Quotes About Belief

Rightly understood the New Year festival is an act of faith. It is easier for the year to change than to change ourselves. But we believe that somehow, magically, one will lead to the other.

The reason I could never be an atheist is because when they get together they have literally nothing to talk about.

It's rather simple. God deliver us from people who know so little that they will kill for what little they know.

Faith spawns reflexive steps of obedience. It steps out. We must not imagine that we have faith if we do not obey.

When asked if he really believed that two men for whose salvation he had prayed for over fifty years would be converted, George Muller of Bristol replied, "Do you think God would have kept me praying all these years if He did not intend to save them?" Both men were converted, one shortly before, the other after Muller's death.

Our experience of rest is proportionate to our trusting in him.

Belief, the mental acceptance of a fact as true, will simply not bring rest to any soul. Acknowledging that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Savior of the world will not give us rest. Trust in him is what gives rest to our souls.

You can never have a Christian mind without reading the Scriptures regularly because you cannot be profoundly influenced by that which you do not know.

The most destructive thing you can do when faced with panic attacks is to steadfastly believe that your physical discomfort means that you have a serious physical illness, despite continued professional reassurance to the contrary. That is why it is essential that you work with a physician whom you can trust until he or she reaches a diagnosis.

If you remain fearfully convinced that you have a physical ailment, even when there is a consensus to the contrary among the professionals who have evaluated you, then you can be certain of one thing: your fear is directly contributing to your panic episodes.

Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.

When the brook dries up because there is no rain, but you say, "Praise the Lord," you bring great honor to God. Trust Him to show you the next step forward. He will. He is never too early, never too late, but always just on time. When God closes a door, He opens a window. Learn to accept the closed door and be prepared for the surprising window that will open. It opened for Elijah and it will open for you.

But engineers can be really naive about themselves; they think because they can design a pc board and it's right and it works, that everything they do or believe is going to be just that right.

no man is as offended at doubt as is the habitual liar who has for once told the truth.

I am not interested in standing for what I believe in, but in standing for the truth. I and my conscience are liars. God's law is truth.

Having God is having someone to rage against," she said over coffee. "Where else will I go with that? God is strong enough to take it, like a strong parent. My railing is not only against God, but also against man. Where was God? Where was man?

Don't turn the truth into a lie using self-fulfilling prophecies. RJ Intindola

The purpose of Christian education is not academic: it is religious and practical.

If God be denied, then His sovereignty and infallibility accrue to other agencies.

true faith never comes without anguish.

What good is fighting if what you are fighting for is lost?

I have never been one for putting my faith in odds. I put my faith in higher things.

I can't speak my own language - Iesu, All those good words; And I outside them.