Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Live as if you have faith,” she said, “and faith shall be given to you.

If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.

One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

We are all on a journey of faith, and we have to polish that faith.

And when things get tough, trust there is a bigger plan and that you will be stronger for it.

The reason why I believe faith is important for a person is that it teaches you to trust.

I have faith that my life is in good hands. I honestly try to see how I can grow from uncomfortable circumstances.

Faith makes us, and not we it; and faith makes its own forms.

If one has faith, one has everything.

Suffering prepares you by training you to trust God and know that He is always at work in your life.

If God allows you to be stripped of the exterior portions of your life, He means for you to cultivate the interior

It is enough to be responsible for ensuring that our people have the opportunity to graze in the rich grass of God's nutritious word. Beyond that, we must trust the word to take it's effect. It will work faster in some people than in others. the spiritual body grows and metabolizes food at different rates much like the natural body does.

If our testimonies are strong onthis point and if we feel the absolute assurance that God loves us, we will change our questons. We won't ask, 'Why did this happen?' or 'Why doesn't God care about me?' Instead, our questions will become, 'What can I learn from this experience?' or 'How does the Lord want me to handle this?

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.

Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.

Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.

As children of God we are somebody. He will build us, mold us, and magnify us if we will but hold our heads up, our arms out, and walk with him.

Instead of focusing on how big your problems are, focus on how big your God is! He is everything you need. He is the Great I AM, and He is the one leading and guiding you into victory in every area of your life!

The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord.

Faith grows when it is planted in the fertile soil of God's Word.

The monk at St. Meinrad took his hands and placed them on my shoulders, peered straight into my eyes and said, ‘I hope you’ll hear what I’m about to tell you. I hope you’ll hear it all the way down to your toes. When you’re waiting, you’re not doing nothing. You’re doing the most important something there is. You’re allowing your soul to grow up. If you can’t be still and wait, you can’t become what God created you to be.

When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes a hundred years. Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process.

Unmet expectations are tough when it's your wife or your husband, but it's really tough when it's God. And yet, it can be a time of growth and a time of faith, a time of understanding who God is.