Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

Devotion is diligence without assurance. If faith were rational, it wouldn't be by definition faith. Faith is walking face-first and full speed into the dark.

Obedience is the fruit of faith.

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

I just need to stay loyal to God and anything can happen.

I never lost my faith.

I leave everything in God's hands and continue to work on playing basketball.

I belong to Jesus. He must have the right to use me without consulting me.

The greatest test of faith is when you don't get what you want, but still you are able to say Thank You Lord.

Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don't.

My prayer for you is that you come to understand and have the courage to answer Jesus' call to you with the simple word 'yes'.

Faith does not rely on knowing anything with certainty. It requires only the courage to accept that whatever happens is for the highest good.

Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way.

Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It's an act of faith. It's saying that even though I can't see where this river is flowing, I trust it will take me in the right direction.

Somewhere along the way you will have to learn to just Trust Life.

If what we worship fail us, still the fire burns on, and it is much to have believed.

The only way you can fail is if you stop praying.

We're not always going to understand why something happens.True faith is trusting even when it doesn't make sense

Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.

The best proof of love is trust.

If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying.

I'm open to whatever the universe wants to bring me.

We should be recklessly abandoned to Jesus, and just turn it over to Him. Through the support I think the sacrifices will be made and we'll all be cool with it.

I have come to realize that God is sovereign, and there are things I just don't understand.