Quotes about Perseverance

Whatever dark tunnel we may be called upon to travel through, God has been there.

Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.

His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish.

When stormy winds against us break stablish and reinforce our will; O hear us for Thine own Name's sake, hold us in strength, and hold us still. Still as the faithful mountains stand, through the long, silent years of stress; so would we wait at Thy right hand in quietness and steadfastness.

In times of deepest suffering it is the faithful carrying out of ordinary duties that brings the greatest consolation.

Everyone who was in on our plan was again thrilled by the news. To some of us the most significant thing was not the information gained but the fact that after so much fruitless searching we had located the first group of Aucas and then in a couple of weeks had stumbled over the other group. It seemed to mean that now was the Lord's time to do something about them. Again we agreed to pray about the matter and compare notes further, after the whole episode had a chance to sink in.

Some day, even you will see that there's sense in this. Your suffering is never for nothing.

He has promised that our suffering will one day turn into glory if we'll respond to it in faith and obedience.

Many deaths must go into us reaching that measure, many letting go's.

The ways of the world exalt themselves against God. They sometimes look rational and appealing to the most ernest disciple but Christ says to us then what He said to His disciples long ago, when many of them had given u pin disgust, Do you also want to leave me? If we answer as PEter did, Lord to whom else shall we go? Your words are words of eternal life, our rebel thoughts are captured once more. The way of holiness is again visible.

When our plans are interrupted, His are not. God's plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always - including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable - toward the goal of true maturity.

A missionary plods through the first year or two, thinking that things will be different when he speaks the language. He is baffled to find, frequently, that they are not.