Quotes about Adversity

Victory always assumes a counterpart defeat. We will never take our places as "more than overcomers" with nothing to overcome. We will never be victors without opponents.

We may as well accept faith challenges as a fact of life and not be shocked or feel picked on when they come.

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the LORD's wrath, until he pleads my case and establishes my right. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness. (Mic. 7:8—9)

Perhaps the most profound miracle of all is living through something we thought would kill us.

If God has allowed something difficult to happen to one of his children, he plans to use it mightily, if the child lets him.

We will never take our places as "more than overcomers" with nothing to overcome. We will never be victors without opponents.

Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat. But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. Luke 22:31—32

My foes will rejoice because I am shaken. But I have trusted in Your faithful love; my heart will rejoice in Your deliverance. Psalm 13:4—5

The thing about life is that, for most folks, it hurts from the start.

When we live under the umbrella of God's authority and seek to obey His commands, the enemy may oppose us and even oppress us, but he cannot thwart the fulfillment of God's plan for our lives.

Refuse to let your enemy pluck away the seeds God has planted. Let these truths take root, and cultivate them with belief.

Opposition is anything that opposes (1) us, (2) the work God desires to do in us, and (3) the work God desires to do through us.