C. S. Lewis Quotes

Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle might light a thousand, so the light here [in Plymouth Colony] kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation.

When you turn your life over to God, you don't give up the drama; you give up the cheap drama.

I hit my knees and I went to him with that and I said God I want to do what you want. I don't want sports to be an idol in my life.

God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.

We cannot take a step in our Christian life without the help of the Lord, because we are weak.

God is pleased continually to vary His mode of dealing with us, in order that we may not be tempted to trust in donors, or in circumstances, but in Him alone, and to keep our eye fixed upon Him.

O God, teach me to be satisfied with my own helplessness in the spiritual life. Teach me to be content with Your grace that comes to me in darkness and that works things I cannot see. Teach me to be happy that I can depend on You. To depend on You should be enough for an eternity of joy. To depend on You by itself ought to be infinitely greater than any joy which my own intellectual appetite could desire.

God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.

Sometimes God leads us to a place where we have nowhere to turn but to Him; our only option is to trust Him.

Every time you say no to Jesus Christ, it makes it that much harder for you to say yes to Jesus Christ.

Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile.

When we want to be something other than the thing that God wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in fact, will not make us happy...whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want. Once more, we are embarrassed by the intolerable compliment, by too much love, not too little.

If we will but let our God and Father work His will with us, there can be no limit to His enlargement of our existence

God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you have construct for yourself, or that others have construct for you. He may even use suffering to deconstruct that narrative.

Prayer is God's answer to our poverty, not a power we exercise to obtain an answer.

Never become attached to anything that continues to hurt God. For you to be free of it, God must be allowed to hurt whatever it may be.

Obeying the revealed will of God and trusting Him for the results.

Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love thee and adore, Oh for grace to love thee more!

If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him.

It seems to me that the darkness that has troubled you ... comes from one very serious source. Without wanting to be in conflict with the truth and with the will of God, we are actually going against God's will and His teaching.

Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.

Thy will be done, my Lord. Because you know the weakness in the heart of your children, and you assign each of them only the burden they can bear. May you understand my love–because it is the only thing I have that is really mine, the only thing that I will be able to take with me into the next life. Please allow it to be courageous and pure; please make it capable of surviving the snares of the world.

God, make me willing to be made willing.

A key to improved prayer is to learn to ask the right questions. Consider changing from asking for the things you want to honestly seeking what He wants for you. Then as you learn His will, pray that you will be led to have the strength to fulfill it.