Regina Brett Quotes

God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful.

God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.

God is ever present. He's in every breath, in every step. He's here, always, always.

My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

The truth is that you can only come to know God when you give up the past and the future in your mind and merge totally into the now, because God is always here now.

I have great faith in God. Without faith, I don't know how I would have been able to get through what I've been through.

If you're not careful to think and speak words of faith, worry will creep in, and it will not only steal your peace and joy, it will steal your 'today.' The present is the greatest gift God ever gives us. So hold on to the peace that's yours in Christ. Don't let it go.

I gain strength from postive thought and from the daily conversation with God.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Harnessing the power of the present means having your full awareness on the task at hand and having access to the possibilities, the opportunities, and the support that exists right now.

We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.

I prayed, thanking God, for making it all possible for me, because I knew where I came from.

God has been good to me. My faith has been good to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt and fear.

The here-and-now is no mere filling of time, but a filling of time with God.

To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes.

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing good in my future' - I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there's an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

Remember to look at your glass half full and not half empty. A lot of my strength comes from God. God has given me a gift - the gift of life - and it's amazing that I live each day.

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

I don't know what I would have done without believing in God. His support gives me power and energy to continue to be optimistic, to smile, not to be depressed. Sometimes, if things are not going so well, I don't cry. I say maybe it's meant to be.

Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.

We have been given God in our souls and Christ in our flesh. We have the power to believe where others deny, to hope where others despair, to love where others hurt.

God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.