Peace.

Sometimes in our zeal to "apply" a text, we fail to read the text in its context. And more often than we may all care to admit, our frustrations over how to apply a text can be completely resolved with a more accurate interpretation.

We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.