Quotes about Grounded

There are many things which are pastorally helpful in the short or medium term which are not in fact grounded on the deepest possible reading of Scripture. That is simply a testimony to the grace of God: we don't have to get everything right before anything can work! But if the church is to be built up and nurtured in Scripture it must be semper reformanda, submitting all its traditions to the Word of God.

He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Many of us who affirm and practice spiritual gifts would feel more comfortable among anticharismatics who are at least grounded in Scripture than among such flaky charismatics.

The persons I speak of are not thoughtless about religion: they think a good deal about it. They are not ignorant of religion: they know the outlines of it pretty well. But their great defect is that they are not "rooted and grounded" in their faith. Too often they have picked up their knowledge second hand, from being in religious families, or from being trained in religious .ways, but have never worked it out by their own inward experience

Oh, dear God, help me trust You beyond what my physical eyes can see. As the winds of all that's uncontrollable whip around me and thrash against me, I need something to ground me. Steady me. Hold me together when circumstances are falling apart. I want to trust You beyond what my eyes can see.

Faith is one foot on the ground, one foot in the air, and a queasy feeling in the stomach.

A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.

We want men who will fix their eyes on the stars, but who will not forget that their feet must walk on the ground.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.