Quotes from Stormie Omartian

The enemy wants to steal our peace and keep us stirred up, anxious, fearful, upset, and always in a stance of waiting for something terrible to happen at any minute.

When a wise woman speaks, her words are gracious. Ask God to help you find words that speak life to those around you.

God is a place of safety you can run to, but it helps if you are running to Him on a daily basis so that you are in familiar territory.

In times of weakness, choose to put yourself under God's control.

There are many things God wants to do on earth and in people's lives, but if someone doesn't leap in and answer the call to pray, it won't happen.

When our heart wants to live in purity & do the right thing, God will keep us from falling into sin.

Know that once we have received Jesus, we can't continue to live our old sinful lifestyle. Now that we have His Holy Spirit living in us, guiding us, and transforming us, we have no excuse.

The phrase "timing is everything" is never more true than in your walk with God—HIS timing is everything.

Praying is not telling God what to do. It's trusting that God knows what to do.

When we forgive someone, it doesn't justify what they've done. It releases them into God's hands so He can deal with them.

The quality of your relationships will determine the quality of your life. And this is something worth praying about.

The battle for our lives, and the lives of our children, our husbands, our friends, our families, & our nation, is waged on our knees.

The battle for our lives, and the lives of our children, our husbands, our friends, our families, and our nation, is waged on our knees.

If you want to determine if your thoughts are from the enemy or from God, ask yourself, 'Are these thoughts I'd choose to have?

It's important that you keep asking God to show you what He wants you to do. If you don't ask, you won't know.

A wife's prayers for her husband have a far greater effect on him than anyone else's, even his mother's. (Sorry, Mom.)

Talking to God should be part of every aspect of life, in times of peace as well as in every battle.

If your prayers haven't been answered, it doesn't mean they won't be answered. In fact, they may have already been answered, but just not in the way you wanted or expected them to be.

God wants to bless us in many ways that require faith. We must trust that He is answering our prayers even when we can't see it.

Allow yourself to be possessed by God by receiving Jesus, and you will never be possessed by anything else.

We don't want to limit what God can do in our children by trying to parent them alone—Trust God to take care of them.

In the darkest times of your life, your praise to God should be the loudest. Let the enemy know you're not afraid of the dark.

Not knowing who God made us to be, trying to be who we are not, or even just desiring to be someone else, can only lead to a life of misery, frustration, and unfulfillment.

I've often thought, I'm nobody. Why would God answer my prayer? But God's not impressed by eloquence; he's impressed by our longing for him.