Quotes about Triumph

Jesus Christ's life was an absolute failure from every standpoint but God's. But what seemed failure from man's standpoint was a tremendous triumph from God's, because God's purpose is never man's purpose.

Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ . . . ." 2 Corinthians 2:14

be. Paul said this is the reason that "in all these things we are more than conquerors." We are super-victors with a joy that comes from experiencing the very things which look as if they are going to overwhelm us.

We are super-victors with a joy that comes from experiencing the very things which look as if they are going to overwhelm us.

be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" (16:33). Unyielding spiritual fortitude is what we need.

There is no defeat in the cross. Only triumph is to be found there.

So your trials are not a sign that God has forgotten you or is being unfaithful to his promises. Rather, they stand as a reminder that he is committed to his grace and will not forsake it—it will complete its work.

At times there is a crushing before a crowning.

Often your greatest battles come before your greatest blessings.

I learned that if the battle is great, the blessing will be greater!

Christians today have more in common with the Israelites wandering through a lonely and threatening desert or exiled to a hostile land than with Paul and most other New Testament writers. The Old Testament doesn't speak in the booming voice of imminent triumph. It speaks of generation after generation of the faithful and not so faithful, of successes and failures, of God's presence and God's absence.

Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.