Quotes about Belief

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer (Romans 12:12).

Stand up. Pick up your mat and walk.' And immediately the man was well; he picked up his mat and began to walk" (vv. 8—9 NCV). I wish we would do that. I wish we would learn that when Jesus says something, it happens. When Jesus tells us to stand, let's stand.

Belief is not some respectful salute to a divine being. Belief happens when we place our confidence in God. It is a decision to lean entirely upon the strength of a living and loving Savior.

Contingent faith is the faith of sidewalk chalk: it's beautiful when the sun shines, but washes away when the rain falls.

Strong Christians see God in both the good and the bad. The mature believer sees God not only in pleasures and palaces, but also in the barnyards and stables of life.

To change the way a person responds to life, change what a person believes about life. The most important thing about you is your belief system

13I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then your hope will overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

This is no time for inactivity or despair. Off with the mourning clothes. Take some chances; take the initiative. You never know what might happen. You might have a part in bringing Christ to the world. Grace

Never let me forget that although without you I can do nothing, in Christ I can do all things.

In the great trapeze act of salvation, God is the catcher, and we are the flyers. We trust. Period.

Turn your attention away from the problem, and for a few minutes celebrate God. It does you no good to obsess yourself with your trouble. The more you stare at it, the bigger it grows. Yet the more you look to God, the quicker the problem is reduced to its proper size. This was the strategy of the psalmist.

our ability to logically figure everything out is not the basis for our acceptability before God. Our salvation is based on what God has done for us through Jesus Christ. What we must be right about is the fact that we cannot be right about everything and are therefore completely dependent on God's graciousness and mercy. (This is an excerpt from Lucado's Vision and Beliefs statement on his website.)