Quotes about Belief

Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" Matthew 9:28

Faith is the only thing that will ever close the gap between our theology and our reality.

1. We read or hear God's Word. 2. We choose to receive it, thereby inhaling it like a fresh breath of faith. 3. We speak it aloud at opportune times, even just to ourselves, thereby exhaling that spirit of faith over our very circumstances.

God always fulfills His promises but not always the way we imagine.

All the nouns—the people, places, and things—I've believed were inseparable from who I was have been strategically targeted by God. Over the years, He has sought to supplant them with Christ alone. They weren't cast aside as worthless any more than the land was relegated to meaninglessness for the people of God. They had their role, but they simply weren't Jesus.

I'm certain of two things: prayerless lives are powerless lives, and prayerful lives are powerful lives.

What does the Scripture say? " Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness." Romans 4:3

So it's clear that nothing good can come from our good works. God insists in Scripture that believing Him is what He credits to our account as righteousness. And He gets to make the rules.

Everything is possible to the one who believes. Mark 9:23

The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom should I be afraid? Psalm 27:1

I keep the Lord in mind always. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Psalm 16:8

Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered. . . . Remain spiritually tenacious Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest