Quotes About Faith

Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance to our concentration on God.

God does not make us holy in the sense of character; He makes us holy in the sense of innocence, and we have to turn that innocence into holy character by a series of moral choices.

God regenerates us and puts us in contact with all his divine resources, but he cannot make us walk according to his will.

God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Him. Beware of competing calls once the call of God grips you.

Never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives. This is poverty triumphant.

Reflected peace is the proof that you are right with God because you are at liberty to turn your mind to Him.

People pour themselves into their own doctrines, and God has to blast them out of their preconceived ideas before they can become devoted to Jesus Christ.

And it is not repentance that saves me — repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus.

The saint is hilarious when he is crushed with difficulties because the thing is so ludicrously impossible to anyone but God.

Abandonment to God is of more value than personal holiness!

Be exhausted for God, but remember that your supply comes from Him. 'All my fresh springs shall be in thee.'

If you are going on with God, the only thing that is clear to you, and the only thing God intends to be clear, is the way He deals with your own soul.

Every God-given vision will become real if we will only have patience.

God judges us on the basis of the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ.

A saint is never consciously a saint- a saint is consciously dependent on God.

God will turn the might have been into a wonderful culture for the future.

The one thing that remains is looking in the face of God for ourselves.

No matter who or what we are, God restores us to right standing with Himself only by means of the death of Jesus Christ.

One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.

We have a generation of people who think they can stand before the judgment seat of God despite their sins.

The God of popular religion is not holy.

It is one thing to fall victim to the flood or to fall prey to cancer; it is another thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Was Luther crazy? Perhaps. But if he was, our prayer is that God would send to this earth an epidemic of such insanity that we too may taste of the righteousness that is by faith alone.

God, I needed you," he murmured. "I can't even tell you how many times I thought about this. The funny thing is, I don't need you any less now. I think I need you more." ~Shane~