Faith

Islam deals not only with what man must and must not do, but also with what he needs to know. In other words, Islam is both a way of acting and doing things and a way of knowing.

Long ago an uncalled rain fell and a called-upon God stayed equally distant.

The act of committing yourself to the Lord daily allows Him to guide you.

... Those sectaries in Europe who are always expecting the end of the world, but who hope that, after the earth has been consumed by fire, they will be seated in glory: grilled a little, crisp at the edges and blackened in parts, but still, thanks be to God, alive for eternity, and seated at his right hand.

When the convert emerges from the water, the world seems changed. The world has not changed, it is always wonderful and horrible, iniquitous and filled with beauty. But now, after baptism, the eyes that see the world have changed.

I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available.

Nobody can take your faith away form you. Faith is something you have to lose for yourself.

There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith.

Don't let disappointments & mistakes of the past control and direct your future. Your source of direction and everything is in Christ Jesus.

God will break California from the surface of the continent like someone breaking off a piece of chocolate. It will become its own floating paradise of underweight movie stars and dot-commers, like a fat-free Atlantis with superfast Wi-Fi.

The Fremen have a simple, practical religion,” he said.“Nothing about religion is simple.

God requires solitude and quiet – this is part of the way He instructs us to pray to Him. We are obligated through our Love to worship Him as He sees fit. This is not the law. This is the language of Love: we love Him in the way He chooses for us to Love Him.

Embrace every opportunity of exercising kind feelings and doing good to others, especially to the household of faith.

Rebirth is born of God.

But God decided to create a world where free will was more important than no one ever getting hurt. There must be something stunningly beautiful and remarkable about free will that only God can truly grasp, because God hates, literally abhors, evil, yet He created a world where evil could happen if people chose it.

No matter how dark it may feel, always remember, that somewhere beyond the darkest clouds the Sun is always shining.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies!

But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.

I’ve never seen such a hunger in people for spiritual things . . .People realize the past is gone, the future is uncertain, and the present seems to be hopeless. As a result, many [in Moscow] were open to God.

When the mouth cries, I want to see God, the heart has reached its finest moment. Once we have sought and seen God, all other things have a way of finding us.