Quotes about Trust

The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

Worry is momentary atheism crying out for correction by trust in a good, sovereign God. Suffering breaks self-reliance.

When men know they cannot hope in a country, in a political belief, or in themselves, they become free to hope in God.

D.L. Moody heard somebody say that the world has not yet seen what God could do with one man who would be totally surrendered to Him. And D.L. Moody said, "I want to be that man.

So the principle is this: Wherever there is more faith, more happens. Whenever there is great faith, great things happen. Where there are more people of faith, more things happen in that congregation than in a congregation where there is less faith. It is that simple. Jesus Himself could do no mighty deeds in Nazareth because of the unbelief of the people there (see Matt. 13: 58).

faith acted upon in obedience brings the miraculous.

It was much easier to obey God when he said, "Fight!" or "Argue!" or "Sacrifice yourself!" But when he said, "Wait!"—that made things hard. Ari was good at that sort of thing. He

I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.

Faith in the biblical sense is substantive, based on the knowledge that the One in whom that faith is placed has proven that He is worthy of that trust. In its essence, faith is a confidence in the person of Jesus Christ and in His power, so that even when His power does not serve my end, my confidence in Him remains because of who He is.