Quotes about Resilience

GIVE UP THE ILLUSION that you deserve a problem-free life.

While I may not take away every hurt, I will always give you what you need to live joyfully—in spite of the hurts. Just ask.

It is through problems and failure, weakness and neediness that you learn to rely on Me.

When you encounter trouble of any kind, reach into your arsenal of prayers and speak one or more of them boldly. The enemy will retreat, and I will draw near.

Rehearsing your troubles results in experiencing them many times, whereas you are meant to go through them only when they actually occur.

Be careful not to complain about anything, even the weather, since I am the Author of your circumstances. The best way to handle unwanted situations is to thank Me for them. This act of faith frees you from resentment and frees Me to work My ways into the situation, so that good emerges from it. To

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Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. —JAMES 1:4 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

I look for persistence—rather than perfection—in your walk with Me. P

spiritual blessings come wrapped in trials.

1. Ever have one of those days when everything seems to be off kilter? How do you let those days affect you? 2. Today's reading gives us insight into how a difficult day might shape our outlook: "your tendency upon awakening is to assess the difficulties ahead of you, measuring them against your average strength. This is an exercise in unreality." Why do you think it does no good to imagine how we might overcome the difficulties of the day before we even know what they are?