C. S. Lewis Quotes

The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

I was afraid that if I surrendered my life over to God, God would tell me not to do those things that I desperately wanted to do.

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.

Dare, dare, my dear brethren in Christ, to follow the Captain of your salvation, who was made perfect through sufferings

God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.

God often takes a course for accomplishing His purposes directly contrary to what our narrow views would prescribe. He brings a death upon our feelings, wishes, and prospects when He is about to give us the desire of our hearts.

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'

Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things - of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness, our patience and our resilience, and in the end, our ultimate desires.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire. If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart!

We must accept all of God's will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring instant gratification and pleasure to us.

I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!

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.

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.

The presence of any humility in my life is purely and completely an evidence of God's grace. From my perspective, I am not a humble man. I am a proud man pursuing humility by the grace of God.

This, I thought, is what is meant by 'thy will be done' in the Lord's Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God's will may not be the same. It means there's a good possibility that you won't get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer.

'Doing your own thing' and being a Christian is an oxymoron. As Christians, every day we need to be presenting ourselves before the Lord, thanking Him for His mercy and asking Him to make us more like Him by emptying us of our will, so God's will can be done.

It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.

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