Quotes About Faith

The faith towards God in Christ must be sure and steadfast, that it may solace and make glad the conscience, and put it to rest. When a man has this certainty, he has overcome the serpent; but if he be doubtful of the doctrine, it is for him very dangerous to dispute with the devil.

I have grounded my preaching upon the literal word; he that pleases may follow me; he that will not may stay.

A fiery shield is God's Word; of more substance and purer than gold, which, tried in the fire, loses nought of its substance, but resists and overcomes all the fury of the fiery heat; even so, he that believes God's Word overcomes all, and remains secure everlastingly, against all misfortunes; for this shield fears nothing, neither hell nor the devil.

In a word, the Holy Scripture is the highest and best of books, abounding in comfort under all afflictions and trials. It teaches us to see, to feel, to grasp, and to comprehend faith, hope, and charity, far otherwise than mere human reason can; and while evil oppresses us, it teaches how these virtues throw light upon the darkness, and how, after this poor, miserable existence of ours on earth, there is another and an eternal life.

He who wholly renounces himself, and relies not on mere human reason, will make good progress in the Scriptures; but the world comprehends them not, from ignorance of that mortification which is the gift of God's word.

Whenever the word is rightly preached, and attentively heard, it never fails to bring forth fruit.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things.

Amen meaneth assuredly, namely, that I am sure that petitions of this kind are accepted by my Heavenly Father, and heard by him, because he hath commanded us, that we should pray after this manner, and hath promised that he will hear us. Amen, Amen: that is, truly, certainly, so be it.

True Christian love is not derived from things without, but floweth from the heart, as from a spring.

Holy Christendom has, in my judgment, no better teacher after the apostles than St. Augustine.

Whoever teaches differently from what I have taught, or whoever condemns me therein, he condemns God and must remain a child of hell.

We must not regard what or how the world esteems us, so we have the Word pure, and are certain of our doctrine.

Earth has nothing more tender than a woman's heart when it is the abode of piety.

Can he who understands not God's word, understand God's works?

I greatly fear that the universities, unless they teach the Holy Scriptures diligently and impress them on the young students, are wide gates to hell.

Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of truth, honesty, generosity, equity and brotherhood as a guide to mundane relations.

ASK AND YOU WILL RECIVED.IT HAS WORD FOR ME.

The only way to joy is to interpret our circumstances by God's Word rather than to judge God by our circumstances.

We aren't going to choose paths of wisdom if we don't trust the One who has marked out those paths for us. Fear of the Lord is trust in the Lord

Happiness, or contentment, comes from where we look and what we believe, not from what we have.

The more we soak ourselves in God's Word, the more we will be able to readily lay hold of the wisdom we need for particular circumstances.

God is glorified not by calling strong women but by giving His strength to weak women.

God doesn't want our efforts at self-improvement. He wants our trust in his kindness toward us in Christ.

Improving ourselves is not the sacrifice the Lord calls us to.