Quotes About Faith

The thing about making butter is that it feels like it'll never be done, almost right up to the moment when it is done. If what you want is butter, you have to keep going, even if you only half believe you'll get there.

It's life. You don't figure it out. You just climb up on the beast and ride.

These are all I have. I do not have the wide, bright beacon of some solid old lighthouse, guiding ships safely home, past the jaggedrocks. I only have these little glimmers that flicker and then go out.

You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.

I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current.

As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.

I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.

God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being.

I didn't much believe in god and the things people labeled as miracles did little to convince me otherwise, but it was at times like these that made me consider which was the more cruel: a cold and random universe or a god with a perverse sense of humor? With all due respect to Blaise Pascal, I chose to believe that no god was better than a cruel one.

When we lead small we simply make a choice to invest strategically in the lives of a few over time so we can help them build an authentic faith.

YOU CAN SHAPE A KID'S FAITH BY CONNECTING THEM TO CARING ADULTS WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN THEIR LIFE.

IN ORDER TO INSPIRE AUTHENTIC FAITH IN YOUR FEW, YOU MUST FIRST PRACTICE AND PRIORITIZE AUTHENTIC FAITH IN YOUR OWN LIFE.

In everyone's story of faith, there are people who have shown up and become catalysts for their spiritual growth. Think about it. If you are reading this right now, chances are you believe what you believe and you do what you do because of the way someone influenced your faith.

The only thing that separates a living faith from a ritualistic orthodoxy is one word, one idea, one compelling force: Love.

a small group is one of the best ways to introduce this generation to the concept of a God who loves them unconditionally.

These pages explore the beliefs, behaviors, and habits that drive leaders who make small groups a priority. These leaders share a common conviction that kids and teenagers need other adults besides their parents. They need other adults … who believe in God. who believe in them. and who give them a place to belong.

Leaders in touch with heaven can move earth

Leaders secure in their call will charge hell with a water pistol.

I am a disciple of Jesus. I am serving him by serving you, because that's what he came to do.

God is a sending God. Just as he sent his Son and his Holy Spirit to the world, he is sending his people into the world.

People consider me a success because I'm a good football player and make lots of money. But if my heart's not right, if I'm not living a life pleasing to God, I'm a failure.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

Some scars never heal. And he sounds like he has a lot of them.' 'But Christ had scars too, even on His risen Body. Wounds in this life become glory in the next.

Blanche, prosaic in a pale yellow sweater and blue jeans, was wondering again if anything mattered—-life, faith--specifically, finishing homework assignments.