Allah tests our patience and our fortitude. He tests out strength of faith. be patient and there will endless rewards for you, insha’Allah” – Utaz Badr

There is never a moment when God is not in control. Relax! He’s got you covered.

There is nothing that can happen TO you that can’t also happen FOR you…if you’ll let it.

The more I pray, the more I feel God’s comfort.

To think I need a gun to protect against those who’d kill me for being Muslim … It’s too bad they don’t know about my true religion of noodling – a reason to get their...

Technology does make possible advance toward shalom; progress in mastery of the world can bring shalom nearer. But the limits of technology must also be acknowledged; technology is entirely incapable of bringing about shalom between...

Hope is faith.

You can achieve great things when depend more on God.

Will, is the precursor of possibility, and the foresight of potential.

Start and end your day with God.Seek His presence and blessing daily.

The fulfillment of the vision is always for the appointed time.

God within you is an inner light for self-realisation.

With consistent determination, commitment , persistent, handwork, and faith in God we can make our dreams come true.

I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt at that had been cynical and messed up. I gave it a go...

If you only knew how to respect my heart, I wouldn’t have found a reason to let you go.

Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.

Because Ann learned to trust God fifteen years ago, she is able to trust God now with an even more difficult situation.

For years I was deathly afraid of my own weaknesses, but when I closed my eyes and let myself be vulnerable to them it allowed miracles to take place. Miracles that were only alive when...

God has given you two ears–that should tell you something about the importance of listening.

The only principle of Success in Life :”You must be present to win.

Life without God is a long and fruitless search for enjoyment, meaning, and fulfillment.

No matter what argument you make against evolution, the response is Well, you know, it’s possible to believe in evolution and believe in God. Yes, and it’s possible to believe in Spiderman and believe in...

God honors you when you take a stand for what is right.

You want me to lie for you?” Aidan asked, watching them. “Believe in me, the way you did in my mama.” Aidan wheezed and sputtered. What did she know ’bout him and Miz Garnett? “Please.”...

Beware the unbelief of others. It’s contagious!

Its not that I’m weird; it’s that it’s weird not to be weird

My stubborn, self-savvy heart will not reach for the sky if my earth becomes everything I need. If people fill me up then where is my need for the transcendent? If everything is glory and...

Every faith has logic even though people after developing faith forget the logic behind the faith. There is a strong logic behind the creation of religion—the greatest symbol of human faith—that has provided a common...

Faith is the only belief which remains alive between heaven and hell.

We can offer women what they want most of all, cures for the most common ailments of this world… When children are ailing or babies refuse to be born, when men are unfaithful, when the...

That the stars guide us, but do not compel us. It is our free will that determines the outcome of all things. God does impose his will on us, rather he makes it known and...

Don’t run from your pain — run into your pain.

Nothingness…there in this placewhere nothingness takesbut for the glimmera steadfast shimmerall would be consumed…

The ministry found in the corners of one’s life should match the ministry that is put on display.

I do not want chemistry to degenerate into a religion; I do not want the chemist to believe in the existence of atoms as the Christian believes in the existence of Christ in the communion...

We are going to make mistakes no matter what, so it’s better to be strong in faith despite our mistakes than weak in faith because of them.

We need more love, to supersede hatred, —We need more strength, to resist our weaknesses, —We need more inspiration, to lighten up our inner mind. —We need more learning, to erase our ignorance, —We need...

When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.

Many people are born into their religion. For them it is mostly a matter of legacy and convenience. Their belief is based on faith, not just in the teachings of the religion but also in...

There’s almost always a church youth group at the soup kitchen. I have yet to see an atheists’ youth group. Yeah, I know, religious people don’t have a monopoly on doing good. I’m sure that...

Still hurting so much today from what my prior Pastor and 19church board did to me last year, and I really want to get past that. I want and need to forgive them, to move...

…even misplaced faith can help us gain knowledge. We try to be smart about where we put our faith and we adjust as we learn more.

There is good even in church people. You find it hard to believe, right? Jesus never shut the door on religious people. He just made sure that they understand He was that door, and not...

Do you find yourself in a dry place today? Don’t look back toward the land of your bondage, or even to the place where God miraculously saved you from your enemies. Those seasons are over...

When we persue happiness for it’s own sake, it’s like chasing the end of a rainbow. It will always elude us. It is when we’re committed to some higher purpose that happiness somehow breaks through...

You can sing all you want about how you love Jesus, you can have crocodile tears in your eyes, but the consecration that doesn’t reach your purse has not reached your heart.

It seems all spirits need theatrics, eh? Even Christ himself requires incense and holy water. We’re a skeptical people. We need convincing.

In between reason and faith is a happy place, an inch away from where lies sorrow, an inch away from where lie peace

Often what feels like the end of the world is really a challenging pathway to a far better place.

[The] insistence on the absolutely indiscriminate nature of compassion within the Kingdom is the dominant perspective of almost all of Jesus’ teaching.What is indiscriminate compassion? ‘Take a look at a rose. Is is possible for...