Faith is not the way around pain, it is the way through pain.
Wit & Wisdom for Life’s Journey, M Yaconelli, p22
Category Archives: Faith
Faith and Helplessness
Faith is the awareness of utter helplessness without God.
Faith and Promises
Faith turns the commands of God into promises
Andy Hawthorn – Soul Survivor 2002
Do What You Can
When we have done what we can, God will do what we can’t
Seeing and Believing
The world says, “I’ll believe it when I see it.”
The Word says, “I’ll see it when I believe it.”
Three Meals A Day
F.F. Bosworth, a great faith preacher some years ago, said that most Christians feed their bodies three hot meals a day, their spirits one cold snack a week, and then wonder why they are so weak in faith!
Feed Your Faith
Feed your faith, and your doubts will starve to death.
Step of Faith
This video illustration is taken from the Indiana Jones film – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and is one of the best depictions of faith that I have come across. See what you think.
Video 1min 50sec
Running Out Of Petrol
The bishop’s car ran out of petrol, but much to his relief his wife remembered passing a garage half a mile back down the road. He searched the boot for a container, but he could only find his baby grandson’s potty, so it had to do! He trudged to the petrol station, then back with a full container.
The leader of a new church, driving by, recognised a fellow Christian in need and stopped his car to offer help. As he approached he saw the bishop pour the contents of the potty into the tank. The man gasped: ‘If I’d known they had faith like that in the Church of England I’d never have left!’
From Ready Salted by Peter Graystone p25
A Man Fell Over A Cliff
A man fell over a cliff and, as he tumbled down the sheer drop, managed to grab on to a scrubby bush growing from the side of the rock. Terrified, he hung in space, his life flashing before him. In desperation, he shouted toward heaven, ‘Is there anyone up there?’
To his astonished delight, a voice floated down: ‘I am the Lord God, and I am here.’
‘What should I do?’ called the man.
The voice replied, ‘Let go of the branch and, with my protection, you will float harmlessly down to the beach below.’
The man glanced under his feet to the jagged rocks at the foot of the cliff, hundreds of metres below. He gulped, and looked back toward heaven.
‘Well… is there anyone else up there?’
Ready Salted, Peter Graystone, p35