The root of the word persevere is the word severe. We must face the fact that en-route to victory our trials may get severe. Likewise, it is with severe faith—severe or extreme steadfastness—that we inherit the promises of God (see Hebrews 10:36). James tells us: “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing” (James 1:24)
Adversity
David Wilkerson
It doesn’t matter what your problem is or how confusing the maze you’re navigating at present. If you will wait faithfully on Jesus, he will give you wisdom, knowledge and grace sufficient for your trial. He has always made a way for those who trust in him fully.
Sadhu Sundar Singh
Peter Marshall
God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.
Vaneetha Risner
I’m still in the middle of my story. And so are you. While none of us know the joys and trials we have yet to encounter, we do know that Jesus will be with us through them.
Banning Liebscher
When the world is shaking around us, we have to remember that peace is our inheritance.
Jack Frost
Have you received the difficult people whom God has placed in your life as an instrument of blessing? If you do not value, honor, and respect them, then you may be treating them like a curse, thus inheriting a curse! When we receive them as a blessing to help us find out what we are full of, then God can take every negative relationship and use it to bring us into spiritual maturity.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Hope itself is like a star – not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.
Charles R Swindoll
Deep contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] – even in the midst of trial.
David Wilkerson
Worshippers aren’t made when they see the enemy on the run, put to flight. The truth is, worshippers of God are made during dark, stormy nights. And how we respond to our storms determines just what kind of worshippers we are.