Randa Abdel-Fattah Quotes

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

We have to be careful not to look for confidence in the acceptance of others because true confidence only comes from knowing God.

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

For me, having come to study and understand some of the Bible and finally getting saved made a huge difference in me, because my wife was a big influence on that. I saw in her, when I first met her, a person's soul at peace with everything and everybody around her.

When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up - it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.

One thing I do believe is I'm a believer in the presence of God. I believe that God is close. Whether it's in joy, pain or personal failure, I believe that God is close. That much I feel in my life.

I live and love in God's peculiar light.

I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?

Oh may He look on us with love and pity and then we shall be able to do anything He wishes us to do, no matter how difficult to accomplish or painful to our feeling.

Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals.

We must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life.

The Church is the safe place to be. I can safely believe everything the Church teaches. It will not harm me, and in fact it will equip me to grow and grow and have a better and better ability to experience that direct presence.

I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer.

The best thing of all is God is with us.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

That was very comforting to me to hold onto that belief, that I did have a heavenly Father who was watching over me.

God goes with me everywhere, because God is in my mind.

I get up every morning and say, 'Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.'

Over the years, my relationship with God has changed my life for the better - it's grown me up, given me a sense of purpose, and grounded me in my identity.

I realize now that God has been with me every step of my life - through the suffering.

If we ask of the saints how they achieved spiritual effectiveness, they are only able to reply that, insofar as they did it themselves, they did it by love and prayer.