The best way we can show our gratitude is by incorporating into our own lives the faithfulness to God’s commandments, the compassion and love for our fellowmen, the industry, optimism, and joy the pioneers demonstrated...

Patience is the glue that binds hard work and faith.

Trust God with your love life, and buckle up for the ride!

Omnipotent-benevolent simply means that God is all-powerful and well-meaning.”I understand the concept. It’s just . . . there seems to be a contradiction.”Yes. The contradiction is pain. Man’s starvation, war, sickness . . .”Exactly!’ Chartrand...

Distance may be the segregator but our thoughts and dreams are what keep us together.

It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in the Christ in whom faith trusts…It is not the measure of faith, but the sincerity...

Grace does not make sense. It’s not supposed to make sense. Grace cannot be calculated or formulated, earned or even rewarded for a job well done. Grace is a gift, not a salary.

At Abraham’s burial, his two most prominent sons, rivals since before they were born, estranged since childhood, scions of rival nations, come together for the first time since they were rent apart nearly three-quarters of...

Happiness is being emerged in thoughts of you.

the stranger’s room.” Not because these people thought they could trace something of someone they loved in the stranger who used it, not because the man or woman to whom they gave shelter reminded them...

You make me want to be a better than I am today.

Shetani hataacha kukuandama. Atakuandama mpaka siku utakapookoka. Yaani, siku utakapookolewa na Yesu Kristo, siku ambapo Shetani hatakuwepo tena. Silaha kuu tunayotakiwa kuwa nayo ni imani. Mungu hababaishwi na matatizo yako. Anababaishwa na imani yako.

You became the sonnet that was etched in my minds eye. Existing outside the dreams we shared in the presence of our eternal love.

Adam Kuambiana umerudi nyumbani ulikotoka, ukiongozwa na imani na mwanga wa wale uliowapenda na kuwapoteza. Hatuwezi kukumbuka kwamba umetutoka bila kukumbuka kwamba uliishi, na kwamba maisha yako yalitupa kumbukumbu nzuri tusizoweza kuzisahau haraka. Jumanne, siku...

Children who have faith have distinctly different characteristics from those who don’t. In fact, one of the main manifestations of a person with strong faith is the ability to give—not just in terms of money...

If faith makes people buy an entire package of myths and values without asking too many questions, scientists are only slightly better.

Without God, the universe is an empty space, and emptiness is the most terrible feeling you can have.” – Ernesto.

There was a time when skepticism was an act of rebellion. Since to a degree I both believe in evolution and have faith, I can only conclude that, as prophesied, to have faith will someday...

Solitude is used to teach us how to live with other people. Rage is used to show us the infinite value of peace. Boredom is used to underline the importance of adventure & spontaneity. Silence...

And still, after all this time,The sun never says to the earth,”You owe Me.”Look what happens withA love like that,It lights the Whole Sky.

Concentrated complete faith – that alone can bring victory.

We tend to think that refusing to exalt Christ is staying true to our self-will and personal freedom when really we are condemning ourselves. Sure, we can pretend to stay true to ourselves, but if...

Life should be full of- Compassion, Peace, Companionship, Honor, Love, Honesty, Joy, Rapture, Euphoria, Friendship, Family, Spiritual Enrichment, Enlightenment, Trust, Truth, Loyalty, Passion, Cultural Enrichment, Unity, Serenity, Zen, Wonder, Respect, Beauty of All Kinds, Balance...

For God to prove himself on demand, physically, would be a grave disappointment, and the strongest Christians should be considerably grateful that he chooses not to do so. The skeptic endlessly demands proof, yet God...

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up

My will is not a place, but a condition. Do not ask Me where and when, but ask Me how.

A Christian is supposed to be in the world, and yet not of the world–a Both/And as perplexing and demanding as the Either/Or that precedes the life of faith. I’m at once a pure, beautiful,...

It was the security man’s nightmare scenario. In the face of death, why wouldn’t there be riots? Why wouldn’t there be killing and theft and rape? If there were no consequences – or if all...

Stephen Hawking said that his quest is simply “trying to understand the mind of God”.

As Christians we must realize there are millions of people in the world (indeed, within the Christian faith) who do not live by our worldview, and we must learn how to interact with them, love...

No human mind can fully grasp the gift of Christ’s atonement, the vastness and inclusiveness of the act—but in the end, it comes down to just you and Jesus. You’ve come, and He’s met you...

I was a terrible believer in things,but I was also a terrible nonbeliever in things. I was as searching as I was skeptical. I didn’t know where to put my faith,or if there was such...

No matter our sins or our sufferings, we are not isolated or abandoned. Christ is there for us, in good times and bad, and if we know how to follow Him, how to walk in...

The road to hell isn’t paved with gold, it’s paved with faith. Faith in a dollar that’s backed by a belief that people have faith in other people’s belief in it.

You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

The return to the “Father from whom all fatherhood takes its name” allows me to let my dad be no less than the good, loving, but limited human being he is, and to let my...

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love – but sometimes it was so hard to love.

The back door of every tomb opens on a hilltop.

‎Now I think ultimately our hope is certainly that people can feel and taste the goodness of God and to find the salvation in Jesus’s love and sacrifice. Sometimes the biggest barrier to that has...

Works, first and foremost! That is to say, doing, doing, doing! The ‘faith’ that goes with it will soon put in an appearance – you can be sure of that!

To stand tall in times of tribulation, we must kneel down in times of preparation.

When we inconvenience ourselves to make someone’s day more enjoyable, we not only give them hope; we also become better people.

But my lazy lack of faith, my in-vogue atheism, has taken away the safety net hanging beneath our children’s lives.

if He closes a door, you may never know what He’s saving you from or see the better things He has stored up for you.

I used to think mercy meant showing kindness to someone who didn’t deserve it, as if only the recipient defined the act. The girl in between has learned that mercy is defined by its giver....

Just because you believed and it didn’t work out your way or according to your timetable, does not mean that it’s over.

But as a family physician, I’d had the opportunity to come in contact with people of all ages, and through the years I’ve noticed a curious parallel: children and the elderly both have the same...

Can anyone survive without faith, however its labeled? No matter how you live, it seems, you need faith to get by, to get ahead.

Maybe, if you can’t get someone out of your head they were never meant to leave. Perhaps, they were meant to help change you into the person you have been waiting to become.

If God gave it to me,” we say “it’s mine. I can do what I want with it.” No. The truth is that it is ours to thank Him for and ours to offer back...