Faith Quotes - Page 37

It is easy to see, though it scarcely needs to be pointed out, since it is involved in the fact that Reason is set aside, that faith is not a form of knowledge; for all knowledge is either a knowledge of the eternal, excluding the temporal and historical as indifferent, or it is pure historical knowledge. No knowledge can have for its object the absurdity that the eternal is the historical.

Let us face at the outset how many Christians are not victorious, but defeated. Defeated by circumstances, defeated by other peoples? natures and wrong-doings, defeated by the down-drag of the flesh, defeated by loss, by pain, by suffering, by worry. Instead of saying with confidence, ?This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith?, they have to say in honesty, ?This is the defeat that has been caused by the world, even our self-centeredness.? That is the opposite of faith. Unbelief is not the opposite of faith; self-centeredness is ? being centered in self rather than in God.

The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.

Preparation can only take you so far , after that you've got to take a few leaps of faith

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.

Put your nose into the Bible everyday. It is your spiritual food. And then share it. Make a vow not to be a lukewarm Christian.

Knowing that God is faithful, it really helps me to not be captivated by worry. But knowing that He will do what He has said, He will cause it to happen, whatever He has promised, and then it causes me to be less involved in worrying about a situation.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

Faith is the power, obedience is the price, love is the motive, the Spirit is the key and Christ is the reason.

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.

Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament … There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth.

Have you been holding back from a risky, costly course to which you know in your heart God has called you? Hold back no longer. Your God is faithful to you, and adequate for you. You will never need more than He can supply, and what He supplies, both materially and spiritually, will always be enough for the present.

The eternal God asks a favor of his bride: "Hold me close to your heart, close as locket or bracelet fits." No matter whether we walk or stand still, eat or drink, we should at all times wear the golden locket "Jesus" upon our heart.

God never put anyone in a place too small to grow in.

This is not an age in which to be a soft Christian.

God is gracious beyond the power of language to describe.

The root of all difficulties is a lack of the sense of the Presence of God.

Hope is the destination that we seek. Love is the road that leads to hope. Courage is the motor that drives us. We travel out of darkness into faith.

As Elisabeth Elliot points out, not even dying a martyr’s death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on a cross. Suddenly a martyr’s death seems like normal obedience.

She took a leap of faith and grew her wings on the way down.

I do not want merely to possess a faith, I want a faith that possesses me.

I strongly believe in the existence of God, based on intuition, observations, logic, and also scientific knowledge.