Faith Quotes - Page 46

Every great move forward in your life begins with a leap of faith, a step into the unknown.

If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.

It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of action. For while in many matters it is first we must see then we will act; in matters of faith it is first we must do then we will know, first we will be and then we will see. One must, in short, dare to act wholeheartedly without absolute certainty.

It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are able, so that they end up not being able to do anything. The spirit of God urges one gently to do the good that can be done reasonably, so that it may be done perseveringly and for a long time.

The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have no evidence.

Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more.

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth

Faith is the soul's witness to something not yet manifested, achieved or realised, but which yet the Knower within us, even in the absence of all indications, feels to be true or supremely worth following or achieving.

Worry is spiritual short sight... Its cure is intelligent faith.

These really are our days, and we can prevail and overcome, even in the midst of trends that are very disturbing. If we are faithful the day will come when those deserving pioneers and ancestors, whom we rightly praise for having overcome the adversities in the wilderness trek, will praise today’s faithful for having made their way successfully through a desert of despair and for having passed through a cultural wilderness, while still keeping the faith.

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.

The greatest gift we have is the gift of life.

God is like a person who clears his throat while hiding and so gives himself away. God lies in wait for us with nothing so much as love.

Can you imagine a life with no fear? What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats?

Faith is under the left nipple.

This morning it occurred to me for the first time that my body, my faithful companion and friend, truer and better known to me than my own soul, may be after all only a sly beast who will end by devouring his master.

My daughter, I see more Pharisees among Christians than there were around Pilate.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

Faith is not a delicate flower which would wither away under the slightest stormy weather.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

As I make goals for this year... Jesus, let your thoughts become my thoughts and bend my will to Your will.

It will all work out in the end. You must keep faith in yourself, and leave the rest to God.

Faith is the force of life.

The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.

All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.