Spiritual Thoughts

T he reward is not so great without the struggle..... The triumph cannot be had without the struggle. ~ Wilma Rudolph   E veryone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. Therefore I run in such a way, not without aim, BUT I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that,  after I have preached,   I myself will not be disqualified. ~ 1 Corinthians 9:25-27

I 'm thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn't have stumbled across my strengths. ~ Anonymous  C all upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. ~ Psalm 50:15

I am thankful for my struggle because without it, I wouldn't have stumbled on my strength. ~ Alexandra Elle F or the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, BUT later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. ~Hebrews 12:11

The struggle you're in today is developing        the strength you need for tomorrow.                    Don't give up. -Robert Tew   Although the fig tree shall not blossom,   neither shall fruit be in the vines....       Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,          I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and    He will make my feet like deer's feet, and      He will make me to walk upon high places. - Habakkuk 3:17-19 

All life demands struggle . ….The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid      is the major building block in the person we are today. Ralph Ransom Jesus we proclaim, ….. that we may present everyone mature in Christ. To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me. Colossians 1:28-29

Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling        with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here,           now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether,        in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer.           Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process. - Phillips Brooks Remember how it was with you in the past. In those days, after God's light had shone on you,             you suffered many things, yet were not defeated by the struggle. Hebrews 10:32