Pope John Paul II Quotes

Faith is all about trusting God even when you don't understand His plan.

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.

Tell God you are ready to be offered, and God will prove Himself to be all you ever dreamed He would be.

In cold and heat, in rain and wind, the soul united to God says, "I want it to be warm, to be cold, windy, to rain, because God wills it."

It matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide loveingly united to God's will - that is my whole business.

I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him. ... When I stop telling God what I want, He can freely work His will in me without any hindrance. ... Self-pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it I cannot be used by God for His purpose in the world.

Place your desires before God. Pray about them and trust God to give them to you if and when they’re right for you.

Obeying the revealed will of God and trusting Him for the results.

We know in whom we believe, and that, so long as we trust God utterly, all must come right.

As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises.

Let me not fuss and fret at my incompetence but be still and know that Thou art God.

We trust as we love, and where we love. If we love Christ much, surely we shall trust him much.

Leaning on Him, make with reverent meekness His own thy will.

The greatest word of Jesus to His disciples is abandon

Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him.

Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.

This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace.

Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God's love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes.

Trust God to take care of you in all circumstances. Do you realize what the enemy will lose if you surrender and trust God?

Quit questioning God and start trusting Him!

The Christian, the Mohammedan, the Jew - their emphasis is on the second: to die as soon as possible, to surrender to God. Prayer is their way. Prayer means dying, dying and disappearing as a person, becoming part of the universal, a surrender, a trust in God. The whole emphasis is on how to surrender your ego, sacrifice your ego, at the altar of the divine.

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love.

Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.

When we stop playing God, God can play through us.

In a real sense faith is total surrender to God .