Quotes About Belief

We are not necessarily doubting," said C. S. Lewis, "that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

I believe there's somebody like him in every pew—asking a simple question, needing a simple answer.

I've found that if we keep our eyes on Christians, we can be disappointed in a major way. The important thing is to keep our eyes on Christ….

The terrible timing of it . . . but no, it wasn't terrible timing, it was God's timing and it was perfect, God knew everything there was to know . . . . She needed to remember this every step of the way, one step at a time.

Don't fear whatever God lays before you today

think th' whole point of life is to know God, and be able to accept the way things turn out.

I said, Thy will be done." "That's the prayer that never fails.

God answers all our heartfelt petitions. He may answer no, or yes, or wait, or maybe. Yet there's one prayer for which he has only one answer, and the answer is yes.' 'Tell me,' she said, sharp. 'Thy will be done.

She was going to have to learn to trust God. Completely

At a time when his friends had stopped believing in Santa Claus, he was still believing in the powerful reality of the small tableau—in much the same way, he supposed, that a boy believes his action heroes to be living, and the battles on the parlor floor to be real.

Lord, if this is Your answer, then You've got to help me do this thing. I know how You feel about fear, and I agree. But I'm scared stiff and You know it, and I'rn needing a generous hand-out of grace.

Julian of Norwich said as she suffered a devastating illness of her own: 'All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.' You may know that during her suffering she had gazed into the face of God, and out of that mighty encounter this truth was rendered for you, for all of us, for all time...

Maybe you done stepped aroun' th' Lord an' tryin' to lead th' way.

He said what his dad said when he couldn't pray, when his thoughts were too jumbled, when he couldn't think straight: 'Jesus'.

Leave it alone. Let God handle it.

Well, I'm going to church. But i've got to tell you that it's full of hypocrites. My friend, if you keep your eyes on Christians, you will be disappointed every day of your life. Your hope is to keep your eyes on Christ.

Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!

When the trees and the power lines crashed around you, when the very roof gave way above you, when the light turned to darkness and water turned to dust, did you call on Him? When you called on Him, was He somewhere up there, or was He as near as your very breath?

Give me faith, Lord, to know Your Presence as surely as I know the beating of my own heart. I've felt so far from You....

I can't say I have any confidence in confidence. I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough.

I worried too much about what others thought—I can tell you it's a tragic waste of time and energy and pokes God in the eye.

Av alle blendverk livet truer på oss, er dette det farligste; å tro at det bare er én virkelighet og at den er forståelig.

Danielle had never started a business. But if others can do it, so can I.

When something unfortunate happens, they tend to respond with: "To me? It's happening to me?" They don't believe they are deserving of bad luck. One of the lessons they're learning is that "life" happens to everyone.