Quotes by Adversity Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the promises of God and cling to them despite the adversity that at times seeks to overwhelms us. Jerry Bridges adversitysoulpromise Extraordinary individuals take one step back and two steps forward with most every challenge-and sometimes two steps back to one step forward. They harvest useful lessons and knowledge from what doesn't work, and they display a remarkable resiliency; and ability to bounce back from adversity. Jerry I. Porras adversitysuccesstwo In order to trust God, we must always view our adverse circumstances through the eyes of faith, not of sense. And just as the faith of salvation comes through hearing the message of the gospel (Romans 10:17), so the faith to trust God in adversity comes through the Word of God alone. It is only in the Scriptures that we find an adequate view of God's relationship to and involvement in our painful circumstances. It is only from the Scriptures, applied to our hearts by the Holy Spirit, that we receive the grace to trust God in adversity. Jerry Bridges adversityeyeheart When you forget to take the sail at all, then the wind is constantly in your favour both ways. But there! this world is only a probation, and man was born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. Jerome K. Jerome adversitywindmen If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe God will allow nothing to subvert His glory so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us. Jerry Bridges adversitywork-outbelieve God in His infinite wisdom knows exactly what adversity we need to grow more and more into the likeness of His Son. He not only knows what we need but when we need it and how best to bring it to pass in out lives. He is the perfect teacher or coach. His discipline is always exactly suited for our needs. He never overtrains by allowing too much adversity into our lives. Jerry Bridges adversityteacherson I realize anew that, just as we must learn to obey God one choice at a time, we must also learn to trust God one circumstance at a time. Trusting God is not a matter of my feelings but of my will. I never feel like trusting God when adversity strikes, but I can choose to do so even when I don’t feel like it. That act of the will, though, must be based on belief, and belief must be based on truth. Jerry Bridges adversitychoicesfeelings To derive the fullest comfort and encouragement from Romans 8:28 we must realize that God is at work in a proactive, not reactive, fashion. That is, God does not just respond to an adversity in our lives to make the best of a bad situation. He knows before He initiates or permits the adversity exactly how He will use it for our good. Jerry Bridges adversityfashionencouragement Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character. Jim George godlyadversitycharacter Lois pursues the truth no matter what sort of adversity faces her. I think Superman sees that, and it's the same moral compass that he has from the Kents. Jim Lee adversitymatterthinking It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad. Jimmy Buffett optimisticadversityinspirational You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy. Joan Baez despairadversitywhite Adversity often activates a strength we did not know we had. Joan Walsh Anglund remembranceadversityhealing A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that the universe is woven out of a fabric of love. Everything that is happening is ultimately for the good if we're willing to face it head-on and use our adversities for soul growth. Joan Z. Borysenko optimisticadversityencouragement Life, in all its uniqueness, would not be life without the negatives and the positives. Jim Rohn adversitypositivelife I will have faith that, though I might not understand why adversity happens, by my conscious choice I can find strength, compassion, and grace through my trials. Joe Tye adversitychoicescompassion The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity. Jimmy Carter patrioticadversity4th-of-july Take care to be an economist in prosperity. There is no fear of your being one in adversity. Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann adversitycareadvice To bear adversity with meek submission to the will of God; to endure chastisement with all long-suffering and joyfulness; to appear cheerful amid surrounding gloom, hopeful amidst desponding circumstances, happy in God when there is nothing else to make us happy; he who does this has indeed made great advances in the divine life. John Angell James hopefuladversitylong Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information. John Ashcroft adversityinformationmay«2425262728293031323334»
