Today, I feel a little down due to some personal circumstances I'm going through. So, I've decided to lift up my soul by searching for as many encouraging christian quotes as possible. If you are also not feeling too good, may the following quotes grant you some peace and assurance that God is in control in your life. Be encouraged too, ok?
1) Faith is often strengthened right at the place of disappointment. ~Rodney McBride
2) I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly God was speaking: "My name is I am." I waited and God continued: "When you live in the past, with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not I was. When you live in the future, with its problems and fears, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not I will be. When you live in this moment, it is not hard. I am here. My name is I AM." ~Helen Mellincost
3)When a mother saw a thunderstorm forming in mid-afternoon, she worried about her seven-year-old daughter who would be walking the three blocks from school to home. Deciding to meet her, the mother saw her walking nonchalantly along, stopping to smile whenever lightning flashed. Seeing her mother, the little girl ran to her, explaining happily, "All the way home, God's been taking my picture!" Fear is often caused by our perspective. ~Anonymous
4) Every evening I turn my troubles over to God - He's going to be up all night anyway. ~Donald J. Morgan
5) It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourselves so, my friends. If you find yourselves so loaded, at least remember this: it is your own doing, not God's. He begs you to leave the future to Him, and mind the present. ~George Macdonald, The Golden Key Website
6) I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. ~Gilbert Keith G. K. Chesterton, American Chesterton Society
7) If you feel like you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on! Because God's a God of miracles, and He's holding the other end. ~Pat Hicks
8) God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.
~ Max Lucado, Upwords
9) Jesus didn't save you so you could cruise to heaven in a luxury liner. He wants you to be useful in His kingdom! The moment you got saved, He enrolled you in His school the school of suffering and affliction. ~David Wilkerson, World Challenge,Inc. Online
10) If you haven't got problems perhaps you should get on your knees and ask, "Lord, don't you trust me? ~Les Nixon
Australia's Outback Patrol
11) I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa
Informational Website
12) God took the worst thing that man could do to his Son, and transformed it into the best thing he could do for man. ~Anonymous
13) One sees great things from the valley, only small things from the peak. ~Gilbert Keith G. K. Chesterton
American Chesterton Society
14) Finding God does not mean building a house in a land of no storms, but building a house that no storm can destroy. ~Anonymous
15) It doesn't matter, really, how great the pressure is; it only matters where the pressure lies. See that it never comes between you and the Lord - then the greater the pressure, the more it presses you to His breast. ~
Anonymous
16) Glance at the problems, but gaze at Jesus. ~Anonymous
17) You may never know that JESUS is all you need, until JESUS is all you have. ~Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom Museum
18) God has a time for everything, a perfect schedule. He is never too soon, never too late. The when of His will is as important as the what and the how. ~Richard C. Halverson, Perspectives
19) Faith is not a feeling. It is not even the feeling that something is going to happen in answer to our prayers . Faith may be easier to exercise when such feelings are present. Nevertheless, feelings of that sort never constitute faith. Faith is a response on our part, the obedient response of our wills to who God is and what He says. ~John White, Biography
20) Many Christians believe in what Christ did for them in the past and will to do for them in the future. But they do not believe He can do anything for them now. ~Zig Ziglar, Website
21) Pray unceasingly. Fight with confidence. Believe God's promises. Take Him at His Word. Wait for His victory. ~
Anonymous
22) The army of Israel looked at Goliath through the eyes of man and said he's too big to beat. David looked at him through the eyes of God and said he's too big to miss. ~Wally Carter
23) The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. ~
R. C. Sproul, Ligonier Ministries
24) The Christian life isn't difficult - it is impossible. If we don't know that, we will try to do things ourselves. Faith is not necessary when we think we can do it ourselves. Faith comes along when we realize that we cannot do it on our own. ~Joseph Garlingen
25) God is interested in developing your character. At times He lets you proceed, but He will never let you go too far without discipline to bring you back. In your relationship with God, He may let you make a wrong decision. Then the Spirit of God causes you to recognize that it is not God's will. He guides you back to the right path. He will clarify what He wants. He will even take the circumstances of your disobedience and work that together for good (Rom. 8:28) as He corrects you and teaches you His ways. ~Henry Blackaby, Website
I feel better already. How about you? :)
