Longsuffering Quotes

“It was a costly triumph. But God’s values are not so easily reckoned. If God had simply terminated Satan, then it would not have been so clear that God is both stronger and infinitely more to be desired than Satan. God wills for his glory to shine forth not only through acts of physical power, but also through acts of moral and spiritual power that display the beauty of his grace with lavish colors. To take sinners out of Satan’s hands by virtue of Christ’s sin-bearing sacrifice and his law-fulfilling obedience to the Father was a more glorious victory than mere annihilation of the enemy.”
― John Piper, Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ

“Learn to wait on the Lord! That will help you to walk your pathway in life in the power and glory of God.”
― Pastor Adelaja Sunday

“So, even if the pain doesn't immediately subside. I shall continually strive, until I can effortlessly glide.”
― Alma Fisher, Hills And Valleys and the Spiritual Warfare in Between

“Honor, More charged, 'is the religion of tragedy.' Emotions such as love, hate, ambition, pride, and jealousy, 'form a dazzling system of worldly morality,' which contradicts 'the spirit of that religion whose characteristics are charity, meekness, peaceableness, longsuffering, gentleness, forgiveness.”
― Karen Swallow Prior, Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist

“Without longsuffering, it is impossible to be a successful leader.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Don’t let bumps in the road tear you apart, let them pull you together.”
― Richie Norton