Quotes About Struggle

Romans 6 - Our flesh is the instrument that Satan works through. When we say no to the flesh, we say no to the devil.

It is not that we don't have faith it is just that Satan is trying to destroy our faith with lies.

If you only do what is easy, you will always remain weak.

Grace is the power of the Holy Spirit coming to us free of charge to enable you to do with ease what you could never do on your own with any amount of struggle and effort.

You can have Jesus in your spirit and have an outrageous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called, it's called religion.

Sometimes new opportunity means new opposition. Not everything God asks us to do will be comfortable.

T]he Christian is unable to sin and not care ... They may sin, but they cannot do so comfortably and continually. They are very much aware of their wrong actions, and they are very miserable.

You can have Jesus in your spirit and have an outrageous mess in your soul.

frustration, complication and misery are available in abundance, but so is God's grace.

Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it.

The mind is the battlefield.

You may have some major strongholds in your life that need to be broken. Let me encourage you by saying, "God is on your side." There is a war going on, and your mind is the battlefield. But the good news is that God is fighting on your side.

As we look then at these two powerful tools of the enemy, we see that doubt causes a person to waver between two opinions, whereas unbelief leads to disobedience. I

The mind is often an area where people play around with sin.

Are we dealing with doubt or with unbelief? D

Some people seem to start their day on the "wrong foot." They feel all right when they wake up, but as soon as something goes wrong, they lose their footing and walk with a "loser's limp" the rest of the day. Once they are off to a bad start, it seems they never catch up.

Proverbs 24:16,…a righteous man falls seven times and rises again.… God

You don't have to struggle to change yourself because you are changed by the grace (undeserved favor and power) of God.

It's been my experience that most people aren't truly happy until they've had many reasons to be sad. I believe this is because it takes all of those bad days and hardships to teach us how to truly appreciate what we have. It builds our resilience."2

For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere. —EPHESIANS 6:12

our warfare is not with other human beings but with the devil and his demons.

We fight many battles, but probably the greatest battle we fight is the one with ourselves.

By the power of His blood, come against all evil spirits that hinder godly thoughts. If you feel your mind is sluggish, lazy, and unable to believe, then speak against "mind-binding spirits." Pray this way not just one time but any time you experience difficulty in this area. The devil never runs out of fiery darts to throw against us when we are trying to go forward.

Sunt dou? feluri de durere: durerea de a merge mai departe, sau durerea de a r?mâne acolo unde suntem.