Quotes About Faith

The thing or person you trust in is actually the object of your worship. Look

Superstitions and eccentric habits are a Western substitute for actual idols.

The more you read Scripture, the more you actually talk to God rather than think about fear.

No one cares about their reputation or their bank account when they find themselves in the shadow of death.

Hope will only grow in the ground of humility.

Anxiety asks for more information so it can be prepared for the coming apocalypse. It also asks for more information so it can manage the world apart from God.

Scripture assumes that we will be afraid and anxious sometimes. What is important is where we turn, or to whom we turn when we are afraid. The God who calls you to trust in Him when you are afraid will spend a great deal of time showing you that you can trust Him.

What is shame? God identifies it. God experienced it. You are not alone.

Sometimes we would prefer to die for Jesus than to live for Him.

We can think that God is good, and we are pleased with him, though we might be pleased less with him than we are with the ease of our lives. Then, when life is hard—especially when life remains hard—the allegiances of our hearts

God's self-revelation is a higher authority than our feelings.

James intentionally enlarges the scope of suffering when he writes, "trials of many kinds." By doing this, he invites those who experience depression to learn that, whatever the cause, depression will test our faith and serve as a catalyst for growth rather than a reason for despair. Yes, depression is spiritual in the same way that all suffering brings us face-to-face with critical spiritual realities.

God tests us because we are so oblivious to the mixed allegiances in our hearts. The purpose of the test is to help us see our hearts and if they are found traitorous, we can turn back to God.

When your emotions feel muted or always low, when you are unable to experience the highs and lows you once did, the important question is not "How can I figure out what I have done wrong?" but it is, "Where do I turn—or, to whom do I turn—when I am depressed?" Some turn toward their beds and isolation; others turn toward other people. Some turn away from God; others turn toward him.

Why didn't you just pray by faith?" He taught me one of the most important lessons of prayer: that prayer depended on God and his promises, not my own quixotic emotions.

The important thing was the shedding of blood. Sounds barbaric, but the Old Testament was reminding us that there was a significant cost involved in moving from unclean to clean. You didn't have to pay it, but it still had to be paid.

Beneath our questions about God's generosity and his care for our needs is something darker. What we really care about is our wants.

If addictions are really as prevalent as they seem, we would think that Scripture would be preoccupied with this struggle. And it is.

You have been given amazing gifts, and I have been praying that God would protect you so you can continue to use them well.

Life in the kingdom isn't easy, at least not when we want to share the throne. But

God likes his people to be outnumbered because then there is no mistaking that he alone is the Deliverer.

When our worship is true, we experience joy, peace, love, and hope, even in difficult situations. When our worship is false, and the things we desire are unattainable or impotent, we can be grieved, bitter, depressed, angry, or fearful. Our emotions usually mean something, and it is wise to ask, "What are my emotions saying?" "What are they pointing to?

Have you ever found yourself flirting with sexual temptation through a long gaze or sexual fantasies?

Change starts, proceeds, and ends with Jesus. We look to Jesus and away from ourselves.