Quotes from Chris Fabry

She was amazed at how easily distracted she could be when praying.

You can influence Tony. You can pray for him and ask God to work in his heart. You can love him with the kind of love only God can give you. But you can't make decisions for him. You can't change him. You can only allow God to change you. You can change the way you think about him and yourself and God. You can believe the truth about the power of God and join Him in what He wants to do.

Don't question the purpose of things; just sing along.

When you give voice to your fear, when you expose it, as vulnerable as that makes you, you give others the same permission. You give them courage to believe there's more to life than cowering. You give hope. And my guess is, when you tackle your inner fears, you will eventually tackle what's holding you back from who God intended you to be. Your fears lead you to who you really are.

Separate lives with separate agendas going separate ways did not knit hearts together.

It was one thing to believe God could forgive a sinner. It was another thing to believe that the sinner could live forgiven.

You had to see what you had instead of what you didn't have. Start from where you are, not from where you want to be.

She'd wondered what she'd ever do if God would actually speak to her while she was praying. Some of her friends, particularly one over in Point Pleasant, had encouraged her to get slain in the Spirit as if that would change things between her and God. She'd already been slain as much as she needed as far as she was concerned.

One choice changes the construction of a life. You'll never experience the joy and tenderness of a lifelong love unless you fight for it.

Bring her back, Lord. Bring her back and keep her safe.

he thanked God for the chance to change, the chance to be part of his family, the chance to love and be loved and make mistakes.

You think the choices you make just affect you and the other person, but you don't realize how one choice ripples toward everybody. You included.

The reason he kept going was that God got hold of his heart. And he did the same for me. I'm so ashamed of what happened back there. How we let our passions run. We hurt a lot of people. And we've lived with that. But

Isn't it funny what a song can do to a broken heart.

All the ache in my heart and the wound in my soul All the tearing apart at saying good-bye All the pain deep inside, like a dam giving way . .

A man who commits adultery can never undo his sin. But there was forgiveness from God and, he hoped

You never see your own face until you look into something reflecting it, but it sure is easy to see the flaws in everyone else.

Sleep is a luxury to anxious minds.

Pray and wait. That's what she had done in the past few weeks. And in the waiting came the strengthening of the muscles of faith. It was a whole-faith workout to wait and allow God to do what He wanted to do. As Clara said, it was time to just get out of His way.

Yeah, right, I thought. God hadn't asked me if I wanted to go deeper, and thank you very much, I liked the shallows. It's easier to play when there's no current. In the middle you lose your footing; you lose control. You lose.

God, I want a new job and I don't want to go to jail," Tony prayed. "But I know there are consequences to my actions. I know what I did hurt people. I've hurt my family. I hurt my employer. And I thank You for forgiving me and grabbing hold of my heart and not letting me go any further toward things that would have destroyed me. "Right

She's not mean. She's just hurt. An animal that's gentle and friendly growls when it's injured. Remember that when people act ugly toward you. They're usually in some kind of pain.

Now, in some cosmic act of God or coincidence, the girl had returned to me. Who was I kidding? There is no coincidence. There is punishment, retribution. Or perhaps love and mercy and grace. Which was it?

There is no greater power on earth than a mother's love, unless it is a mother's guilt.