Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.

I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where loafing is the order of the day and where they don't understand our need to be constantly doing things. Find somewhere you can have a hammock holiday.

I do not attempt to orchestrate my career. I let God do that.

In my free time, I love to lay in bed.

I did my best, and God did the rest.

I pray every night. I just talk to God and I can go to sleep. I don't worry anymore.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

Work is important, but you also need to disconnect, to unplug at times, in order to be even more concentrated when you do work.

Confidence brings joy when we let God be God.

It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the end of the day, you have to have something, and for me, that is God, Jesus, my Catholic upbringing, my faith.

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!

Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends.

I still marvel at how God turns dreams into reality.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

I love to sleep. I'd sleep all day if I could.

The band's never taken a year off. Last August we decided to take one, and three months in I was bored to tears.

I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me.

For hundreds of millions of Americans who believe in God, prayer is our bridge between Earth and Heaven, our way of opening our hearts to the Lord. Through this intimate relationship we find peace and guidance.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh.

I don't work Sunday any more... The Sabbath is a very reasonable idea. Otherwise, you work yourself to death.

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

My faith means everything to me. God and I talk constantly.

In my spare time I like to sleep.