Quotes about Trust

The minute your functional theology tells you that God is not good, it's very hard to hold on to the confessional theology that declares he is.

Our motivation to stand firm in faith, even when we are going through things that we don't understand, is found in one thing: God's declaration of his intention toward us.

The biblical model of waiting is not simply about what you will get at the end of your wait, but about who you will become as you wait.

The crisis of faith that often accompanies suffering is the result of a collision between our will and God's will and our glory and his glory.

Don't be discouraged at the spiritual war you're called to fight every day. The Lord almighty is with you and wars on your behalf.

If God is sovereign and his rule is complete, wise, righteous, and good, why would you fear?

in the middle of the travail we all face one way or another, God is up to something good.

The commands, principles, and case studies of Scripture will take you only so far in your quest to figure out your life. There will be moments when you simply don't understand what is going on. In fact, you will face moments when what the God who has declared himself to be good brings into your life won't seem good. It may even seem bad, very bad.

Prayer is handing God a blank sheet that you have already signed and trusting him to fill it out as he sees fit.

Prayer finds its hope not in the qualifications of the one praying, but in the character and plan of the God who is hearing.

Today you'll face things bigger than you, but you needn't be afraid because none is bigger than the One who rules them all for your sake.

God is with you in your moments of darkness because he will never leave you.