Quotes About Perseverance

Great opportunities disguise themselves as small tasks.

When you decide to live a totally surrendered life, that decision will be tested. Sometimes it will mean doing inconvenient, unpopular, costly, or seemingly impossible tasks. It will often mean doing the opposite of what you feel like doing.

Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for him.

James says, "Blessed are those who endure when they are tested. When they pass the test, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." 4

El grado de adoración más profundo implica alabar a Dios a pesar del dolor: agradecerle a Dios durante una prueba, confiar en él durante la tentación, aceptar el sufrimiento y amarlo aunque parezca distante.

Willpower works for a few weeks, or maybe a month or two at best.

Para madurar nuestra amistad, Dios la pondrá a prueba con periodos de aparente separación: momentos en que sentiremos que nos abandonó o nos olvidó.

Don't be envious of the runner in the lane next to you; just focus on finishing your race.

Solid, stable churches are not built in a day. When God wants to make a mushroom he takes six hours. When God wants to build an oak tree he takes sixty years. Do you want your church to be a mushroom or an oak tree?

Estoy orgulloso de ti por intentarlo, y voy a estar ayudándote. Te daré el poder que necesitas si pasas tiempo conmigo leyendo mi Palabra cada día, si dependes de mi Espíritu que está en tu interior cada momento, y si confías en que yo usaré cada circunstancia de tu vida para tu propio bien y crecimiento».

The same is true when it comes to getting healthy. You look in the mirror and believe that, with God's help, you'll get healthy even though the person staring back at you is exhausted, stressed, out of shape, or overweight.

your own. You have probably tried to change many times and have failed to maintain the changes.

Hope is as essential to your life as air and water. You need hope to cope.

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance" (1 Corinthians 13:7 NLT). It is love — not fear, not guilt, and not peer pressure — that causes us to keep going when we feel like giving up.

Every time you forget that character is one of God's purposes for your life, you will become frustrated by your circumstances. You'll wonder, "Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time?" One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult!

The Bible says, "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance

love is the only thing that can change the unchangeable.

God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out."49

God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.

It is not always convenient or comfortable, and sometimes worship is a sheer act of the will--a willing sacrifice.

You forgot something: evil never wins in the Magic Kingdom.

The wise camel is not swayed by desert mirages; instead, it trudges on, in search for true water.

Noble aspirations disperse fast under the pressures of reality . p208(hardcover)

Most of my life has been spent not understanding, and I can assure you, it was not easy.