Quotes About Faith

Where the holy take men for fools, the mad take the world. —

Beliefs were the foundation of actions. Those who believed without doubting, he would say, acted without thinking. And those who acted without thinking were enslaved.

When we believe without ground or cause, Proyas, conviction is all we possess, and acts of conviction become our only demonstration. Our beliefs become our God, and we make sacrifices to appease them.

Zsoronga, Sorweel was beginning to realize, possessed the enviable ability to yoke his conviction to his need — to believe, absolutely, whatever his heart required. For Sorweel, belief and want always seemed like ropes too short to bind together, forcing him to play the knot as a result.

It was ever the same: Convince a man to take a single step--after all, what earthly difference could one step make?--and he would walk the next mile to prove himself right.

Everyone thinks they've won the Magical Belief Lottery. Everyone thinks they more or less have a handle on things, that they, as opposed to the billions who disagree with them, have somehow lucked into the one true belief system.

But there is another change coming for you and me down the road. Are we ready for this? There will come a day—sooner or later—when God will say, "Your time is up." We all have to die. What is more, everything that we are doing in this life should be getting us ready for that day. So I am now going to ask you: Do you know for sure that if you were to die today, you would go to heaven? It is the most important question anybody can

Elijah wanted the crisis to be dealt with, and the boy was raised from the dead. Answered prayer is better—and more important—than answered questions: If you demand answers to your questions before you affirm the blood of Christ, you will lose your soul.

It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society.

History has never been dominated by majorities, but only by dedicated minorities who stand unconditionally on their faith.

Life is rarely easy, but, with Christ our King, it is always good.

We cannot use our thoughts and feelings as a standard: only God's Word is the test.

We are very much in need now of Christian pioneers. This means a people who are zealous to grow and to exercise dominion in Christ.

The result of becoming tolerant towards sin is that we become intolerant towards God and His Word.

Godly men are not revolutionists: the Lord's way is regeneration, not revolution.

Our basic problem today is that we have two religions in conflict, humanism and Christianity, each with its own morality and the laws of that morality.

The Lord supplies our needs, but not our selfishness

Man lives in time but his life transcends time.

In any age, our problems are a result of sin, and the solution is faith and obedience.

It is the fear of God which gives us the confidence to face men and their evil and to be confident of ultimate victory.

To be fearless in the Lord does not require us to be great and powerful men, but only to believe in the great and powerful God.

The happiest pillow on which you may rest your head is the knowledge of God's will. I cannot imagine a more miserable situation than consciously to be out of God's will.

Martin Luther spent two hours a day in prayer. John Wesley spent two hours a day in prayer. According to a recent poll taken on both sides of the Atlantic, the average church leader, pastor, priest, evangelist, teacher today spends four minutes a day in prayer and you wonder why the church is powerless.

It is my opinion that the greatest absence in the church today is the fear of God.