Quotes about Struggle

Nothing will encourage someone who is struggling more than your willingness to stand beside them and help sort it out with the wisdom God has given you.

Even when we are confused and struggle, if we will only stay in the conversation with God, He will take us where we need to go.

When do we most need peace? That becomes the cry of our heart when our life is in turmoil and battles are being waged against us. It is God who gives us a peace that passes all human understanding.

Christianity doesn't answer all my questions or make me comfortable and happy. What it does do is give me a context for living.

The nobility of what humans could be capable of, if only they weren't human.

I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.

The Gospel of liberation is bad news to all oppressors because they have defined their "freedom" in terms of slavery of others.

And yet the Christian gospel is more than a transcendent reality, more than "going to heaven when I die, to shout salvation as I fly." It is also an immanent reality—a powerful liberating presence among the poor right now in their midst, "building them up where they are torn down and propping them up on every leaning side." The gospel is found wherever poor people struggle for justice, fighting for their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Unlike Europeans who immigrated to this land to escape from tyranny, Africans came in chains to serve a nation of tyrants.

If Jesus encountered demons and evil spirits during his lifetime his followers likewise may face them.

God brings tests into your life because your faith in Him--your belief that He is in control and that He is good--can be proved only in times when life is hard.

Satan mounts his mutiny against God through a deceitful stronghold: God is untrustworthy. In subtle and not-so-subtle ways, he places God's heart on trial by whispering insidious lies: "God is holding back on you. He wants you to jump through hoops in order to earn His love. He's stingy. He doesn't have your best interest in mind. You're better off trusting in yourself. Your resources and functional saviors work better then waiting and trusting in Him.