Etty Hillesum Quotes

Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried; Then ask God's help; it will not be denied. Use thine own sight to see the way to go; When darkness falls ask God the path to show. Think for thyself and reason out thy plan; God has His work and thou hast thine. Exert thy will and use for self-control; God gave thee jurisdiction of thy soul. All thine immortal powers bring into play; Think, act, strive, reason, and look up and pray.

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.

Christ's strength is manifest in our weakness, so if we had everything together there would be no need for Him.

At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.

God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after him. And his children shall be filled if they will only hunger and thirst after what he offers.

In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it.

Just like you need to strengthen your core physically with exercise, you also need to strength your core spiritually.

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

I want kids to understand that strength doesn't come from what goes on around you. It comes from inside you, and that comes from Jesus Christ.

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

In 1995, I was diagnosed with cancer, and I had to practice what I preached. I had always said to 'believe in God' and 'don't give up' to little kids who had been diagnosed with cancer. I then thought if I can't call on that same God and same strength that I told people about, I would be a liar and a phony.

I gain strength from postive thought and from the daily conversation with God.

With faith you can do anything and with love you can do even more.

Prayer is not asking God to do something, it's asking God to help YOU do something

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold of God's willingness.

There are prayers that help us last through the day, or endure the night. There are prayers of friends and strangers, that give us strength for the journey. And there are prayers that yield our will to a will greater than our own.

Prayer pushes us through life's slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.

You pray for yourself and just ask God to give you strength.

My knees on the ground, dear father, don't let me break, please make me stronger.

My belief is where I get my strength. When I'm struggling with something, I can go to him for help and I'm excited to share that.

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