6 Bible Verses About Perseverance

Perseverance is connected to Hope. It just is. We may wish that these two important character qualities are not related but they are.  Here are 6 Bible Verses About Perseverance that will encourage you in the faith.

Intentionally developing perseverance, and trusting in the hope we have in Jesus, is how we make it through the arduous things that life throws our way. Perseverance is also at the core of keeping new healthy habits.

In the end, we often find ourselves praising God for giving us perseverance because it has allowed us to find hope in a dark or difficult situation. At that point, God often turns a trial or into something beautiful in our life!  It is still hard but the end results are good.

 

 

6 Bible Verses About Perseverance

Romans 5:3

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

 

2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 

 

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

 

 James 1:4

Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

 

James 1:12

Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

 

James 5:11

As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

 

 

The key to gaining perseverance is to ask God to give you this quality. You certainly can’t achieve it, in your own strength.

 

 

YOUR TURN…

Ask God to give you the quality of perseverance. Write it down on your prayer list.

 

Blessings,