Dave East Quotes

I have a spiritual advisor I call up, when I just feel lost. Lately, I've been talking to God. I developed this dialogue in rehab, this dialogue with God, and every day I talk to God.

It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.

The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.

I've had a lot of struggles and I would be in a lot of trouble, I think, if I wasn't a Christian.

After doing two years in prison, trust me, I've seen a lot of tough guys pray. They're not just praying for themselves; they're praying for their family and the people they've let down.

When I'm really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I'll ask myself, What's the lesson? Why am I going through this? There's got to be a reason I'm here. What am I supposed to learn?

My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious.

Vision looks upward and becomes faith.

I pray a lot and it has helped me throughout my whole career to stay calm and focused.

Religion has given me a new drive in life. Life feels a lot easier than it ever did before.

Love one another, Jesus said. Sometimes it took a lifetime to learn how. Sometimes it took someone to hit rock bottom to make someone reach up and grasp hold and be lifted from the mire to stand on a firm foundation.

I did my holy communion, and it was amazing how quickly the stories of the Bible and God and Jesus got under my skin.

If in prayer I come before a throne of grace, the faults of my prayer will be overlooked.

When I first went to prison, I was even questioning where, God, where are you?

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

I grew up in a difficult environment, but I became a Christian as a teen. My mom and my sister soon became Christians also.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

When I became a Christian my confidence grew.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love.

I remember praying for peace all the time as a kid.

I choose to believe that there is good in people and that everything is a lesson. Our place on Earth is to go deeper, to somehow get wiser. To have spirit.

Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.