Faith

"God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress."

"It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave."

"Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically."

"Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us."

"We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper."

"This is my living faith, an active faith, a faith of verbs: to question, explore, experiment, experience, walk, run, dance, play, eat, love, learn, dare, taste, touch, smell, listen, speak, write, read, draw, provoke, emote, scream, sin, repent, cry, kneel, pray, bow, rise, stand, look, laugh, cajole, create, confront, confound, walk back, walk forward, circle, hide, and seek."

"The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ would take the slums out of people, and then they would take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature."

"when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus"

"If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full."

"Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong."

"Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods."

"Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into."

"Realize that if a door closed, it’s because what was behind it wasn’t meant for you."

"Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did."

"Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane."

"Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them."

"I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs."

"Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends."

"Rejection is an opportunity for your selection."

"When you are in troubled and worried and sick at heart And your plans are upset and your world falls apart,Remember God's ready and waiting to share The burden you find much to heavy to bear--So with faith, "Let Go and Let GOD" lead your way Into a brighter and less troubled day"