Quotes about Pursuing
Here is the mistake so many of us make: we start out pursuing a passion and end up settling for a paycheck. So instead of making a life, all we do is make a living. And our deep-seated passions get buried beneath our day-to-day responsibilities.
— Mark Batterson
During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
— Genesis 14:15
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
— Judges 8:5
He is never in the maintenance mode, coasting or drifting. He is sending, pursuing, searching, saving. That's the meaning of Advent.
— John Piper
So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
— Joshua 2:7
because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
— 1 Samuel 30:10
Let Him tell you you're worth wanting, loving, even liking, pursuing, fighting for, and, yes, beloved, keeping.
— Beth Moore
And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
— 1 Kings 22:33
It's not the having, it's the getting.
— Charles Spurgeon
And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
— 2 Chronicles 18:32
Either he [Baal] is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
— Anonymous
Instead of rushing foolishly into a marriage because of impatience or one day looking back at our season of singleness with regret, let's commit to using our singleness to its fullest potential. Singleness is a gift. Let's rejoice in it and enjoy its opportunities today. Let's practice trusting God by pursuing His kingdom and His righteousness with all our hearts and by leaving the planning to Him.
— Joshua Harris