Quotes About Faith

You make no agreements with whatever the temptation or accusation is.

Jesus, I give my heart to your kingdom; I am made for your kingdom and nothing else will do.

Nothing is truly lost. This is going to come back to me; this will be in one of my treasure chests Jesus will restore to me.

that's exactly what we do to find more of God—we practice belief. We exercise it.

most men have a hard time sustaining any sort of devotional life because it has no vital connection to recovering and protecting their strength; it feels about as important as flossing. But if you saw your life as a great battle and you knew you needed time with God for your very survival, you would do it.

To be clear, I am not listening for an audible voice, as I would if you and I were talking. I am listening for his gentle voice within, for that is where Jesus dwells—within our very hearts (Eph. 3:17).

And he wants you to be utterly yourself, with him.

Now, if you believed both assumptions, if they were woven into your deepest convictions about the world, you would want to learn to pray like a soldier wants to learn to use his weapon, like a smoke jumper wants to learn survival skills. We really have no idea what sort of breakthrough is actually possible until we learn to pray. Perhaps we, too, will be ending droughts and stopping wildfires.

Jesus lived the way he did in this world, for this world, because his hope was set beyond this world; that is the secret of his life. "Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God" (Hebrews 12:2 THE MESSAGE).

The intellectual support for UNBELIEF is about as stable as the stock market.

essential prayer is conversational. It

For the followers of Jesus, the real finish line is either the return of Jesus or our homecoming to him.

I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name. (Isa. 45:2–3)

There is hope of freedom because of what Christ has done. Now you have an option. But you do have to stop presenting yourself over to sin as best you can. Your choices matter. You need to renounce the ways you have presented yourself to sin, and represent yourself to Christ.

Si hubiera pensado que eso era todo, que era mi corazón, me habría desanimado. Saber que mi corazón es bueno me permitió bloquear aquello en el acto.

For that which draws us to the heart of God is that which often first lifts our own hearts above the mundane, awakens longing and desire. And it is that life, my brothers, the life of your heart, that God is most keenly after.

Communion with God is the one need of the soul beyond all other need," wrote George MacDonald. "Prayer is the beginning of that communion and some need is the motive of that prayer."2

Confusing the weight of sins actually hurts our ability to resist temptation.

It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope. RABBI JONATHAN SACKS, Celebrating Life

Nunca saque un principio de su experiencia; deje que Dios sea tan original con otras personas como es con usted».

Christianity is not a set of convictions—it is a truth. The most offensive thing imaginable.

Faith is something that looks backward - we remember the ways God has come through for his people, and for us, and our belief is strengthened that he will come through again. Love is exercised in the present moment; we love in the now. Hope reaches into the future to take hold of something we do not yet have, may not even see.

Yet this is the world God has made—a world that requires us to live with risk. Because God wants us to live by faith.

positive barometers, too, wonderful things;