faith

"Love is as simple as the absence of self given to another. God, when invited, fills the void of any unrequited love; hence loving is how one is drawn closer to God no matter its most horrific repercussions."

"Lovelessness is a huge sin in the church. The four primary personalities in the New Testament- Jesus, Paul, Peter, and John- all four of them say that love is the most important thing. But the only time love really counts is when something unlovely happens."

"It is certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost."

"How could anyone love Him? What did you just tell me yourself about the world? Don't you see, everybody hates God now. It's not that God is dead in the twentieth century. It's that everybody hates Him! At least I think so."

"Waiting is an exercise of faith that demonstrates the condition of our hearts. Waiting on God is an act of faith. And faith is what separates the men from the boys."

"Faith never stays put. It's always challenging always questioning. That's what makes it real."

"Each day gives the opportunity for you to be treated right, to feel worthy, and to be successful. It’s a choice you have to make, a faith you have to embrace, and a standard you have to set."

"Break my heart for what breaks yoursEverything I am for Your Kingdom's causeAs I walk from earth into eternity"

"A corollary of this has been that Christians have thought that they should only create art with a Pollyanna quality to it: paintings of birds and kittens, movies that extol family life and end happily, songs that are positive and uplifting – in short, works of art that show a world that is almost unfallen where no one experiences conflict and where sin is naughty rather than wicked."

"What the hell are you getting so upset about?"he asked her bewilderedly in a tone of contrite amusement. "I thought you didn't believe in God.""I don't,"she sobbed, bursting violently into tears. "But the God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He's not the mean and stupid God you make Him out to be."

"You're gonna have to serve somebody; well, it may be the devil, or it may be the Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody..."

"Faith doesn't get you around problems in life and relationships, it gets you through it."

"George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his."

"I have always been a firm believer in God and the power of prayer, though to be honest, my faith has made for alist of questions I definitely want answered after I'm gone."

"I decided I would fill the emptiness in me with God and with paint."

"Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will."

"A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter."

"Each moment of worry, anxiety or stress represents lack of faith in miracles, for they never cease."

"I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life."

"Faith is believing in something you know isn't true."