The lives God gives to us, the awful things we can’t escape from. Sometimes I think that sort of God would enjoy making hell for us after we die.

We all have a suspicion and hope that we’ve just been part of something special, something that may eventually change our lives. That no one else knows this makes it seem like we are living...

Since the beginning of time, spirituality and religion have been called to fill in the gaps that science did not understand.

You are so close I want to breath you in.

He is all my salvation and all my desire,” that man is not only in danger of beinglost, but he is already condemned; because, in fact, he believes not on the Son of God! He...

Ë Willing ‘ is superfluous for Me. For grace is ever available to devotees who have steady love and faith. Since I move freely with them, talking and singing, even intellectuals are unable to grasp...

Faith, sir, as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.

I want to drink the knowledge of Pythagorus’s theorem.

True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be aware of its dangers. In the last resort it is immaterial whether we...

People often tell you to “live your dream.” But I think the better advice is to be faithful. Treat people well, even when you don’t feel like it. Tell the truth, even when it’s complicated....

the best interest of the children”.

Believe, my child. Faith is the food of survival.

Guidance, like all God’s acts of blessing under the covenant of grace, is a sovereign act. Not merely does God will to guide us in the sense of showing us his way, that we may...

When something is truly meant for YOU, you won’t have to force it, rush it, or manipulate it.

While I knew that true beauty came from the inside, I had missed the fact that God doesn’t make mistakes. He makes us who we are – forming us in our mother’s wombs (Ps. 139:13),...

God is writing His story on the pages of our lives.

Realizing the seriously ruthless, venomous habits and agendas of evil always instills a more fierce passion and longing for a closer God. Men, out of pride, may claim their own authorities over what constitutes good...

The act of living one’s own destiny includes a series of stages that are far beyond our understanding, whose objective is always to… make us learn the lessons necessary to fulfill our own destiny.

Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.

Why fear when I am here? Put all your faith in Me. I shall guide you and guard you.

People, generally, are equally insecure. They just show it (or hide it) differently.

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...

Forgiveness is a highly yielding tool for success. The ROI in it never drops.