Quotes about Adversity
Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8).
- Lysa TerKeurst
How hard something is often depends on your vantage point.
- Lysa TerKeurst
The devil is viscous, but he's not victorious!
- Lysa TerKeurst
Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). He's not just looking to distract you, or tempt you, or pull you slightly off course. He's looking to devour you.
- Lysa TerKeurst
If I'm in a situation where the temptation is overwhelming, I will have to choose to either remove the temptation or remove myself from the situation.
- Lysa TerKeurst
When things are going wrong, praise Him anyway! Thank Him in advance for the good He will surely bring from all situations (Romans 8:28).
- Lysa TerKeurst
If this now broken relationship was Your best, You wouldn't have kept me from it. And if it is Your best sometime in the future, the enemy won't be able to keep us apart.
- Lysa TerKeurst
One rejection after another did quite a number on my heart. And each new rejection didn't just add hurt; it multiplied the pain that was already there. That accumulation created a dark feeling of hopeless defeat.
- Lysa TerKeurst
Heartbreaking seasons can certainly grow me but were never meant to define me. I let go of the hurt and embrace the growth the minute I'm able to say, "Yet not what I will, but what You will.
- Lysa TerKeurst
I can't control the things that happen to me each day, but I can control how I think about them. I can say to myself, "I have a choice to have destructive thoughts or constructive thoughts right now. I can wallow in what's wrong and make things worse, or I can ask God for a better perspective to help me see good even when I don't feel good.
- Lysa TerKeurst
The enemy may be vicious, but he is not victorious.
- Lysa TerKeurst
I can face things out of my control without acting out of control.
- Lysa TerKeurst