Inspirational Quotes on Faith

“Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to my belief that God is love.”

“Until we know Jesus, God is merely a concept, and we can't have faith in Him. But once we hear Jesus say, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" (John 14:9) we immediately have something that is real, and our faith is limitless.”

“Prayer is the supreme activity of all that is noblest in our personality, and the essential nature of prayer is faith.”

“Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.”

“I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.”

“Faith is not an insurance policy. Or as Eddie Askew suggests, maybe it is: insurance does not prevent accidents, but rather gives a secure base from which to face their consequences.”

“The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. ”

“Faith, without trouble or fighting, is a suspicious faith; for true faith is a fighting, wrestling faith.”

“Faith in a hearer relates to faithfulness in a speaker, and credits the word spoken.”

“Faith acts upon Christ for justification, as he is a Jesus, or by receiving him as a Jesus; faith acts upon Christ for sanctification, as he is a Lord, or by receiving him as Lord.”

“One often sees a call only in retrospect. This too is God's design. God often reinforces our faith after we trust him, not before.”

“A contemplative life has more the appearance of piety than any other; but the divine plan is to bring faith into activity and exercise.”

“Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf, unbelief starves the soul; faith finds food in famine, and a table in the wilderness. In the greatest danger, faith says, "I have a great God." When outward strength is broken, faith rests on the promises. In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction.”

“He who sows, even with tears, the precious seed of faith, hope, and love, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him, because it is the very nature of that seed to yield a joyful harvest.”

“This is a life of faith, for God will try the truth of our faith, so that the world may see that God has such servants as will depend upon His bare word. ”

“Faith, whereby especially Christ rules, sets the soul so high that it looks down on all other things as far below, as having represented to it, by the Spirit of Christ, riches, honor, beauty and pleasures of a higher nature.”

“We often think of great faith as something that happens spontaneously so that we can be used for a miracle or healing. However, the greatest faith of all, and the most effective, is to live day by day trusting Him. It is trusting Him so much that we look at every problem as an opportunity to see His work in our life.”

“When God gives a promise, He always tries our faith. Just as the roots of trees take firmer hold when they are contending with the wind, so faith takes a firmer hold when it struggles with adverse appearances.”

“My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.”

“To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.”