My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.

I had my battles. I had my times of just being upset and God would show me, 'Hey, I'm right here, I'll walk you through this and it doesn't make sense now but just trust me.' That's where faith come in - trust.

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

God is more than an emotional experience. Doubts are normal, Grant. There's nothing wrong with examining your faith." "I didn't just examine it, I think I lost it." "I've felt that way before but God's faithfulness isn't dependent on you.

Faith never knows where it is being led, or it would not be faith. True faith is content to travel under sealed orders.

Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.

If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.

If you entrust God with your 'here,' He will take you 'there.' If you give Him your 'now,' He will take care of 'then.'

Don't be afraid to step out and trust God. He is more faithful than the rising of the sun.

Never let an impossible situation intimidate you. Let it motivate you - to pray more, trust more, expect more.

If you cannot trust God for the temporal, how dare you trust him for the eternal?