Jay DeMarcus Quotes

Jesus is the inspiration for anyone to go the distance.

When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.

These ancient stories in religion speak to our desire. But they move us toward hope.

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

Wherever you live on this earth, and whatever your life's situation may be, I testify to you that the gospel of Jesus Christ has the divine power to lift you to great heights from what appears at times to be an unbearable burden or weakness.

Faith is something that's been created to help people get through life.

Are you facing a superheated furnace? What God wants is for you to look full in the face of Jesus. Get your focus off whatever it is that appears to be unanswered and focus on the Son.

If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'

I want to use what God has done in my life to comfort me and to minister to people.

No Christian needs to feel lonely or useless.

Even being a Christian, you go through hard times. But you either go through hard times not having hope or realizing that Jesus is the only hope.

Wherever I go with my life, even the good times and the bad parts, only two people are with me: God and my music.

Surviving and thriving in the wake of my mother's loss, I learned to believe in God. He has a plan, if you pay attention to the signs. I am inspired by the absolute proof of miracles.

I just hope that people realize that our Savior is something that can bring peace.

Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

The church is in the hope business. We, of all people, ought to be known most for our hope because our hope is founded on something deeper than human ability or wishful thinking.

I see so many people. They just seem to be hopeless. Being a Christian and being a pastor, the ultimate hope is in Jesus.

Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.

People are scared to death and they're looking for something beyond themselves.

We come to church not to hide our problems but to heal them.

I remember thinking, That's what I need - and that hope was in Jesus Christ.

I know that all things are possible through Jesus Christ.

I keep a lot of my old baseball hats, and if you look in the hats I've had since I started pitching, you'll see 'Philippians 4:13' written on the brim. That's the Scripture that gets me through the day because sometimes you can't do it all by yourself. You can't do it on your own, so you lean on Him.

I know no words of prayer - God help me because I can not help myself.