Quotes about Perseverance

Be still and allow God to be hallowed in your life. For the Tough Times

But God will use this mess for good. In the meantime don't be foolish or naive. But don't despair either. With God's help you will get through this.

Joseph's story just parted company with the volumes of self-help books and all the secret-to-success formulas that direct the struggler to an inner power (dig deeper). Joseph's story points elsewhere (look higher).

You grow weary of unrest. You're ready to be done with sleepless nights. You long to be "anxious for nothing." You long for the fruit of the Spirit. But how do you bear this fruit? Try harder? No, hang tighter. Our assignment is not fruitfulness but faithfulness. The secret to fruit bearing and anxiety-free living is less about doing and more about abiding.

But only one with a gut full of faith can live a sermon on a mountain of pain.

Death, failure, betrayal, sickness, disappointment—they cannot take our joy, because they cannot take our Jesus.

Good days. Bad days. God is in all days.

Lift up your eyes. Don't get lost in your troubles. Dare to believe that good things will happen. Dare to believe that God was speaking to you when he said, "In everything God works for the good of those who love him" (Rom. 8:28 NCV).

You'll never know that Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.

And now without your boat you think you will sink. You're correct. You will, for a while. Waves will sweep over you. Fear will suck you under like a Pacific riptide. But take heart, says Paul. Take heart, says Christ: "In this world you will have trouble, but be brave! I have defeated the world" (John 16:33 NCV).

Don't see your struggle as an interruption to life but as preparation for life. No one said the road would be easy or painless. But God will use your mess for something good. "This trouble you're in isn't punishment; it's training, the normal experience of children. . . . God is doing what is best for us, training us to live God's holy best" (Hebrews 12:8, 10 MSG).

In the end it's not the flashy and flamboyant who survive. It is those with steady hands and sober minds.