Quotes about Perseverance

Patience includes perseverance—the ability to bear up under weariness, strain, and persecution when doing the work of the Lord.

The word joy has all but disappeared from our current Christian vocabulary. One of the reasons is that we have thought that joy and happiness were found in comfort, ease, and luxury. James did not say, "Count it all joy when you fall into an easy chair," but he said, "Count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations" (James 1:2).

One of the devil's methods is to attack everyone . . . He knows that the Word of God is powerful, and he will try to keep you from it.

Some of the most heart-breaking letters I receive are from people who tell how alcohol or drugs have ravaged their lives and destroyed their families.

Success stories may be great motivational material for sales seminars, but we are not always successful.

Our job in life is not to be successful, but to be faithful.

This age is interested in success, not suffering … Our Lord was ridiculed, insulted, persecuted, and eventually killed. In the face of opposition, He went about "doing good.

Thank God for whatever measure of religious freedom you enjoy—and pray today for those suffering for their faith in Christ.

You need to make the right decision—firmly and decisively—and then stick with it with God's help.

Many a life has come forth from the furnace of affliction more beautiful and more useful than before.

Becoming "new" in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn't the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions.

The Bible can stand the onslaught of any enemy.