Quotes about Trust
Even when everything seems out of control, God remains firmly in control.
— Philip Yancey
God has entrusted flawed human beings with a message so powerful that it sometimes does its work in spite of us.
— Philip Yancey
Prayer is a subversive act performed in a world that constantly calls faith into question.
— Philip Yancey
Afraid salvation is a vaccination that will not take
— Philip Yancey
In order to be prepared to hope in what does not deceive, we must first lose hope in everything that deceives. —Georges Bernanos (in Reason for Being by Jacques Ellul)
— Philip Yancey
As Paul Tournier said, "Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either.
— Philip Yancey
In a sense, Job must replay the original test of the garden of Eden, with the bar raised higher. Living in paradise, Adam and Eve faced a best-case scenario for trusting God, who asked so little of them and showered down blessings. In a living hell, Job faces the worst-case scenario: God asks so much, while curses rain down on him.
— Philip Yancey
One reason the broader world does not look to Christianity for guidance is that we Christians have not spoken with a credible voice.
— Philip Yancey
When I pray, coincidences happen," said Archbishop William Temple; "when I don't, they don't.
— Philip Yancey
Whenever I fixate on techniques, or sink into guilt over my inadequate prayers, or turn away in disappointment when a prayer goes unanswered, I remind myself that prayer means keeping company with God who is already present.
— Philip Yancey
when we appeal to God's grace and compassion the fearsome God soon disappears.
— Philip Yancey
Those who suffer rest their security not on things, which often cannot be enjoyed and may soon be taken away, but rather on people.
— Philip Yancey