Quotes About Faith

I have to trust that first comes the dust, and then comes the making of something even better with us. God isn't ever going to forsake you, but He will go to great lengths to remake you. What if disappointment is really the exact appointment your soul needs to radically encounter God?

When we know Christ, it should show in our overflow, regardless of our relative success or discouragement in the face of rejection.

I love the thought that God is in our midst and that He will quiet me by His love.

It was about realizing the power of God taking over my complete weakness.

I don't know all the details entangled in this issue. But You know all. Therefore, You, God, are the only One who can handle all. There are a lot of things my flesh is tempted to seek—fairness, my right to be right, proof of her wrongdoing, to make her see things from my vantage point—but at this point, the only thing healthy for me to seek is You. You alone. I'm going to be obedient to You and let You handle everything else.

So I fight for her. Not because we will reconnect. We haven't. And we might not. Not because she's right. Not because I'm right. I fight for her simply because I want to stay right in step with honoring God.

Though we may get our hearts broken from the effects of sin in this in-between time, God's goodness will eventually set the world right.

Seek God like never before. Part of seeking Him is allowing for grace space in your life.

Whatever it is, if we are really going to stop circling the mountain and head north toward lasting changes, we have to empty ourselves of the lie that other people or things can ever fill our hearts to the full. Then we have to deliberately and intentionally fill up on God's truths and stand secure in His love.

Remember that everything that happens to you is first filtered through God's hand. Interruptions can become opportunities. What you might see as distractions God might see as divine appointments. Things may happen that seem so haphazard and distracting to our agenda, but with a fresh dose of perspective, they can turn into precious moments.

Resisting God's promises will make us forget God's presence.

The biblical way to be preserved is to be pressed. And being pressed can certainly feel like being crushed.

Believing God has purposed our days will save us from the trouble of stepping into plans that aren't meant for us.

We must tie our identities to our unchanging, unflinching, unyielding, undeniably good, and unquestionably loving God.

God loves me too much to answer my prayers at any other time than the right time and in any other way than the right way.

Obedience is the daily practice of trusting God.

He waits every day with every answer we need, every comfort we crave, every affection we're desperate for, while we look everywhere else but at Him.

How it must break His heart when we walk around so desperate for a love He waits to give us each and every day.

My life certainly didn't change overnight. I experienced a waiting period, a time of growth, development, and perseverance as God prepared me. Lessons on patience, trust, surrender, and learning to take hold all preceded my stepping out. But even in this seemingly unimportant time of pruning and trials, God was preparing me for the next step.

And if we ground ourselves in the reality that we trust God, we can face circumstances that are out of our control without acting out of control. We can't always fix our circumstances, but we can fix our minds on God. We can do that.

Why doesn't Jesus work for me?" is never the right question. Instead, when circumstances shift and we feel like we fall short, we should ask, "How can I see Jesus even in this?

How many times have I claimed to be a woman of faith but rarely lived a life requiring faith?

Getting filled with Him first so I could love and give and serve out of an overflow rather than relying on my own strength.

I know I must walk through God's process before I see His fulfilled promise.