Quotes About Trust

I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up

It is my duty, said he, to distrust mine own ability, that I may have reliance on him that is stronger than all.

I'd advise you, then, to quickly get rid of your burden; for until then you'll never be settled in your mind or enjoy the benefits of the blessings that God has given you.

I am for going on, and venturing my eternal state with Christ, whether I have comfort here or no; if God doth not come in, thought I, I will leap off the ladder even blindfold into eternity, sink or swim, come heaven, come hell; Lord Jesus, if thou wilt catch me, do; if not, I will venture for thy name.

You came in by yourselves, without His direction, and will go out by yourselves, without His mercy. To

it is common for those that have called themselves His servants, after awhile to give Him the slip, and return again to me.

They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?

The man with whom you are so impressed will beguile with that tongue of his twenty who do not know him.2 Do

But that which helped me in this temptation, was divers considerations, of which, three in special here I will name, the first was the consideration of these two scriptures, Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive, and let thy widows trust in me: and again, The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant, verily, I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil, and in time of affliction.  Jer. xlix. 11; xv. 11.

Nor must thou think always to live by sense: thou must live upon my word.  Thou must believe, O my Mansoul, when I am from thee, that yet I love thee, and bear thee upon mine heart for ever.

Many times I am forced in my prayers, first to beg of God that he would take mine heart, and set it on himself in Christ, and when it is there, that he would keep it there.

His lamp shines on my head, and by His light I go through darkness

Además, ¿no hemos de caminar ahora por fe?

aunque tardare, espéralo, porque sin duda vendrá, no tardará.

Seeming delays in God are no tokens of his displeasure; he may hide his face from his dearest saints. He loves to keep his people praying, and to find them ever knocking at the gate of heaven.

Let the rage and malice of men be never so great, they can do no more, nor go any further, than God permits them; but when they have done their worst, We know all things shall work together for good to them that love God.

But one morning as I was again at prayer, and trembling under the fear of this, That no word of God could help me, that piece of a sentence darted in upon me, My grace is sufficient. 

A man who flatterers his neighbor, spreads a net for his feet

This pretty bird, O! how she flies and sings,[1] But could she do so if she had not wings? Her wings bespeak my faith, her songs my peace; When I believe and sing my doubtings cease.

Aunque quienes no tienen fe pueden, por deseos carnales, empeñar, hipotecar o vender lo que tienen, y hasta a ellos mismos; sin embargo, quienes tiene fe, fe salvadora, aunque sea poca, no pueden hacerlo.

Christiana alures her to the Gate which is Christ, and promiseth there to enquire for her.

acknowledge myself in fault; and had I been here alone, I had, by sleeping, run the danger of death. I see it is true that the Wise Man saith, "Two are better than one." Hitherto hath thy company been my help; and thou shalt have a

El que cree Y obtiene más fe, un vencedor será Sobre diez mil, y más aún sobre tres.

Then I should think of Esther, who went to petition the king contrary to the law.  Esther iv. 16.  I thought also of Benhadad's servants, who went with ropes upon their heads to their enemies for mercy.  1 Kings xx. 31, etc.  The woman of Canaan also, that would not be daunted, though called dog by Christ, Matt. xv., 22, etc., and the man that went to borrow bread at midnight, Luke xi. 5-8, etc., were great encouragements unto me.