What does the Bible say about lack of motivation?
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The Bible calls believers to bring their weariness and discouragement to God, trusting his strength while faithfully pursuing the work he has given them. Galatians 6:9 urges us not to grow weary in doing good, because God promises a harvest in due season. Philippians 4:13 teaches that Christ supplies strength for faithful endurance, not self-reliant ambition. Proverbs warns against laziness and commends diligent labor, while Romans 12:11 calls Christians to serve the Lord with spiritual zeal. When anxiety or heaviness drains motivation, 1 Peter 5:7 directs us to cast our cares on God. Our labor is not meaningless: 1 Corinthians 15:58 assures us that work done in the Lord is never in vain.
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- Galatians 6:9 7 votes
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up.
- Philippians 4:13 6 votes
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
- Proverbs 14:23 5 votes
In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
- 1 Peter 5:7 5 votes
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
- Proverbs 6:6-11 4 votes
[6] Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; [7] Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, [8] Provides her bread in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest. [9] How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? [10] A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: [11] So your poverty will come as a robber, And your scarcity as an armed man.
- Proverbs 13:4 3 votes
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, But the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58 3 votes
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
- Romans 12:11 3 votes
not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 3 votes
[10] For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat." [11] For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies. [12] Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- Proverbs 20:4 2 votes
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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