Quotes About Challenges

I have become more deeply aware of the enormous problems that face our world today, and the dangerous trends which seem to be leading our world to the brink of Armageddon.

We live in a hostile world that constantly seeks to pull us away from God.

We don't deliberately look for trouble in life. It comes. Suffering is a universal fact; no one can escape its claws.

Though we have less to worry about than previous generations, we have more worry. Though we have it easier than our forefathers, we have more uneasiness. Though we have less real cause for anxiety than our predecessors, we are inwardly more anxious.

Parenting is the most important responsibility most of us will ever face, and none of us does it perfectly.

Every stage of life has its own temptations and dangers, and Satan will do all he can to exploit them . . .the time to prepare is now, not when it arrives.

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles.

God called me many years ago to be an evangelist, and I have never regretted His leading. I love the crusades, meeting people from every country and culture all over the world. My life has been blessed by friends from every land, and challenges from every corner.

Following Christ has been made too easy. It is easy to follow Him when our world is safe and comfortable . . .but when that world shatters, only a secure faith will sustain us.

All the nations that make up the world are burdened down with riches or poverty, obesity or malnutrition, success or failure.

Persecution may wear an insulting face. Insults may come as a result of a Christian's lifestyle, which should be different from that of the secular world.

Our popular music talks constantly about love, and yet divorce rates skyrocket.

Christianity is not an insurance policy against life's ills and troubles.

Success stories may be great motivational material for sales seminars, but we are not always successful.

It is a tragic fact that the vast majority of Christians today are living a sub-normal Christian life.

The journey God has set before us isn't a freeway; we are constantly encountering forks and junctions and crossroads. Which way will we go when we meet them? Life is filled with decisions, and we can't avoid them.

The broken home has become the number one social problem of America, and could ultimately lead to the destruction of our civilization . . . it does not make screaming headlines; but, like termites, it is eating away at the heart and core of the American structure.

It's tough to be a Christian in our world. We need to be willing to take on Jesus' unpopularity and the scorn that is often heaped on Him.

Don't rebel, but give God the opportunity to change your life and help you over the problems of youth, for they are many.

Do young people have the moral stamina to carry through in case of economic depression? . . . The real tests of the [younger] generations have not yet come, but they are on their way!

Confrontation is the special business of young people. They confront their parents, peers, society, law enforcement officers, and themselves, but primarily they confront God.

Becoming "new" in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn't the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions.

Statistics indicate that the church is rapidly losing in the population explosion. There are fewer Christians per capita every day.