Sometimes running the race and having endurance is not easy. Something comes out of left field and completely shatters your world and it’s hard to keep going.
You want to give up, throw in the towel, just quit.
Endurance is to keep going even when things ARE tough.
And God is faithful. He is so kind to always be there when we are ready to give up. When you begin praying in those tough times, He may be there instantly or take an hour, but He always shows up!
If you don’t feel like He’s there immediately, just keep praying and wait for Him. He will be there!
When He comes, He will give you exactly what you need to continue. Sometimes when I’m in that spot, I don’t even know what to pray for or what I need in order to keep going, so I’ll ask Him!
“Lord, you know what I need to make it through. Help me know what exactly I need and then grant it to me so I don’t give up. I want to please You. I want to keep going, but I’m just flat on my face right now and I desperately need help.”
There’s never been a time yet when He hasn’t shown me what I need and given whatever that is to me so that I can continue.
Endurance is not possible without the help of God. I have been in a massive heart-wrenching trial for 10 years and there’s no way I would have ever made it through without God helping me to stand, all along the way at every turn.
He is our biggest power and how we can safely make it through this life. He is the only thing that makes this life worth living. While there are many good things in life (your husband, family, friends, hobbies, nature, and so on), I fully agree with Paul that I would much rather be in Heaven but stay here for you (Philippians 1:21-26).
I stay to be used by God to further His kingdom and purposes. I stay here to help in the fight against the world system and to motivate YOU to keep going!
Endurance is definitely needed for that massive task and that endurance and strength only come from Christ (learning to rest and wait as needed: Isaiah 40:31).
So, let’s look at these 30 Bible verses about endurance to help you keep going when things get tough in your life…
30 Bible Verses About Endurance
1) Romans 5:3-4
“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,”
2) James 1:12
“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.”
3) 1 Corinthians 15:58
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”
4) Isaiah 40:31
“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
5) Colossians 1:11-12
“Being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.”
6) 1 Corinthians 9:24
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.”
7) Psalm 100:5
“For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.”
8) Galatians 6:9
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”
9) Philippians 4:13
“I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”
10) James 1:2-4
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”
11) Romans 15:4-6
“That through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
12) Revelation 3:10
“Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.”
13) Philippians 3:13-14
“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
14) Matthew 24:13
“But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”
15) 2 Corinthians 6:4
“But as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,”
16) Hebrews 12:1-3
“Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.”
17) Revelation 2:19
“I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.”
18) 1 Peter 2:20
“For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.”
19) Hebrews 10:32
“But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,”
20) 1 Timothy 6:11
“But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.”
21) Mark 13:13
“And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”
22) Psalm 138:8
“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.”
23) Hebrews 10:35-36
“Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.”
24) 2 Timothy 2:12
“If we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;”
25) James 5:11
“Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.”
26) Hebrews 12:7
“It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?”
27) Luke 21:36
“But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
28) James 5:7-8
“Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”
29) Hebrews 6:11-12
“And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
30) 2 Corinthians 1:6
“If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.”
