Quotes About Trust

Their disappointed thinking had a fatal flaw in it. What they saw as being in the way of God's plan was actually part of his plan; what caused their faith to weaken was actually God's tool to build their faith.

So rest is never found in the quest to understand it all. No, rest is found in trusting the One who understands it all and rules it all for his glory and our good.

Prayer is surrender to the reality that there is wisdom greater than ours. Prayer confronts us with the fact that we are not as smart as we tend to think we are. It reminds us that there is so much we don't know or understand. It tells us that life is not found in our limited understanding, but in surrendering our lives to the care of the One whose understanding spans from before origin to beyond destiny and includes everything in between.

Children begin to lose respect for the parent who is content with a "do what I say and not as I do" relationship to children.

So remember today that no matter how hard your story is right here, right now, it is guaranteed for you as God's child that it will end better than anything you can now imagine, and that glory will never end!

You are eternally loved by God; you are eternally his son or daughter; what he wants for you is always right and best; and what he has planned for you is immeasurably better than anything you could have dreamed for yourself.

He holds both you and your mysteries in his gracious hands, and because he does, you can find rest even when the darkness of mystery has entered your door.

God not only gives you the grace to believe for your salvation, but he also works to enable you to live by faith.

Principio: Dios nunca te llama a una tarea sin darte lo que necesitas para hacerla. Nunca te envía sin ir contigo.

biblical faith—that is, true faith in the existence, presence, promises, and provisions of God—never requires you to deny reality in any way. It is not biblical faith to try to convince yourself that things are better than they actually are. It is not biblical faith to work to make yourself feel good about what is not good. Biblical faith looks reality in the face and does not flinch.

Awelessness that leads me to question God's power and character will cause me to take my life into my own hands, and because I have taken my life into my own hands, I will rebel against what God calls me to

This means that if you obey him for a thousand years, you will have no more of his favor than when you first believed.

God will call you to do what you cannot do, but will provide everything you need to do it.

If you put too many things in your need category, you will end up frustrated with life, hurt by others, and doubting God's goodness.

You and I have all the power in the world to doubt and no independent power at all to believe. So if you are living by faith, don't proudly pat yourself on the back as if you did something great. No, raise your eyes and your hands toward heaven and thank God for gifting you with the desire and ability to believe.

If you believe in God and his control over everything that exists, then you have to accept that all of your grumbling is ultimately grumbling against him.

Hope is more than wishing things will work out. It is resting in the God who holds all things in his wise and powerful hands.

We can experience peace in the face of the unknown. We can feel an inner well-being while living in the middle of mystery. Why? Because our peace of heart does not rest on how much we know, how much we have figured out, or how accurately we have been able to predict the future. No, our rest is in the person who holds our individual futures in his wise and gracious hands. We have peace because we know that he will complete the good things that he in grace has initiated in our lives.

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? PSALM 27:1

We complain so much not because we have horizontal problems but because we have a vertical problem.

When my hope is in my ability to rule the day, my spouse becomes a constant threat rather than an intimate companion.

All the human love we've experienced has been flawed in some way. But not God's; his love is perfect and perfectly steadfast forever.

Your Lord pries open your hands and takes away your crutches and distractions. He exposes your weaknesses so that you will cry out for what he knows you need, but what you have been willing to live without.

You can take your life off your shoulders because God has placed it on his.