I loved my father, but I was not like him. I never needed to believe the best of people. I took them as they were: two-faced, desperate, kind – perhaps all at once. But to...

Every time I try to be righteous by my own actions, God reminds me my righteousness comes from Jesus alone.

It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.

Faith all grown up is trust.

To believers, the bible is a holy book, to unbelievers, it is a story book.

Now very much against her will, she thought of the way Jace had looked at her then, the blaze of faith in his eyes, his belief in her. He had always thought she was strong....

The sun rises in the east every morning and falls in the west, Ayden. Darknesses are awaken and fate is tested, destinies are foreseen. Thy soul the only enemy, a hero is born. A new...

You said one day you would come back for usThe ones that believed in youThe ones that asked you into their heartsThe ones that served you

Safety” and “fairness” are the preoccupation of the wounded. “Being” and “joy” are the unconscious realities of the free and living.

Why did they believe? Because they saw miracles. Things one man took as chance, a man of faith took as a sign. A loved one recovering from disease, a fortunate business deal, a chance meeting...

Miracles have a higher percentage of being permanent than magical solutions.

Every Christian who studies history can only grieve over the atrocities that have been committed in the name of God by people who refuse to follow His ways.

Trying to justify a world we don’t hold all the answers to is what bedevils the best of us. Sometimes it’s better just to accept that things are as we see them.

But if I could just get som ehint, some sign…” Conchita smiles, without humor, but with great affection. “That’s the point behind faith,” she says. “It’s not something you can prove….I know you hate to...

Each day is a new opportunity to make ourselves better. Don’t wait for things to change, become the change.

Life is not being sure what will come next or how it will come. We guess at everything we do. We take leap after leap in the dark and that’s the joy of living and...

Faith doesn’t mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts.

If you are standing in one place waiting for something to change, you may be there for a while. You’ve got to move. Step up and take a swing. Make something happen

If we rely on anything else besides faith to maintain the practice of the presence of God, we will certainly fail, whether this is our feelings, or experiences, or sincerity, or good intentions, or reasonings,...

While reason steers a man, it is faith alone that moves him

Do not fear the conflict, do not flee it. Where there is no struggle, there is no virtue; where faith and love are not tempted, it is not possible to be sure whether they are...

We can block our blessings with one thought, one decision. Sometimes your blessing may require certain actions on your behalf. You asked for the job? Now, you must get dressed and go to the interview...

Have you got something against reason?

God would never place a dream in your heart that He didn’t have the ability to fulfill.

Focus on faith and grow your roots strong and deep so no one can make you believe in something that is not good for your soul.

Your greatest disappointment will often lead you to your greatest appointment.

Faith is the mortar that fills the cracks in the evidence and the gaps in the logic, and thus it is faith that keeps the whole terrible edifice of religious certainty still looming dangerously over...

Sin may have the power to kill and destroy, but God is the Creator of life. He can create it from nothing, and He can restore it from death.(John 11:25-26)

Galatians 5:22-23 describes the fruit of the Spirit, which is “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Notice the verse does not say the “fruits” of the Spirit, but fruit. The fruit,...

Having faith and belief in my inner guidance allows me to see the world in a way that strengthens that faith and belief and brings with it a life filled with welcomed expectation and awe.

you won’t ever get ahead if you keep feeling sorry for yourself. You must stop all the negative talk and start thinking positive. You have a lot of potential but your life won’t change until...

Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.But no, that is not quite accurate. There is one place where her absence comes locally home to me, and it is a place I can’t avoid....

You and I will have our forever.

Grace is the first and last moving cause of salvation; and faith, essential as it is, is only an important part of the machinery which grace employs. We are saved ‘through faith,’ but salvation is...

FAITH IS THE EMPEROR OF DREAMSA great emperor is born from one tiny sperm.A large eagle grows from one small egg.A giant tree grows from one tiny seedling.For the newborn and wise,Everything begins small.However, it...

When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….

Faith reveals the potential.

We shall be judged according to our works – this is why we are exhorted to do good works. The Bible assuredly knows nothing of those qualms about good works, by which we only try...

The denial of Christ has less to do with facts and more to do with the bent of what a person is prejudiced to conclude.

My righteousness is just as good as Jesus’ righteousness, because it IS Jesus’ righteousness!

I believe,I have faith,I trust,In me,In you,In us.

Do you think we find Jesus, or does He find us?” (140+Likes on FB)

This was not a man who wanted to give up his mate. This was a man trying to do the honorable thing—and give her a choice, no matter hiw much it cost him.

He is the Creator and the sustainer of all things. He is the unchanging, self-existent God, and that means that He depends on nobody. He is neither helped by our faith nor hindered by our...

Not only do I not know what I believe, but also I cannot know for sure that I believe. How can I define precisely what my attitude is toward something it cannot conceivably grasp? Can...

Christianity, like genius, is one of the hardest concepts to forgive. We hear what we want to hear and accept what we want to accept, for the most part, simply because there is nothing more...

And he always checks that he carries three things with him: faith, hope, and love.

God wants us to humbly and sincerely ask him things. How often do you enjoy people talking about you without taking the time to get to know you?

God moves in mysterious waysHis wonders to performs

Even under false accusation those who are in the right can afford to be calm and considerate. God is acquainted with all that is misunderstood and misinterpreted by men, and we can safely leave our...