He may not necessarily calm the storm but He can calm you in/thru the storm! jw

He chooses us, not because we believe, but that we may believe; lest we should say that we first chose Him” (Augustine). Faith receives the electing love of God not as if it had already...

Death is only dreadful for those who live in dread and fear of it. Death is not wild and terrible, if only we can be still and hold fast to God’s Word. Death is not...

may my faith always beat the end of the daylike a hummingbird…returningto its favorite flower.

As long as there is life, there is a potential; and as long as there is a potential, there will be a success! You will sprout again when cut down! You will rise again even...

‘Tis not the dying for a faith that’s so hard… ‘Tis the living up to it that’s difficult.

Whether we choose the path of faith or not, we all must agree that all of life’s ironies cannot be by accident.

Thus Milton refines the question down to a matter of faith,” said Coleridge, bringing the lecture to a close, “and a kind of faith more independent, autonomous – more truly strong, as a matter of...

Learn from the past, but don’t be a prisoner of it.

But all the while, there was one thing we most needed even from the start, and certainly will need from here on out into the New Jerusalem: the ability to take our freedom seriously and...

When heavens smile on a man, the earth have no other choice than to respond to his needs

If I were a character in one of my books, I’d be the optimistic one, believing the best and urging others to do the same.

You may have seen some good days in the past, but God doesn’t want to give you an encore; He wants to exceed your wildest expectations!

I just want to tell you: the only good thing in these days is that I still believe there’s something good behind all these things. I don’t know what that good thing is but the...

The day I became a writerit wasn’t the day a whore paid me in sexin exchange for one of my bookswhich happened often and more and moreas time went onit wasn’t the first time someone...

Saaxiibadaa, markaad guulaysato waxay ogaanayaan qofkaad tahay markaad guuldaraysatana waxaad ogaaanaysaa waxay yihiin.

Sometimes it is worth taking a risk, no matter what the consequences.

If you can’t dream big, you will never see the vivid colors of probability over the darkness of possibility.

Don’t be discouraged when they laugh at your adversity; instead, smile at them, because through persistence, perseverance and faith, you would be laughing at their surprised faces in the future.

To seek is to show valor. To endure is to show strength. To believe all will arise in a time of perfection. There shows trust and faith in you.

I believe in God and that everything I do is because of Him. If I don’t have a relationship with God, I can’t love my wife and kids the way I’m supposed to love them.

There is no end to the things you don’t understand. The mind will search for a lie to give it an answer you can understand, but one song at the right time will challenge what...

Faith in Jesus is the most important event in the history of a child’s life.

Just because you can explain it doesn’t mean it’s not still a miracle.

It’s one thing to have a goal, but it’s quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and...

It took a couple of months before we were both convinced there were no rules about sexual activities in Hell and our spouses were not going to show up out of the blue. It was...

Instead of becoming a woman of the world, become a woman of the Word.

We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long...

He does not regard the quantity of faith, but the quality. He does not measure its degree, but its truth. He will not break any bruised reed, nor quench any smoking flax. He will never...

Theology, philosophy, metaphysics, and quantum physics are merely ways for God to have his smart people believe in him

Finally, if you ask why this complete picture of the Antichrist is given us in Scripture, my answer is: in order that we might clearly recognize it when it is revealed. And what then must...

I am not functioning very well. Living with the knowledge that the baby is dead is painful. I feel so far away from you, God. I can only try to believe that you are sustaining...

Balance in all things doesn’t mean balance in your actions, but balance within. When you are balanced and at one with yourself, your actions will reflect your inner serenity. Stop giving yourself expectations and an...

God is magnificent. God is mighty.

God’s power supersedes any power.

The LORD GOD is a shelter from the heat.The LORD GOD is a refuge from the storm.

Three essential keys (FAITH, HOPE and LOVE) will open the Heavens door.

My heart is filled with profound gratitude to God.

What parent can give to their children is the gift of daily prayer.

Life itself is sacred.

May our lifestyles be a testimony of the hope we have in Christ Jesus.

Believe in yourself, you can do great things!

Whether you realize it or not, your ongoing battle with unbelief drives all your sinful thoughts, emotions, desires, and actions.

Faith.

The courage to dream, the courage to act.

The stretching of your faith is immediate pain that results in ultimate gain. It is in the waiting that we become who we are meant to be.

What do you have that the Lord didn’t provide?What do you need that the Lord can’t provide?

God’s grace is the power for greatness.

Power of prayer, serenity for the soul.

Imagination is divinity.