Thursday, February 9, 2012

FAITH



"Faith doesn't deny a problem's existence.
It denies it a place of influence."

-Bill Johnson

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"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 in vain."

-Elisabeth Elliot
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"Faith, to be faith, must overcome its own impediment
and the uniqueness of faith consists in the fact that no believer has the luxury of choosing what his impediments will be."

-R.T. Kendall

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Faith when everything is going your way is not real faith. 
Only when our lives are falling apart do we have the chance to make it real.

-John Arnott

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"Roll on, blue waves of Galilee! Blow and moan, ye winds that rage, and ye tempests that blow. You laugh at my seeming helplessness. You ridicule my endeavors to stand in the midst of the rocking of the boat. You ask me where my faith is. You taunt me about my condition. 

My Faith is not far away! He sleeps awhile to teach me to rely upon Him. He sleeps, that confidence in self might be turned to trust in His promise and in the power of His presence. 

No, my Faith is not far away. I look at Him and smile; for His voice whispers to this poor heart of mine that if He can rest in the tempest and the storm, then I can sweetly rest in Him."

-Charles S. Price