Quotes about Endurance

if you want to do something great for God, then get ready to be tested greatly first. You'll be tested greatly so you can be trusted greatly.

Learning to let God help you keep your cool during the little stuff makes it easier to keep your cool when the big things come around.

Your Shepherd didn't just say you're going to the valley. He said you are going through the valley. In other words - you are going to make it.

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up. God sees your resolve. He sees your determination. And when you do everything you can do, that's when God will step in and do what you can't do.

Remember in the midst of your most grievous afflictions that the worst state of a believer is better than the best state of an unbeliever.

We put on God by putting on His armor. Christ Himself wore and made the armor, and the Holy Spirit fits it to us and makes it ours. We must fight through to the end until we hold the field against Satan. Then we must go on the offense, attacking him.

Trees endure the hot sun and rainstorms by sending their roots down deeper. The adversity they face is eventually the source of great stability. The harshness of the elements surrounding them causes them to seek another source of life. They will one day come to the place that even the greatest of windstorms cannot affect their ability to produce fruit.

Lord, in the beginning you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. Even they will perish, but you remain forever. They will wear out like old clothing. You will roll them up like an old coat. They will fade away like old clothing. But you are always the same; you will never grow old. (Hebrews 1:10—12 NLT)

And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. —MATTHEW 24:10—13

A true believer, a disciple, lays down his life completely for the Master. Disciples are steadfast to the end. Converts and onlookers may desire the benefits and blessings, but they lack the endurance to last to the end. Eventually they will fade away.

Trials and testings locate a person. In other words, they determine your spiritual position. They reveal the true condition of your heart.