Exceeding Faith Quotes
Chapter 24
#2301 We will never walk in the fullness of health until we possess it by faith. George Pearsons
#2302 When you’re praying in other tongues, you are reaching back through time and space to the very moment when God first spoke out the future plan for your deliverance, and bringing it into your present situation. George Pearsons
#2303 Every woman in the Body of Christ is called to
spiritual motherhood. George Pearsons
#2304 Women of God, take up the calling of spiritual
motherhood today. Your spiritual children are waiting for your direction,
guidance and love. George Pearsons
#2305 Spiritual motherhood, is not dependent upon
women having natural children. All Christian women are called to become mothers
in the faith. George Pearsons
#2306 I am thriving, not just surviving. I am
flourishing and not failing. I believe I receive supernatural provision, an
unlimited, overwhelming supply that comes from above. Provision is coming to me
from a higher place, in a higher way, from God’s riches in glory. I am not
limited to this natural world. I expect God to provide. I believe all things
are possible. My mind is being renewed to His supernatural provision, because
He is my supernatural provider. In Jesus’ Name. George Pearsons
#2307 Stay in a constant state of “God’s open hand”.
George Pearsons
#2308 Hebrews 11:1 tells
us, "Faith is confidence
in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." We live out
our faith in ways big and small—being patient in times of waiting and longing,
praying for guidance when making decisions, loving our neighbors as ourselves
(Mark 12:31), striking up a conversation with a stranger when we feel the
Spirit's stirring, forgiving others, being aware of God's presence as we go about the day, bringing our
questions and laments to Him, and so much more. What we believe in a spiritual
sense lights the way for our daily choices and habits.
#2309 The kind of
spiritual life and
disciplines needed to sustain the Christian
life are quiet, repetitive, and ordinary. I often want to skip the boring,
daily stuff to get to the thrill of an edgy faith. But it’s in the dailyness of
the Christian faith—the making the bed, the doing the dishes, the praying for
our enemies, the reading the Bible, the
quiet, the small—that God’s transformation takes root and grows. Tish Harrison
Warren
#2310 Faith is not
believing in my own unshakable belief. Faith is believing an unshakable God
when everything in me trembles and quakes. Beth Moore
#2311 Faith, in the sense
in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your
reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. C.S. Lewis
#2312 Faith is to believe
what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. Saint
Augustine
#2313 I don't think that
we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have
to have faith. Nicholas Sparks
#2314 True faith rests
upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections
of the One who cannot lie. A.W. Tozer
#2315 Faith is taking the
first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King, Jr.
#2316 We can look at Job,
we can look at Lamentations, we can look at the Psalms, we can look at so many
heroes of the faith who at different times had questions, who faced unbelief,
yet God kept them, and they continued, in their doubts, to lean towards God, to
lean and doubt in a way that continued to keep them attached to the vine and
seeking Jesus in all of it. Laura Wifler
#2317 We walk by faith and
not by sight. All good things come from our Father, including our faith to
believe. Trillia Newbell
#2318 What is your
purpose? Why are you here? Start small and find out. Nannie Helen Burroughs
#2319 Faith is about
doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe. Mitch Albom
#2320 Faith is not
contrary to reason. Sherwood Eddy
#2321 In faith there is
enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those
who don't. Blaise Pascal
#2322 You do not need to
know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you
need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present
moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope. Thomas Merton
#2323 Every single thing
He has ever or will ever say is true. The simplicity of faith is this: taking
God’s Word for it. Jackie Hill Perry
#2324 Faith is the
strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. Helen Keller
#2325 Faith is a state of
openness or trust. Alan Watts
#2326 Sometimes the worst
conditions can often provide the best atmosphere to act in faith. God doesn't
want our confidence regulated by our audience. If faith-discouragers can shake
our confidence badly enough to disable us, our confidence may be in ourselves
instead of God. Beth Moore
#2327 We can let go of
burdens like condemnation and worry, perfectionism and insecurity. And we can
cling desperately—even through tears—to the assurance that God knows, he cares,
and he loves us with an infinite love. We can lay our burdens at the feet of
Christ and receive what He offers instead. Sarah J. Hauser
#2328 Any faith that must
be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith. A.W. Tozer
#2329 To love means loving
the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means
believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
G.K. Chesterton
#2330 All I have seen
teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. Ralph Waldo Emerson
#2331 To have faith in
Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense
in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus, if you
have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to
obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. Not doing these things
in order to be saved, but because He has begun to save you already. Not hoping
to get to Heaven as a reward for your actions, but inevitably wanting to act in
a certain way because a first faint gleam of Heaven is already inside you. C.S.
Lewis
#2332 It is a blessing for
our children to see us live out our faith—trusting in God’s good character and
provision—even when we don’t have all the answers. Marissa Bondurant
#2333 Of all the things
the serpent could come for, it is our faith he attacks most. Jackie Hill Perry
#2334 I have not lost
faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer
to him for that reason. Elie Wiesel
#2335 Every tomorrow has
two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of
faith. Henry Ward Beecher
#2336 The answer to our
fears is faith—real, fear-shrinking faith—in the God who loves us and gave
himself for us. — Jani Ortlund
#2337 In this hour, I do
not believe that any darkness will endure. J.R.R. Tolkien
#2338 Every experience God
gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the
future that only He can see. Corrie ten Boom
#2339 I am fundamentally
an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of
being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet
moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely
tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays
defeat and death. Nelson Mandela
#2340 We’re often
intimidated in battle because we are uncertain of our faith. We must remember
we don’t stand in victory because of our faith. We stand in victory because of
our God. Faith in faith is pointless. Faith in a living, active God moves
mountains. Beth Moore
#2341 The new life into
which we are baptized is lived out in days, hours, and minutes. God is forming
us into a new people. And the place of that formation is in the small moments
of today. Tish Harrison Warren
#2342 Just as love is a
verb, so is faith. Nannie Helen Burroughs
#2343 Life is full of
happiness and tears; be strong and have faith.
#2344 Without faith,
nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
#2345 The Lord is faithful
to those who are faithful and earnestly seek Him.
#2346 Faith is
unquestioning belief.
#2347 Faith gives you
inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.
#2348 Believe in yourself,
and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard,
and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.
#2349 I believe in
Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it,
but because by it I see everything else. C.S.
Lewis
#2350 Faith is building on
what you know is here so you can reach what you know is there.
#2351 A grateful heart is
a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation
for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment,
happiness, love, and well-being.
#2352 Faithless is he that
says farewell when the road darkens.
#2353 It is the things
that we go through that prove our faith and test our godly character.
#2354 Keep faith. The most
amazing things in life tend to happen right at the moment you’re about to give
up hope.
#2355 If one has faith,
one has everything.
#2356 If you lose faith,
you lose all. Eleanor
Roosevelt
#2357
Don’t be afraid to step out in
faith for God. Olivia Hope
#2358
Choose faith instead of fear and
life will become a lot more fun. Dave
Willis
#2359
None of us knows what might
happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because
we have faith.
#2360 The reason birds can
fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith
is to have wings.
#2361 Faith does not
eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them. Elisabeth Elliot
#2362
God never hurries. There are no
deadlines against which He must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits
and relax our nerves. A.W.
Tozer
#2363
Otherwise without faith it
becomes very difficult to keep pushing forward every day.
#2364 Let us keep moving,
I urged them, with the faith that what we are doing is right, and with the even
greater faith that God is with us in the struggle. Martin Luther King Jr.
#2365 Only in the darkness
can you see the stars. Martin
Luther King Jr.
#2366
You cannot swim for new horizons
until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. William Faulkner
#2367
You can cut all the flowers but
you cannot keep Spring from coming.
#2368 Great things happen
to those who don’t stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful.
#2369 It’s faith in
something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
#2370
Worrying is arrogant because God
knows what He’s doing.
#2371 Have faith to
believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.
#2372 There is never a
moment when God is not in control. Relax! He’s got you covered. Mandy Hale
#2373
To fear is to expect
punishment. To love is to know we are immersed, not in darkness, but in
light. Mother Teresa
#2374 You block your dream
when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.
#2375 Faith is a knowledge
within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
#2376 Faith is a choice to
trust God even when the road ahead seems uncertain. Dave Willis
#2377 Faith is believing
that the outcome will be what it should be, no matter what it is.
#2378 To one who has
faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is
possible.
#2379 If you will believe
and stay in faith, and expect good things, you too can defy the odds. Joel Osteen
#2380 To me faith means
not worrying.
#2381 Feed your faith and
your fear will starve.
#2382 See the best. Forgive
the worst. Forget the bad. Always have faith.
#2384 Rest in the fact that the weaker you are, the more help God
will give you. Keep your eyes on His faithfulness not on your own! That's how
you enter the rest of faith. You won't have to struggle. You'll just trust God
and expect Him to bring to pass everything He has promised. Lynne Hammond
#2385
To keep praying in faith in spite of adverse circumstances, you must not only
know what the Bible promises you, you must see a clear, inner image of that
promise being fulfilled. It must shine within you so brightly it chases away
every shadow of doubt. Lynne Hammond
#2386
Hope is praying for rain, but
faith is bringing an umbrella. Unknown
#2387 Once you choose
hope, anything’s possible. Christopher
Reeve
#2388 Faith is being sure
of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1
#2389
The forces that are for you are
greater than the forces against you. Joel
Osteen
#2390
Did you know that faith and
expectation are not the same thing? I’ve had people say, “Well, if you believe,
surely you expect,” but that’s not true. Although they are closely linked,
faith and expectation are distinctly different. Mac Hammond
#2391 Many people have
come to believe that the Bible is true. They have faith in promises such as 1
Peter 2:24: “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that
we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye
were healed.” They believe it’s a provision of the Word that God heals, but
they don’t expect healing to manifest in their own lives. It’s almost as though
they’ve been sick for so long that they simply cannot imagine they could ever
get better. Mac Hammond
#2392 Now, faith does have
to come first before expectation can exist. If you don’t believe that it’s the
will of God for you to be healed, it’s highly doubtful you’ll expect to be
healed. Expectation is built on faith, but faith doesn’t imply expectation is
there. Faith can exist without expectation, but expectation can’t exist without
faith. Mac Hammond
#2393 So faith comes
first. When you read the Word, decide to believe that it is a revelation of
truth. Next, look at your expectation. Do you really expect what you read in
the Bible to happen in your own life? Do you really expect your boss to find
great favor with you? Do you really expect to become heirs together of the
grace of this life with your spouse, even if your marriage has been challenged
with conflict and schism for years? You can and you should because your
experience of life depends on it. Mac Hammond
#2394 For surely there is
an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Proverbs 23:18 KJV
#2395 Did you know that
you can pray in tongues and receive understanding about your future? As we
pointed out earlier, every time you pray in tongues, the Holy Spirit is praying
through you the perfect will of God, sometimes for other people, often for your
own life. It is the Holy Spirit’s job to reveal God’s will to you for
your life as you do so.
#2396 “Why can’t God just
send some preacher to me who will tell me God’s will?” Look at 1 Corinthians
2:8. Which none of the princes
of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the
Lord of glory. (KJV) If the enemy would have known what God had
planned for the future, he would have never crucified Jesus. The implication is
the same for you. If the enemy knew God’s plan for your life, he would put up
roadblocks and try to stop what God wanted to do. That’s why God is going to reveal
His will to you this way. He will give you the interpretation of what the
Spirit is praying about so you can get glimpses of His will and begin building
images of your future on the basis of that revealed will.
#2397 For 40 years, every
good idea and every good sermon I’ve had has come this way. I take time to
refill my tank by praying in tongues during my time with the Lord in the
morning. What am I actually doing? I’m speaking to myself in the Holy Ghost.
I’m speaking in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. I’m speaking the perfect
will of God for my life. As I continue knowing that I can interpret what He’s
praying through me, I’ll begin to get ideas of what that will is, answers to
problems, sermon ideas, etc.
What happens as you
receive these ideas? Momentum is generated in that direction.
#2398 When we started this
ministry years ago, I had a young man come to me and say, “I know I’m supposed
to be an evangelist. I keep seeing myself preaching to 100,000 people in a
football stadium. It almost seems stupid and foolish. I just got out of high school.
I don’t have any training. I don’t know what to do next to take my life in that
direction. Is this some kind of folly or deception I’m into?”
#2399 I said, “No. You’re
on the right track. The more you refine that vision, the more momentum it will
give to your life. Spend time praying about this in the Holy Ghost. Let God add
little elements to this picture. How many hundreds of thousands do you see coming
to get saved? How many people are getting healed? What do you see physically
about the stadium? Refine the vision and see it as clearly as you can because
it has the capacity to generate direction in your life toward that very thing,
even if you don’t yet know what to do next week or the month after that. This
is how God orders your steps to take you toward His plan for your life.”
#2400 It’s time we start
talking to ourselves and clearly defining the imagery that is going to
represent our future. Let’s picture our lives lived out God’s way as clearly as
we can. When the enemy generates negative imagery through an evil report or
through circumstance you’re dealing with, talk to yourself. Let it be the first
thing you do. Look at what you’re facing and say, “No! I rebuke that. That’s
not who I am in Christ. I know who I am. I am the healed. I’m not sick.”
