Quotes About Trust

Teach a man a rule and you help him solve a problem; teach a man to walk with God and you help him solve the rest of his life. Truth

Hope is a fruit of proven character.

You are the son of a kind, strong, and engaged Father, a Father wise enough to guide you in the Way, generous enough to provide for your journey, offering to walk with you every step. This is perhaps the hardest thing for us to believe—really believe, down deep in our hearts, so that it changes us forever, changes the way we approach each day.

And the truth is, quite often God's desire for us will run against the prevailing current. 'Get off the next exit.' His guidance sometimes (often?) seems counter-intuitive.

First off, we must be confident that God wants to give us more of himself.

Whatever isn't born out of deep confidence in God is sin. That includes our personality and our approach to life.

Finally, we choose to believe it's happening.

You make no agreements with whatever the temptation or accusation is.

that's exactly what we do to find more of God—we practice belief. We exercise it.

And he wants you to be utterly yourself, with him.

The intellectual support for UNBELIEF is about as stable as the stock market.

You have been entrusted with the heart of another human being. Whatever else your life's great mission will entail, loving and defending this heart next to you is part of your great quest.

must live maturely, knowing that whatever else is happening, we must preserve the relationship if we would find our way.

It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope. RABBI JONATHAN SACKS, Celebrating Life

The worst blows typically come from family.

Nunca saque un principio de su experiencia; deje que Dios sea tan original con otras personas como es con usted».

Faith is something that looks backward - we remember the ways God has come through for his people, and for us, and our belief is strengthened that he will come through again. Love is exercised in the present moment; we love in the now. Hope reaches into the future to take hold of something we do not yet have, may not even see.

Yet this is the world God has made—a world that requires us to live with risk. Because God wants us to live by faith.

As did Jesus, when he said to his dear ones, "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves" (Matt. 10:16). The metaphor so perfectly describes our situation we almost want to smile—like when the young bride and groom are waving good-bye and the grandfather leans over to the grandmother and whispers, "They have no idea what they've just gotten themselves into." The humor of absurd understatement. But

Fuzzy and unspecific prayers see fuzzy and unspecific results. God

Sex can be such a stark barometer for a marriage.

In 'The Allure of Hope,' Jan says, Eve was convinced that God was withholding something from her. Not even the extravagance of Eden could convince her that God's heart is good.

When we are in the darkness, we begin to feel like we have always been there. But it is not true. David reminds himself that God has been faithful in the past; God will be faithful again. He urges himself to put his hope in God because the morning will come.

And as I do, even as I say it out loud—I give everyone and everything to you—my soul cooperates a good bit. I'm settling down.