Derek Luke Quotes

I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

Everything starts with God in my career, and it will finish with God.

Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you're supposed to be.

How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?

The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt.

I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do.

God knows your value; He sees your potential. You may not understand everything you are going through right now. But hold your head up high, knowing that God is in control and he has a great plan and purpose for your life.

God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.

Whenever they sang a certain song in church, I used to sing it the loudest: 'Lead me, guide me, along the way!' One day, as I was singing this song, I felt as if the Lord was saying to me, 'Lead you along what way?' I realized then that if you don't have a plan, God doesn't have anything specific to direct you in.

The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.

God has a plan for everybody's life, so there was obviously a reason why He wanted me to go to Notre Dame. Everything happens for a reason.

I think faith helps me a lot. God wants you to be where He wants you to be, and that's where I want to be. If I do not get a part, I understand that maybe I needed to be home at that time, maybe in school; there's always a reason. My faith is also where my core friends are, at my church, a faith-based friendship.

I don't know; I think I'd be gloomy without some faith that there is a purpose and there is a kind of witness to my life.

God's will for your life is God's will for today, and it doesn't get any more glamorous than that.

People think that because people do religious stuff, that's all we're supposed to do. But with God's help, everything that He wants me to accomplish, I'm going to do it. It's all about pacing.

Let God's promises shine on your problems.

I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didn't believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through.

The wonderful thing about God is he knows what we need to persuade us.

I think often that God is guiding me.

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.

God is always in my life, and that's the most important thing to me.

I believe that God has a plan and purpose not only for the human race, but for my individual life.

I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.

It may seem like we have the ultimate plan for our lives, but it's not in the same galaxy of what God's plans are for His people.

I always try to put a seed of hope into people's hearts. I'm not there to teach them doctrine necessarily, but to let them know that God is a good God, and has a plan for their lives. Hopefully, that will restore their faith, or draw them into faith.