Quotes about Hope
Everywhere a greater joy is preceded by a greater suffering
— Philip Yancey
The world starves for grace.
— Philip Yancey
Anderson draws from the experience of Judas a key principle about prayer: "Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and unpredictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.
— Philip Yancey
How can Christians dispense grace in a society that seems to be veering away from God?
— Philip Yancey
No, the prayer is essential. I live on the prayers. They alone can strengthen me to fight despair and fatigue.
— Philip Yancey
if we do not believe that, and if our Christian hope, tempered by sophistication, does not allow us to offer that truth to a dying, convulsing world then we are indeed, as the apostle Paul said, of all men most miserable.
— Philip Yancey
Somehow we need to reclaim the "goodnewsness" of the gospel
— Philip Yancey
A God wise enough to rule the universe is wise enough to watch over his child Job, regardless of how things seem in the bleakest moments.
— Philip Yancey
If it's not setting you free and enlarging life, then it's not Jesus' message. If it doesn't sound like good news, it's not the gospel.
— Philip Yancey
I leave in God's hands the scales that must balance justice and mercy.
— Philip Yancey
The essence of Christian faith has come to us in story form, the story of a God who will go to any lengths to get his family back.
— Philip Yancey
I'm simply amazed at how God worked in response to my prayers. I see a softening in my niece's husband, an agnostic. I see transformation in the members of my small group, and spiritual awakenings in my neighbors. I see growth in my own marriage.
— Philip Yancey