Quotes about Problems

If I were your enemy, I'd disguise myself and manipulate your perspectives so that you'd focus on the wrong culprit—your husband, your friend, your hurt, your finances, anything or anyone except me. Because when you zero in on the most convenient, obvious places to strike back against your problems, you get the impression you're fighting for something. Even though all you're really doing is just . . . fighting. For nothing.

Sometimes in the shadows of one's self lie the problems, and in the shadows of one's shaping lie the answers.

If you focus on your problems or your frustrations, your attitude is going to be negative and defeated. But when you put your focus on God and His promises for your life, your attitude will immediately change.

God has a plan for our deliverance before our problems ever appear. He is not surprised when trouble comes. He is not in Heaven wringing His hands trying to figure out what to do. He's in control. Our part is to focus on Him and His mighty power, worshipping Him and praising Him for the manifestation of His solution and listening for a word of direction from Him.

Victory is not the absence of problems; it is the presence of God's power.

If we simply ask God, He will deliver us from the pain of our past mistakes and create in us a steadfast spirit. But while we do not have to do anything to receive God's deliverance, we can miss out on blessings if we run away from our problems without letting God bring us through them.

At times we feel we are being mean if we confront people who have problems, when in reality "tough love" is what Jesus often used to set people free. Although Jesus had compassion for hurting people, He never merely felt sorry for them.

I wonder how much of our mental time is spent worrying, reasoning, and fearing—possibly more than is spent on anything else. Instead of meditating on our problems, let's choose to meditate on the "alls" of God. He says you can cast "… [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you…" (1 Pet. 5:7). Let us realize how unlimited His power is and trust Him to do what we cannot do.

If we stare at our problems too much, think and talk about them too much, they are likely to defeat us. Glance at your problems but stare at Jesus.

When we keep our eyes on our problems, we feel defeated and discouraged (see Numbers 13:31—32), but when we realize God is bigger than our problems, we can experience victory.

We have nearly lost our capacity to think ihcologicafly about public issues and public problems.

Our view of human problems determines who is qualified to speak to them. If sin is the primary human problem, then those with the theological and practical expertise in dealing with sin — in its varied and complex forms — should lead the way in the field of people-helping. Unless we have an accurate and robust conception of sin, the church will concede much of its work to outside professional and will be ill-equipped to cooperate with them when needed.