Quotes about Trust
I value and trust those w^ho love and praise my aspiration rather than my performance.
— Henry David Thoreau
It is never too late to give up your prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.
— Henry David Thoreau
Jesus was the Son of God. Yet He never took the initiative to dream a dream or launch a new ministry. He lived His life in absolute dependence upon His Father. If Jesus was that dependent on the Father, then you and I should realize how ludicrous it is for us to set out on our own without any direction or guidance from the Father.
— Henry Blackaby
God doesn't want people to do what they think is best: he wants them to do what he knows is best, and no amount of reasoning and intellectualizing will discover that. God himself must reveal it.
— Henry Blackaby
Most fear is fear of the unknown. We do not know what lies ahead of us, so we become apprehensive. Our imaginations can magnify problems until they seem insurmountable. We need a sound mind to see things in proper perspective. That is why God gave us His Holy Spirit, to enable us to see things as God sees them.
— Henry Blackaby
Moses had to re-check Gods' directions constantly. He obeyed God, spoke to Pharaoh, and everything went wrong, but Moses didn't quit. He went back to the Lord to clarify what was happening.
— Henry Blackaby
When our faith is based primarily on the wisdom of men and not on the power of God, we've just nullified most of what God intended for our lives. When our faith is built only on a collection of doctrines, we miss out on the Person who wants to be our life.
— Henry Blackaby
When God "chooses" a person for His purposes, He does so according to the person's heart! The person must have a loyal heart full of trust and faith. God must have a person who loves Him "with all [the] heart, with all [the] soul, and with all [the] strength" (Deut. 6:5; Matt. 22:37).
— Henry Blackaby
if you love God, you will obey Him! If you do not obey Him, you do not really love Him, regardless of what you may claim (see John 14:24).
— Henry Blackaby
Some people can be so disoriented to God that when he begins to work around them, they actually become annoyed at the interruption!
— Henry Blackaby
The willingness to obey every word from God is critical to hearing God speak.
— Henry Blackaby
circumstances had altered, but God had not.
— Henry Blackaby