Quotes about Peace
Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a tool of the Spirit to cast out fear -- because peace and fear are both contagious.
- John Ortberg
Bitterness is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.
- John Ortberg
I've never met anyone who wanted to be a terrorist. They are desperate people.
- John Perkins
There is hope in forgiveness
- John Piper
The only answer in these modern times, as in all other times, is the blood of Christ. When our conscience rises up and condemns us, where will we turn? We turn to Christ. We turn to the suffering and death of Christ—the blood of Christ. This is the only cleansing agent in the universe that can give the conscience relief in life and peace in death.
- John Piper
When you are deeply peaceful and confident that, because of Christ, God will bring you safely to his eternal kingdom and be the all-satisfying Treasure of your life forever, then you are free to see the truth, and love the truth, and speak the truth no matter what, and joyfully spread a passion for the truth whose name is Jesus.
- John Piper
The key that unlocks the treasure chest of God's peace is faith in the promises of God.
- John Piper
The key that unlocks the treasure chest of God's peace is faith in the promises of God.
- John Piper
You made us for yourself and our hearts find no peace till they rest in you.
- John Piper
Don't dwell on your corruption to the degree that it keeps you from joy, freedom, and love.
- John Piper
The good tidings of the preacher, the peace and salvation that he publishes, are boiled down into one sentence: "Your God reigns!" Cotton Mather applies this, with full justification, to the preacher: "The great design . . . of a Christian preacher [is] to restore the throne and dominion of God in the souls of men.
- John Piper
Fear not. Whether you live or die, you will be with me. And in the meantime, while you live, nothing will happen to you—nothing!—that I do not appoint. If I decide, you will live. If I decide, you will die. And until you die at my decision, I will decide if you do this or that. Get to work." This is my Rock—for today, tomorrow, and eternity.
- John Piper