INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ON PERSEVERANCE

. Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

31. Life has two rules: 1) Never quit.
2) Always remember Rule #1.

32. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

33. I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits the bottom.

34. If you’re going through hell, keep going.

35. Don’t let your victories go to your head, or your failures go to your heart.

36. Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

37. You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

38. The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping-stone is how high you raise your foot.

39. The pain you feel today is the strength you will feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.

40. It’s not going to be easy, but it’s going to be worth it.

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A Lost Birthright, A Lost Blessing

This is a tragic story of a birthright being lost due to being ravenously hungry. This account is given in Genesis 25:29-34 “ Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom. Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright .”

TEARS

Psalm 56:8 ESV You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Revelation 21:4 ESV He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” Psalm 126:5 ESV Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! Revelation 7:17 ESV For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” Psalm 42:3 ESV My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?” John 11:35 ESV Jesus wept. Isaiah 25:8 ESV He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord ...

Awake, O Sleeper

Articles Sermons Topics Books Podcasts FILTER RESOURCES BY Ask Pastor John Questions and answers with John Piper Look at the Book Interactive Bible study with John Piper Solid Joys Daily devotional with John Piper Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. We’re on a mission to change that. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. ABOUT DONATE What can we learn from the way a great preacher admonished sleepy saints in church? There are lessons here confirmed in Scripture for how pastors can sustain a steady spirit of serious joy in God-centered preaching, and yet get very specific in dealing with specific behaviors

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