If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God.
Pope FrancisLet us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
George WashingtonWhether we’re happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.
Joyce MeyerYou know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
Barack ObamaI want to tell people about the meaning of the cross.
Billy GrahamIt’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.
Joel OsteenKeep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.
Kanye WestGod has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.
Joel OsteenThere are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.
Dalai LamaIt is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist.
Blaise PascalI consider wisdom supernatural because it isn’t taught by men – it’s a gift from God.
Joyce MeyerForgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.
Joyce MeyerBe a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Martin LutherTo ‚choose‘ dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.
Christopher HitchensIf the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.
William JamesTo Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.
Benjamin FranklinBut the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
Alan WattsIt’s amazing if you just listen to people. They tell you all the time things that you can do for them, without even realizing what they’re doing. I’ve learned to take notice of those things and if it’s something that I feel God wants me to do, then I try to do that to add joy to their life.
Joyce MeyerPrayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma GandhiLove, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.
Elbert HubbardI believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.
Joyce MeyerA church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
H. L. MenckenIf there really is a god, then he really looks after me.
Jackie ChanWe can approach God’s throne with boldness because we are confident in the power of what Jesus accomplished for us at the cross.
Joyce MeyerI die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.
VoltaireNothing reflects so much honor on a workman as a trial of his work and its endurance of it. So it is with God. It honors Him when His saints preserve their integrity.
Charles SpurgeonWe were old sinners – but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.
Joel OsteenMan is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
Henry AdamsFaith activates God – Fear activates the Enemy.
Joel OsteenThe Bible says that God has a reason for keeping us here; if He didn’t, He would take us to Heaven far sooner.
Billy GrahamFaith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
VoltaireGod gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
Franz KafkaI believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – ‚There’s nothing good in my future‘ – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.
Joel OsteenDear friends, we may well sing to our Beloved when it is near the time of our departure. It draws near, and as it approaches, we must not dread it, but rather thank God for it.
Charles SpurgeonPainting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
Vincent Van GoghWe clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.
Joyce MeyerI believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.
Stephen HawkingThrough fidelity, we situate ourselves and maintain ourselves in the hands of God so exactly as to become one with them in their action.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinMen do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.
Fyodor DostoevskyI desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I should be worse than a fool and ten times worse than a madman.
Charles SpurgeonThe men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.
Lyndon B. JohnsonOnly God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.
Billy GrahamFirst, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her – for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.
Queen Elizabeth III believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination – the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.
Charles SpurgeonThe wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.
Billy GrahamRefuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.
Joyce MeyerSome people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, ‚Hey, I did my religious duty.‘ That’s fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you’re talking to God. Even if it’s in your thoughts.
Joel OsteenThough we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
Mahatma GandhiGod screens us evermore from premature ideas.
Ralph Waldo EmersonPrayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian’s relationship with God. It’s how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they’re not satisfied with their prayer life.
Joyce MeyerI believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God. And I understand that… we need to be really, really respectful to people who find that ridiculous and… preposterous.
BonoThe experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.
Alice WalkerIf you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have. God will not hear you unless you believe He will hear you; but if you believe He will, He will be as good as your faith.
Charles SpurgeonGod always wants us to be growing.
Joel OsteenIn this quest to seek and find God in all things, there is still an area of uncertainty. There must be. If a person says that he met God with total certainty and is not touched by a margin of uncertainty, then this is not good.
Pope FrancisI am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus ChristIf you want to live in the fullness of God’s anointing, fill your mouth with His Word.
Joyce MeyerWe teach that God’s love for His children is infinite.
Russell M. NelsonI don’t think you ever really know what all you’re doing, so you have to act on faith.
Dolly PartonSo live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca