Quotes about Challenges

The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.

The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than the problems of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.

God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.

Pieces don't fit. Wine runs out. Water bottles burst. These are facts of life. But Jesus responds with this invitation: "Bring your problems to me.

Wilderness begins with disconnections. It continues with deceit

First thought of the morning, last worry of the night—your Goliath dominates your day and infiltrates your joy.

Create a trophy room in your heart. Each time you experience a victory, place a memory on the shelf. Before you face a challenge, take a quick tour of God's accomplishments. Look at all the paychecks he has provided, all the blessings he has given, all the prayers he had answered. Imitate the shepherd boy David. Before he fought Goliath, the giant, he remembered how God had helped him kill a lion and a bear (1 Samuel 17:34-36). He faced his future by revisiting the past.

Pits have no easy exits.

In Matthew 24:8, Jesus called these challenges birth pangs. Birth pangs must occur before a new birth. During this time the mother keeps focused on the end result, the moment she gets to hold that beautiful baby in her arms. She knows birth pangs don't last forever and they signal a new beginning in her life. Calamities and catastrophes are the earthly pains that must occur before the birth of the new world. Hold on. Grit your teeth. The next push could be the last.

Out of the lions' den for Daniel, the prison for Peter, the whale's belly for Jonah, Goliath's shadow for David the storm for the disciples, disease for the lepers, doubt for Thomas, the grave for Lazarus, and the shackles for Paul. God gets us through stuff.