Resilient Hope Quotes

“I also remember wounds that seemed so painful and so intense, I thought they would never heal, much like the gash on Nick’s leg. Still, when I invited Jesus in to tend to them, to bandage them, just like we tended to and bandaged Nick’s wound, they eventually healed. It’s so much easier to endure in this life when we have a heart that’s whole.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“In this case, what if Jesus was asking a far deeper question? What if He was asking the man if he wanted to be healed completely, and not just physically?”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“Caleb, in particular, had a different spirit, the Bible says. When, at forty years of age, Moses sent him to spy out the land, he came back with a wholehearted report. He told Moses they should go and take possession of the land, that they could certainly do it.35 He was positive. The other scouts, however, were negative and fearful. All they could see were the giants; they said they felt as small as grasshoppers in comparison.36”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“It’s tempting to think that because a season is painful and difficult, God isn’t there. But that’s not what He promised. He said, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. . . . When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“look above the impossible and the hopeless in my life, and hope anyway . . . in You, the God of all hope. I hope against all hope.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“Pay attention. So you don’t drift. Personally, I don’t want to miss a thing that God has planned for me. Even when it’s easier to be distracted, I want to pay attention. I want to be found faithful. I want to do all that God’s called me to do. I want to be all that He’s created me to be. I want to endure in my faith every day of my life, until I stand before Him.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“Like Habakkuk, I don’t understand everything that happens in the world. Bad things happen to good people. Things take so much longer than they should. Every day there is something I find unjust and unfair. But I have learned to never let my conversation with God end there. I keep talking until I come to the same conclusion Habakkuk did. The one Paul did. That the writer of Hebrews did.21 “The righteous one will live by his faith.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“I imagine we’ll always think we lack the courage, the strength, the wisdom, the money, the influence, the experience, the education, the organization, and the backing, but it isn’t about what we have or don’t have. It’s about who He is. And according to what Paul wrote to the Thessalonians, He who calls us is faithful. So let’s be faithful to Him. Let’s do all that He’s called us to do.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“Whether our calling is to start a business, launch an outreach, or walk across the street to meet a new neighbor, when God’s Spirit gently nudges us to make a bold step, take a risk, serve others, save a life, or commit, we rarely feel ready. But feeling ready isn’t what it’s about. It’s about stepping out in faith and doing what God’s called us to do, trusting Him through it all.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“Part of my calling is to share the gospel and to see people come to Christ. I’m called to lead and teach others to lead so they can learn how to be full of the power of God, so they can fulfill what God has called them to do. I’m called to be a wife and a mother. A friend. And I’m called to help abolish slavery everywhere, forever.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“To keep myself in a place of strong faith, I take all my concerns to God. I tell Him when I feel anxious or fearful. Then, in my own words, I declare to Him what Habakkuk did: “Though the fig tree does not bud . . . though nothing goes the way I hope or imagine . . . though nothing appears fruitful . . . yet I will trust You. I will celebrate You. I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“I understand that there are times when we trust God because of what we can see, but there are also times when we have to trust God in spite of what we see.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“Stay faithful and connected to Jesus the way He is faithful and connected to you. From today’s passage, I understand as well that sometimes, though it makes no sense to us, the ship has to run aground—and the ship can be anything in our lives. When that happens, we usually don’t understand why or how, and it’s in those moments we have to trust that God is still in control. That His promises will prevail. Even when all looks lost.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“Stay faithful and connected to Jesus the way He is faithful and connected to you.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“What has He promised you? What has He illuminated in His Word to you? He is faithful to keep His promises, so keep believing. Keep enduring in your faith knowing that He is not a man, that He should lie.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“God doesn’t want us to miscarry the promise, so He prepares us. For Sarah, it took twenty-five years, but she finally considered God accurately—as faithful—despite her age and circumstances.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“When God challenges me to lay something down—including good things, like activities I enjoy or foods I love—it’s a step of faith, because faith is trusting that what God has for me is better than what I am laying down.”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World

“Do you trust that God’s purpose is better than your plan? Take a step of faith and risk giving in to His leading today. Then”
― Christine Caine, Resilient Hope: 100 Devotions for Building Endurance in an Unpredictable World