Quotes About Struggle

The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.

He had the theological dexterity of a gymnast, but he lived like a relational paraplegic.

That evening in the grocery store parking lot, my problem was not just that I didn't love my family as I should. My problem was that I didn't love God as I should.

We don't just struggle with want; we struggle with blessing as well.

Because of the coexistence of sin and grace, we all shift between denying and affirming our humanity.

Sin affects us in six basic ways.

Ultimately, my real problem is a worship disorder.

Brian and Kara look a lot like us. Like them, we forget that it is in the little moments that spiritual battles are lost and won.

The power of self-interest is still present in the believer

Our template or road map is Ephesians 4. As you read it, ask yourself what it says about (1) the struggle of self-interest and (2) God's agenda for our relationships. This passage will be the grid you can use to look at the issues of relationship we address in this book.

This chapter invites you to consider the life-changing help you can find in the person and promises of the Lord Jesus Christ for your struggle with words.

I'm not happy with the way I talk to my children. I try to say the right thing, but I always end up blowing it.

The Bible describes the Christian life as a journey that often takes us through the wilderness. You will get tired and confused. You will have moments when you wonder where God is.

The rest of this book is about hard work, but it is the best work you will ever do. If

While the control of sin has been broken, the sin that remains in us still puts up a real fight.

Or do you move into conflict with a God-centered perspective?

frustrated relationship

Knowledge of doctrine is not the same as Christian maturity and victory over sin.

Understand that conflict is one way God works in our lives

This side of heaven, relationships and ministry are always shaped in the forge of struggle.

Name the problem.

But on the other, Kurt had left her feeling betrayed. She didn't think she would ever get over it. She wondered whether relationships were worth the risk of this kind of pain.

mess. This side of heaven, relationships and ministry are always shaped in the forge of struggle. None of us get to relate to perfect people or avoid the effects of the fall on the work we attempt to do. Yet, amid the mess, we find the highest joys of relationship and ministry.

As J. C. Ryle said, "A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within." 5 We are united to Christ for a purpose: "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight" (Eph. 1:4). Our new life in Christ is just that: new life. A glorious fight against the world, the flesh, and the devil is at its heart and one of the clearest signs of our union with him.