Quotes About Faith

To be in a relationship with God is to be loved purely and furiously. And a person who thinks himself unlovable cannot be in a relationship with God because he can't accept who God is; a Being that is in love.

What I believe is not what I say I believe, what I believe is what I do.

Most Christians have enormous respect for the space and freedom of others, it is only that they have found a joy in Jesus they want to share. There is the tension.

God risked himself on me. I will risk myself on you.

God doesn't give us crying, pooping children because he wants to advance our careers.

God has never withheld love to teach me a lesson.

Some people think of it as the longing for God, and I think they're on to something. In my opinion, though, that longing will never be satisfied in our lifetime. In other words, I'm convinced every person has a longing that will never be fulfilled and it's our job to let it live and breathe and suffer within it as a way of developing our character.

What differentiates true Christianity from the pulp many people buy into is that Jesus never offers that completion here on earth. He only asks us to trust him and follow him to the metaphorical wedding we will experience in heaven.

When the sun went down, the sky lit up like Jesus was coming back.

I cried out to him an angry petition for rescue. I doubted him and needed him at the same time.

My faith teaches me that the path to join souls in love must of necessity involve a crucifixion, and I think there's a metaphor in there for marriage.

When a Judge personality is religious, they'll use the Bible to gain control of others. The Bible becomes a book of rules they use to prove they are right rather than a book that introduces people to God.

It was in Commons where I met Laura, who, although she was an atheist, would teach me a great deal about God.

God bless them, when they learn to play by the rules they are welcomed back, but my heart is worth protecting.

The story of America is the story of an adventure that began with deep faith, big dreams and humble beginnings.

Acknowledge that people bound by the chains of true addictions often need more help than self-help, and that may include you. Seek that help and welcome it. Talk to your bishop. Follow his counsel. Ask for a priesthood blessing. Use the Church's Family Services offerings or seek other suitable professional help. Pray without ceasing. Ask for angels to help you. . . .

And so here she was, working with a friend she could never see, trying to rescue someone she'd never met from an enemy that a few days ago she would not believed had existed.

Three things are required of man—to worship the gods, to do no evil, and to maintain manly behavior.

There is nothing God does not wish to be understood and investigated by reason.'' He

Se Dio vuole,' Alaimo said. Griffoni made a noise, half gasp and half laugh. 'If God wills,' she said.

I raised my hand and asked if God was a spirit. And he said yes, He was. So I asked if it was right that a spirit was different from a person because it didn't have a body, wasn't material. And when he agreed, I asked how, if God was a spirit, He could be a man, if He didn't have a body or anything.

a great comfort faith can be to those left behind.

I guess God can be whatever God wants to be. Maybe God's so great that even our little rules about material reality and our tiny little universe don't mean anything to God. You ever think of that?

Well, I don't believe it any more, none of it: I have no faith and I have no hope.' Though