Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes

Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Let God's promises shine on your problems.

The Bible says not to worry so I don't. I just get up in the morning and ask God for help to get through the day. If tomorrow shows up then I'll take the same shot tomorrow.

Now my faith in Christ is what gives me confidence for the future. I know that through both good times and bad, He is faithful and will watch over me.

I'm a Christian man, and I don't believe anything could be put in front of me that God can't take away.

Anything that hits us, with God all things are possible, and we get through by the grace of God.

May God never abandon me.

We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.

That's my thing - keep filled with faith. Keep doing what you can do and I believe God will do what you can't do.

The Bible is full of stories of men and women who've found themselves in frightening situations but who chose to look up rather than look down - look up in faith - and God got them through it.

If you're feeling alone, and your weariness has grown, look up above, and thank God for His love. There's nothing you can do, to change His love for you; hold on friend, it's not the end. Something beautiful will come, the clouds will part for the sun, the skies will break for the Son, and the Father will say 'Well done.' But until then, until then, you're not alone. He can make bread from stone. Hold on to Him, and He'll hold on to you. Take one day at a time, pray for faith and be kind, and when forgetful becomes your mind, remember what He said, 'You are mine.'

Worship God in the difficult circumstances, and when He chooses, He will alter them in two seconds.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

We ought never to lose hope. God overwhelms us with his grace, if we keep asking.

Christians can trust God to redeem even the greatest of tragedies and the most desperate of situations.

God is working on your problem. Stay calm. Stay sweet. Stay out of fear and keep on keeping on.

Fear not! Stand your ground... the Lord himself will fight for you; you have only to keep still.

While you're waiting, God's working.

if you put your trust in God, you’ll be all right in the end.

Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed.

Let us leave tomorrow's trouble for the One who bore our troubles on the cross.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better.

Worrying is trying to figure out what to do to save yourself rather than trusting in God for deliverance.