Quotes about Overcoming

Perhaps the most profound miracle of all is living through something we thought would kill us.

Refuse to let your enemy pluck away the seeds God has planted. Let these truths take root, and cultivate them with belief.

Fear is the very factor that keeps many of us from fleshing out the biblical reality that we can "do all things through Christ" (Phil 4:13). We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us, but frankly we won't if we're too afraid to try.

Lord, I have too long given the devil a foothold. (Eph. 4:27) Please help me to stop offering him so many opportunities to bring defeat into my life. Your plan for me is victory.

With You I can attack a barrier, and with my God I can leap over a wall. Psalm 18:29

No, we are not "of" the darkness. But sometimes we "feel" the darkness.

I don't believe that rejection, in and of itself, is a stronghold. It's our reaction to rejection that determines whether or not we become bound by it.

I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we'll face. And we all face some adversity - we're all living some form of Option B.

If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.

Nobody knew I was done. Nobody cared. But I knew. I felt like a dragon I'd been fighting all my life had just dropped dead at my feet and gasped out its last sulfuric breath. Rest in peace, motherfucker.

The payoff for a life of adversity is freedom.

Are you paralyzed with fear? That's a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.