Philip Yancey Quotes

Act, and God will act.

I have come to realize that God is sovereign, and there are things I just don't understand.

If we rejoice in the acts of God without discovering His ways, we'll question who He is when He doesn't do what we've asked.

I always say if God didn't allow any bad things to happen, we would already be in heaven. And we are not there. That's where trust and faith comes in. You just say, "Lord, I don't understand it. But one thing I do know is that you understand it and that you are in control and I trust you."

God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.

My prayer for you is that you come to understand and have the courage to answer Jesus' call to you with the simple word 'yes'.

Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led - but it does mean loving and knowing the One who is leading. It is literally a life of FAITH, not of understanding and reason- - a life of knowing Him who calls us to go.

When Christ possesses the will He keeps it fixed. The trouble comes when we take matters out of His hand and try to handle them ourselves.

In the first is the last, in thy will is my power to believe.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

Sometimes I haven't understood why he has done things and why things happened, but I know that God has a plan.

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

Obedience is the fruit of faith.

I trust in God, and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that, and there's nothing I can do about that.

God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

You have to have courage to be obedient to God.

Do your duty and leave the rest to God.

The more you try to grip control of your life the more God's gonna untangle that from you. He's going to make things go where you have to rely on Him.

You have to call on the Lord to find out where he wants you, what he wants from you.

However God had it planned, I'm rockin' with how he do it. He took the steering wheel and I'm letting him drive.

Do your best and leave the rest to God.