Quotes About Faith

Though she wouldn't say she would ever pray for adversity, she could see how God had used it in her life.

I'd trusted in my own strength about so many things. I realized God delights in using the weak and fearful.

I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears. —"The Hound of Heaven" (FRANCIS THOMPSON, 1859–1907)

God is never cruel. He always has a plan, and he sees beyond this temporal life. It might not be what we'd have chosen, but he always works things together for our good.

And we'll take it one step at a time. God isn't surprised by this. This is where our fear meets the bedrock of our faith.

Everything in this life can fail. I have to keep reminding myself that only God is faithful and never fails us. Things are bleak, life is unfair, but this isn't over yet. We will see God work.

Prayer was their best weapon now.

She'd left God behind long ago, and she doubted he'd care to hear from her now that she was in the worst trouble of her life.

God wants to be the most important thing in our lives. He wants to be our first passion, our first thought in the morning. He wants to be what gives our life purpose.

Being a Christian doesn't mean trouble never comes our way, Zach. It just means God is here, and He gives us the grace to get through the heartache.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.' When we're delighting in him, our desires come in line with his, not his with what we want.

God was in the business of bringing blessings out of unexpected circumstances, but Lucy didn't want this twist to her life. … but didn't God ask the seemingly impossible at times?

Sometimes our biggest heartaches bring the most blessings.

None of us is fit to do anything. It's only with the Lord's help we get by.

Justice this side of heaven is a myth. It's not our job anyway. Real justice belongs to God.

Normal life is not ever perfect. What kind of people would we be if God never allowed our faith to be tested? Adversity makes us stronger.

God had been good to them all today. But He was good every day just, sometimes she noticed.

There is never any certainty of the unseen. We hope. That's what we do as Christians, and that's what I do with unicorns. Maybe like C. S. Lewis's jewel, that glimpse of a unicorn I sometimes see is a glimpse of Jesus.

Nothing could define her unless she let it. She had God in her life to heal those broken places, but she hadn't let him do it.

We have faith … Our music is never counting. For us the One is always Now. In time whether it's 7/4 time, 4/4 time, or whatever—we're always coming back to the One.

Colleen Thompson

Vickie is a Christian who does not believe in UFOs or extraterrestrial life, and when she saw the bright object she thought the end of the world had come. Because she expected to see Jesus come out of the light, she stared at it intently. Colby begged his grandmother to get back in the car. After about three minutes she did so and told him not to be afraid because "when that big man comes out of the burning cloud, it will be Jesus.

He who must die, must die in the dark, even though he sells candles.

Sometimes a useful delusion is better than a useless truth.