Quotes About Trust

When you don't know what the answer is, you know *Who* the answer is.

I hear Jesus telling us to stop negotiating with Him, to stop offering something we think we have in exchange for His blessings.

There's never a moment in all our lives, from the day we trusted Christ till the day we see Him, when God is not longing to bless us. At every moment, in every circumstance, God is doing us good. He never stops. It gives Him too much pleasure. God is not waiting to bless us after our troubles end. He is blessing us right now, in and through those troubles. At this exact moment, He is giving us what He thinks is good.

I'd rather have the thieves than the neighbors - the thieves don't impose. Thieves just want your things, neighbors want your time. I'd rather give them things than time.

Dennis had imagined that he and Beth would be one of those couples who never quarreled, that when they weren't kissing they would be laughing or lying in each other's arms, serenely, deliriously happy. He could never have imagined that she would make him so crazy angry he would scream at her in front of their friends. But in that instant, he learned a little about love.

The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.

The world won't change for the better unless we trust people, trust is vital to a peaceful world.

This is MY FATHER'S House - not a bank!!!' 'What's got into Him??' 'Low blood sugar?' 'Hey Judas - get the coins!

When God says that our faith is the substance of what we hope for, what we are expecting, He's giving us an open invitation with no limits and no boundaries.

Get a dog, and always be the person they think you are.

One thing I have learned is, if people tell you they had a "frank" discussion with someone, it is usually code for a yelling match with clenched fists.

The little boy in me still believes everything is possible. Mom, you taught me this. And you lied. But so does art and so does hope.

Baby, I want you to piss all over me!" Fred Lemish had never urinated on anything before, except perhaps some country grass late at night when he was drunk and no one was looking. "Or let me piss on you!

NED: Nobody ever listens. We're not exactly a bunch that knows how to play follow the leader. EMMA: Maybe they're just waiting for somebody to lead them. NED: We are. What group isn't?

If the men give you something, you get nothing.

Winning or losing is not the right scorecard. Obedience is. When we do the right thing, we're being faithful. Even if we get the wrong results.

Trying to follow all the best practices of all best Christians won't make you a better Christian. It might make you a nervous wreck.

Their faith and trust in God wasn't shown in a buoyant confidence that God would come through. It was shown in the trusting act of obedience—gathering to pray even though they were sure it was a lost cause.

Spiritual urban legends aren't just harmless misunderstandings. They're spiritually dangerous errors that will eventually bring heartache and disillusionment to all who trust in them.

Unfortunately, when my truth becomes more important than the truth, the Bible loses its objective authority.

But Jesus didn't say, "If you love me, you'll fulfill your potential." He said, "If you love me, you will obey what I command."39

That's where those of us who choose to treat Christianity as a team sport have a special advantage. Even when we don't have a clue what, if anything, the Bible says about a particular situation, we invariably know someone who does—or someone who at least knows someone who does.

Frankly, not many people show up. But that's a sign of high trust, not low commitment (the measure of commitment is best found in our high number of volunteers, not in how few show up for a boring business meeting).

He could clearly see what was happening right in front of him. But he couldn't see what God was doing off in the distance. As