The Faith Quotes
The moment we begin to believe we have got something about God figured out with certainty is the moment we can be sure we are no longer speaking about God.
God sends someone for each and every one of us to help with our loss. We just have to accept it.
What are we to do when we seem to grow out of God? Or at least the understanding of God that we grew up with?
Allowing myself to wander off into the vast jungles of religion and spirituality has often led to me stumbling upon life altering new ways of thinking, living, and being.
But it's only when we allow ourselves to get lost that we can have the opportunity to find and be found.
…those who are the most confident are often those who don't have any fun.
If they're not willing to explore beyond the realm of their safety, certainty, and comfort, they will never know if their fantasies are true.
…for exploring beyond the boundaries that I had been taught to stay within.
I have come to see that exploration is not a practice of the unfaithful, but rather is exactly what being a follower of Christ is actually all about.
…because he was far more interested in allowing his disciples to cultivate a relationship and trust with and in him than leading them to a place of "arrival".
We no longer find out identity or value in having the right theology or being a part of the right denomination.
We no longer find our identity or value in having the right theology or being a part of the right denomination.
Traveling light gives me a way to set down what would otherwise be the baggage of someone else' decision to cling to well-worn path.
Traveling light gives me a way to set down what would otherwise be the baggage of someone else' decision to cling to a well-worn path.
The Christian God seemed the most offensive to people precisely because he was the most godlike. He was too perfect even to be coaxed by human efforts, and therefore sent his son to do the job.
In spite of all - Be Happy.
Love without restraint makes one saint and the other faint the sweetest face and the tenderest embrace bring the sun to every place in such grace.
They'd put the anesthesia mask on him, and the next instant he was in the recovery room. It was a blackout so complete, it made him doubt the immortality of the soul.
There is nothing in the world that I cannot achieve when I have the courage to believe.
Do not get down on your knees to pray just to show God that you always remember him. Instead stay on your feet, and always do as he would do in place of him.
The trees were his chapel and the hillsides his cathedral.
The glorification of hatred is predicated on a foundation of fear-induced ignorance venomous to haters and those they believe they hate.
When fears are screaming in your ears, try to hear the whispers of your faith and run into that dark path. That is how you reach the paradise.
We forget that the power of God isn’t in a weapon or a leader, but within us.
I must look at the 'nature' of God, not the 'nature' of the challenge. For the former means everything and the latter means nothing.
All men have their FEARS. But those who face their fears with FAITH have COURAGE as well.
When I trust someone I do it without doubt or fear or reservation. And then I work on a Plan B.
Fear least have power! The power of fear lies in the power of our fears. Without the power of our fears, fear is least empowered!
Brilliance some are born with it, but others create it over time. It lightens the foulest of hearts and pierces the darkest of nights to lead us on the right path of our future destinies.
There are so many things that we learn in our lives most of which we can't learn without seeing the hearts of others.
In order to be a success, you must think like success. Get up and move! You got to make things happen.
When push to the wall. You have to develop strategies to scale over the wall.
