Quotes Tagged "faith"

When we spend time in the Psalms, we are learning how to explore the depths of who God is. They are a library for our spiritual language. They show us how to speak of hope, loss, grief, victory, love, and failure — but more than that, the Psalms show us how to call out to the God who is present in all.

If you take a chance, so will others on you.

Challenges come unannounced and uninvited. They often catch us by surprise. They may even take our breath away and cause confusion. But they can also help us develop perseverance, determination, courage, optimism, trust, and faith; none of which will grow without some serious obstacles.

If I can’t find something worthwhile in my own reflection, how am I ever going to see anything worthwhile in the face of another? Maybe I can solve all of this by seeing the face of Jesus in everyone, starting with myself.

Beating the impossible never starts when we reach for the stars. Rather, it starts when we fall to our knees.

The unwavering truth is life is good all the time. For even in the darkest valley of your life, if you stay still, life will whisper hope to you. In the calmness of your heart, it tosses an inkling of joy. It introduces favors and births opportunities where you expect them the least.

When you stop trying to force the Bible to be something it's not--static, perspicacious, certain, absolute--then you're free to revel in what it is: living, breathing, confounding, surprising, and yes, perhaps even magic.

I am terrified by the horrors that lurk all around me. But it would do me good to remember that those same horrors are terrified by the God who resides within me.

Žmogaus dieviškumą paslėpsime jo sielos gelmėse, nes tai vienintelė vieta, kurioje jis niekada nemėgins jos ieškoti. Brahma

Pasakykite man, kas yra Dievas, ir pasakysiu jums, ar jį tikiu.

Aš priklausau ne bažnyčiai, Alisa, o Dievui. Tai ego skatina žmogų save laikyti kataliku, budistu ar musulmonu. Ego siekia priklausyti kokiai nors stovyklai, kad būtų išskirtinis ir atsiskirtų nuo kitų. O tikras dvasinis polėkis, priešingai, skatina atsisakyti ego troškimo priklausyti bei tapatintis ir padeda pajusti vienybę su kitais, su visata ir Dievu...

На мен ми разказа С., умен и честен човек, как той престанал да вярва. Вече на двадесет и шест години, при една нощувка по време на лов, по стар, още от детството наложен навик, се приготвил за вечерна молитва. Големият му брат, който е бил с него на лова, лежал на сеното и го гледал. Когато С. приключил и се приготвил да си ляга, неговият брат му казал: „Ти все още ли правиш това?”. И повече нищо не си казали един на друг. С. престанал от този ден да се моли и да ходи на църква. И ето трийсет години не се моли, не се причестява и не ходи на църква. И не защото той е знаел убежденията на своя брат и се е присъединил към тях, не защото, той е решил нещо в своята душа, а само защото, думите, казани от брат му, са били като бутване с пръст в стена, която е била готова да падне от собствената си тежест; думите само са посочили това, че там, където е мислил, че има вяра, отдавна е празно и думите, които изрича, и кръстенето, и поклоните, които прави по време на молитвата, са сами по себе си безсмислени действия. Съзнавайки тяхната безсмисленост, той не можеше да продължава да ги прави.

In life when God calls you, answer.

In life when people count you out, count on God and count your blessings.

When the world stands against you break out your spiritual pepper spray - The promises of God!

The change is a fickle thing, it never works the way you want it to be. Hell, you can only control one end of it, the other end is loose and free. And that other end is going to drive you nuts!

It is in boldly unleashing our faith that we effectively leash our fears.

Kai nesigėdydami apsinuoginsite ir paimsite savo rūbus, ir, numetę sau po kojų, mindysite juos (...), tada nebijosite. J. K.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.

When we are duly apprized of our absolute dependence upon him and of our obligations to him as our Creator, Benefactor, and Lawgiver, sin will appear exceedingly sinful, and will bring a burden upon the conscience, which can only be removed by faith in the Redeemer.