Quotes about Belief

It is rather the conviction that God will not quit until God has arrived at God's good intention.

If one is linked to a flat, one-dimensional faith, then this verse is a bitter loss of faith . But if we think in terms of obedience on its way to risky imagination, then this verse is an opening for new faith beyond the conventions and routines that secure but do not reckon with God's awefulness .

Faith is both the conviction that justice can be accomplished and the refusal to accept injustice.

John 11:43—44: "And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

Our faith teaches us that when our time on earth is over, God will call us home no matter what. We just need to accept His will and move on with life.

I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.

Baptism is faith in action.

Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good.

Genuine spiritual knowledge lies not in wonderful and mysterious thoughts but in actual spiritual experience through union of the believer's life with truth.

I must first have the sense of God's possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.

The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.

Our intention creates our reality.