Quotes About Faith

The gospel says you are more sinful and flawed than you ever dared believe, yet you are more accepted and loved than you ever dared hope because Jesus lived and died in your place.

the worst events of human history that we cannot understand, even hell itself, are only compost in God's wonderful eternal plan. Out of the greatest evil, the death of Jesus, came the greatest good.

But an authentic relationship with Christ also takes us into the depths — the shadows, the strongholds and the darkness deep within our own souls that must be purged. Surrendering to this inward and downward journey is difficult and painful.

death is a necessary prelude to resurrection. To bear long-term fruit for Christ, we need to recognize that some things must die so something new can grow.

Trust God to run the universe without you.

Our churches are filled with "leaking" Christians who have not treated their emotions as a discipleship issue.

no other person has ever lived your life. You may be wondering what will happen if you engage in this journey of emotionally healthy spirituality, if you take seriously God's purpose for you to increasingly live faithfully out of the life he has given you.

We make choices to trust God, to wait on God, to obey God, to stick with God, to remain faithful when everything in us wants to quit and run.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:3).

we all depend, in every instant, upon the mercy of God.

Grant me grace to follow you into the unknown, into the next place in my journey with you. In your name, amen.

God is just, merciful, good, wise, loving.

ese día, sentados en la oficina del consejero y muy avergonzados por la situación de nuestro matrimonio, aprendimos una lección que nunca olvidaremos: aunque éramos cristianos comprometidos desde hacía casi veinte años, nuestra manera de relacionarnos reflejaba mucho más la de nuestra familia de origen, que la forma que Dios tenía pensada para su nueva familia en Cristo.

God never asks us to annihilate the self. We are not to become "non-persons" when we become Christians. The very opposite is true. God intends our deeper, truer self, which he created, to blossom as we follow him.

Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD" (Psalm 27:14)?

Blessed is he who expects nothing," said Francis of Assisi, "for he shall enjoy everything.

Peter Scazzero

I prefer the notions of seasons to stages when describing our life in Christ. We don't control the seasons; they happen to us. Winter, spring, summer, and fall come to us whether we like it or not.

Our wisdom . . . consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

God has revealed himself to us in his Son, Scripture, creation, and other ways, but so much of who he is remains incomprehensible.

Salvation is a gift of grace.

there is nothing we can do or not do that would cause God to love us any more than he does right now.

If you've opened your loving to God's love, you're helping people you don't know and have never seen.

Scripture's commands to "rejoice in the Lord always" (Philippians 4:4)