Quotes About Faith

I don't want to be alone," she whispered. "You won't be, through any of this." "It feels very alone. Death is like a cloud coming near that shadows and blocks the color from life." "I'll be here, Rae. Whatever you need. And God promised He would never leave you. He meant it. For the rest of eternity you will never be alone.

You let people hope," Sharon said firmly, "because hope is the very strong thread between earth and heaven.

Do you think it was part of some plan, that you got shot so you would end up in that church and discover religion?' Bruce shook his head. 'I got shot because someone was willing to exchange the name of an undercover cop for a lot of cash. Ending up in church--God was just kind enough to make something come out of the disaster that hit my life.

Think of normal as being what God intends for your life. Un-normal is everything that's something other than His plans for you. Life gets easier that way . . . . Go ahead and stress about what you should care about, but ignore the rest. -Mark Bishop

By his wounds, you have been healed' because you have been. Believe that,

God is more powerful than disease.

As Bryce likes to say, a lot of coincidences seem to occur when you pray.

To some people who said they believed, religion was a word; to others, it defined who they were.

God made the ability to feel pain. He didn't have to, you know. He made the ability to feel pain and He also made it possible to feel joy. Should I hate Him for allowing one and praise Him for allowing the other? God knew what He was doing. I may not always agree, but that is part of what respecting His authority means." She

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We will. As you've shown me, the best way to live life is to do what you can and expect God to do the rest.

People die. But when they love Jesus, they don't stay dead. They are raised to life again so they can be with Jesus. And for all eternity, for years and years and years of forever, they never have to think about death. It will never be something that will happen again. They will always and forever be alive, in heaven.

You are at your best, Ann, when you are alone with God. That's probably true of every Christian to one degree or another.

Jesus, no one understands a heavy load better than you. No one has ever borne heavier. Bear up under this one with Ann, so she will know her only purpose here is to help others, love expansively, and be your hands and feet, your words of advice and wisdom when opportunities present themselves for her to help Grace and Karen. And yes, Josh and Will and Gabriel. Do whatever is necessary for Ann's success in the days ahead. Show your love to my friend and comfort her by your Spirit. Amen.

Scripture says Jesus is

I wish you could make this go away.

The Bible says God is good. It's His personality, His nature. It's impossible for Him to do bad; it's outside His very character. And yet when we start to think about religion, about God, we spend most of our time trying to gather up the courage to trust and believe that God is actually going to be good to us and be willing to help us.

I think trusting that God is good is one of the hardest steps there is to take. We get conditioned to expect to be let down. We get conditioned to not trust, because we trusted and we get burned. We get conditioned to be reserved and not take things at face value because we've learned nothing is ever at face value in life.

why worry about dying, Dar? There's a verse in Romans 14 that says: 'If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.' Death is kind of like being born: it happens to everyone. God knows the right time, and He'll be there.

Dee Henderson

can hold that relationship with God only because He's reaching over and holding us up to His level, not because we can ever reach to His level.

She needed to set aside trying to understand and instead lean against the character of the One who had made the decision. God was trustworthy.

Lord, You made us and gave us breath. May we do justice, love mercy, and walk honorably before You this day. By the precious name of Jesus, I ask for Your help to do this. Amen.

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