Faith Quotes - Page 25

Have you ever tried thinking of God as a person instead of an all-powerful vending machine that never gives you the right amount of change? He has feelings too, you know.

I didn't come from a success lineage but I am so glad that my earthly lineage is not my final story because when I gave my life to Jesus twelve years back, God interrupted my story.

It is easier to hold on to a dream than it is to let it go.

Living on Faith.Striving on Desire. Flying on Hope.

Out of the darkness, out of the night,May I find joy and all that is right:Open my eyes, so I'll see the lightThat comes when we have spiritual sight.~Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, "Infinite Spirit, Abide With Me" (1940's)

[I]t is difficult to imagine a set of beliefs more suggestive of mental illness than those that lie at the heart of many of our religious traditions.

You ought to forgive others. Sometimes, the dark deed of others is due to inner struggles and fears. With your shining light and kind deeds, you will help them to turn to the light.

We’ve been so busy with these things we let ourselves think actually mattered, but they don’t. There’s no such thing as the right career, or morality, or destiny, or fate. There’s only life. And whether you honor it or ignore it. It’s ironic, but in trying to find God we’ve been ignoring life.

The loudest preacher in the world is your conscience, the cleverest is wisdom, the rowdiest is passion, the surest is truth, the purest is love, and the highest is God.

Whoever blessings, shall be abundantly blessed.

When God speaks faith has to connect to His Word because if you allow only your feelings to connect no root can be formed.

To the knights of faith nobody believes.

A faith that does not result in activity of any kind is a dead faith; it is empty, worthless, insincere.

Of course, Mary Magdalene would have very little tolerance for the Christian platitudes and vapid optimism that seem to swirl around these kinds of tragic events. Those platitudes are tempting, but they're nothing but luxuries for people who've never had demons (or at least have never admitted to them). But equally, she would reject nihilism, or the idea that there is no real meaning in life or death - ideas present in so much of postmodernity. Those ideas, too, are luxuries, but they are for those who have never been freed from demons.

I live my life in the light of your love.

You are my strength when I am weakYou are my shield when I am hurtingWhatever you say unto me LordI will do

No work for grace. It can only be received through faith in Jesus Christ.

Why God should want and need us is a mystery. But it is true: otherwise he would not have created us and life would ultimately have no meaning for us. It is good to remember that in God the is a constancy, a consistency of attitude which never changes, irrespective of what we are or how we act: he never changes in is wanting us or needing us.

True love takes time to find, but once it's found, the rest is eternal.

Christmas is a season of exceedingly great joy.

The divinity within is an endless strength.

God is in control of all events and is able to protect and provide for you His child.

What is seen is not the TruthWhat is cannot be saidTrust comes not without seeingNor understanding without wordsThe wise comprehends with knowledgeTo the ignorant it is but a wonderSome worship the formless GodSome worship his various formsIn what way He is beyond these attributesOnly the Knower knowsThat music cannot be writtenHow can then be the notesSay Kabir, awareness alone will overcome illusion.

My spiritual journey really started when I was a sophomore in High School. I came home from basketball practice one rainy evening and a friend of the family was waiting in the living room for me. He said he just wanted to talk to me for a minute or two. We went down stairs and he posed this question to me; “Michael, If you were to die tonight and to stand before God, why should He let you into heaven?

Faith consists not in ignorance but in knowledge and that not only of God but also of the divine will.

Never allow anyone to break your bond of love.

We joyfully pray with grateful heart to welcome blessings in New Year.

Eternity to eternity , God is God.

Do not expect much from humans.

Always try to fix what is broken so that when the blessings come, you will be able to receive it. This generation does a lot of right things for wrong reasons.

He wounds but he heals.

For anything worth accomplishing, we can always find reasons to doubt, just as we can also find reasons to proceed...I have chosen to side with faith and hope over doubt and despair.

Do not hold a lazy faith. Miracles are not spontaneous events we must wait for helplessly. Miracles are an achievement—a breakthrough accomplished by those who pushed themselves beyond what was thought possible while holding a belief in a better life. Get up off your knees, and roll up your sleeves.

I trust God that through all life changes , He is in control.

Riley had no doubt that an "immediate and merciful act of the Almighty" had saved them from the surf at Bojador. According to him, all of his men believed this too. Later, when a friend advised him to play down this conviction, because skeptics would use it to discredit the rest of his account of the voyage, Riley refused.

No one gets an easy pass in life. We all meet struggles while pursuing our dreams. Sometimes our knees shake when facing giants, and sometimes our feet get knocked out from under us. Those are defining moments.

Appreciation for cultural diversity is essential for our co-existence.

Throughout the ages, the wisdom has been taught. Now the language has changed, and truth is given in the language of science.

The process of secularisation arises not from the loss of faith but from the loss of social interest in the world of faith. It begins the moment men feel that religion is irrelevant to the common way of life and that society as such has nothing to do with the truths of faith.

A believer a mind whose faith is consciousness is never disturbed because other persons do not yet see the fact which he sees.

Never let fear control you, let faith take control.

Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God.

Quiet moments bring you closer to God. It's your silent time within your own private sanctuary. People have so many things to talk about, worry about, think about, without giving themselves peace within. Quiet moments give you access to areas of your brain which allows you to function proficiently.

People will tell you that you’re broken. Don’t believe them. They were not the person that could help you. They have not walked your path. God has got a plan to bring people into your life that have lived through a similar hell. In the end, it isn’t the number of people that are on your side. It is the people that understand what your side is that matters.

Be strong. There is hope in any situation.

To please God, live a godly life and nurture kindness, compassion, justice, and humility.

Marriage is a long-lasting friendship.

Why do you want to run away from reality?

Whatever you can visualize, you can possess it.

God is all-knowing, all-powerful and all-bountiful.

Much can be accomplished if you seek a heart of wisdom and walk diligently with God each and every day.

Have you ever asked yourself this question "what can God do through me?" The preacher has no platform if the people has no sense of mission.

The faith is not the problem, Bernadette. The problem is the faithful.

How, and when shall these things come to pass? wherefore are our years few and evil?

That's what I like about God. You get to know Him by His occasional absence.

Every religion has extremists, and extremists have more in common with each other than they do with the common people of their faith.

It is the doing of your calling that attracts the support of the God of the Universe. When I stepped into that space, the wind in my life changed direction. The doing rallied the Heavens. It was the voice of my faith. If you don’t do out of your being, you aren’t truly showing up. Maybe that’s what’s meant by faith without works is dead. Without it, there are no smoke signals going up to attract the people, resources or opportunities.

A seeker of radical strenght Keeps everything on track, Feeble force yields at length, Not sure where to go back. When one can't find courage, And all the efforts seem vain, It's advised to fight like a sage: Be powerful like a bullet train! Too much work and no play Can make a brain go astray! Determined to live and stay Can lead life into a long way.

It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.

Your relationship or lack of relationship with God through Jesus Christ continues after your last breath on this earth.