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Faith Quotes by Elisabeth Elliot
- There are those who insist that it is a very bad thing to question God. To them, “why?” is a rude question. That depends, I…
- The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and holy.…
- Faith is not an instinct. It certainly is not a feeling - feelings don't help much when you're in the lions' den or hanging on…
- There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk.
- True faith goes into operation when there are no answers.
- If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
- Sometimes we want things we were not meant to have. Because he loves us, the Father says no. Faith trusts that no. Faith is willing…
- Faith has to be exercised in the midst of ordinary, down-to-earth living.
- I believe with all my heart God's Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to hold…
- Faith's most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith…
- Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
- We are not asked to SEE," said Amy. "Why need we when we KNOW?" We know--not the answer to the inevitable Why, but the incontestable…
- The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived - not always looked forward to as though…
- The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent faith.
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- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi
- I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something… — Margaret Atwood
- In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. — Saint Augustine
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine