~RELIGION & FAITH~

"'He is a God ready to forgive and that He takes delight in multiplying the pardon of offenses.'" ~John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"'He who forgets his friend is ungrateful to him, but he who forgets his Savior is unmerciful to himself.'" ~John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"'If the world, which God accounts as less significant, is considered by people to be a thing of worth, how is Heaven considered, which is commended by God?
"'If we so hate to let go of the life that is accompanied with so many troubles, what is our feeling for the life above?'" ~John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"He that is down, needs fear no Fall;
  He that is low, no Pride:
  He that is humble, ever shall
  Have God to be his Guide.
"I am content with what I have,
  Little be it or much:
  And, Lord, Contentment still I crave,
  Because thou savest such." ~John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"'Be faithful, even to the point of death, and my King will give you the crown of life.'" ~John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else." ~Oswald Chambers

"Anselm prays to God in all sincerity that he may succeed in proving God's existence. He thinks he has succeeded and throws himself down to thank God: curious, he does not notice that this prayer and thanksgiving are infinitely more proof of God's existence than--the proof." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"But a lot depends on yourself, for there is a battle no one else can fight for you, a doubt that no one else can appease, a care that no one else can put to rest, the care and concern about God. Once you have found assurance about this, you will find the world to be much better, for then you will not seek in the world or demand of it what it cannot give--then you yourself will be able to comfort and reassure others." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"But just as it is a great mistake to think that what the individual figure in a poem says or does represents the poet's personal opinion, so it is a mistake to assume that all that happens, the fact of its happening, has God's consent. Oh, no! He has his own view." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"God can just as little prove his own existence than he can swear; he would have nothing higher to swear upon than himself." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"Is knowledge higer than faith? By no means." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"The thing is that people do not believe, they go through the historical motions." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"This is why the world makes no progress but is in decline: people consult only with one another instead of each one individually with God." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"As the manmade institutions we feverishly cling to fail us, God will provide in His own perfect time and in His own perfect way." ~Jeff Leeland, One Small Sparrow

"He masterfully paints His beautiful picture of love and grace indelibly on our souls." ~Jeff Leeland, One Small Sparrow

"Preach the gospel everywhere you go, and, if necessary, use words." ~St. Francis of Assisi

"'When in bed, we need not lie awake and talk with God. He can visit us while we sleep and cause us then to hear His voice. Our heart often wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to it either by words and proverbs or by signs and similitudes, as well as if one were awake.'" ~John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"'God is eternal, nor is there anything, excepting himself, that had an existence until the beginning of the first day.'" ~John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"I have had prayers answered--most strangely so sometimes--but I think our heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been more evident in what He has refused me." ~Lewis Carroll

"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed." ~Robert H. Schuller

"Religion is love; in no case is it logic." ~Beatrice Potter Web

"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness... It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"Why is it when you talk to God you're praying, but when God talks to you, you're nuts?" ~Touched By An Angel

"I'm guided by a force much greater than luck." ~Empire Records

"God wants salvation to be so free that he wants not even to be thanked for it. No, as I say, the salvation of heaven is received not even as something which is part of the bargain, but as the paper cone in relation to the sugar of the coffee." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"Two wills in the world cannot be tolerated. God is the only one." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"Like someone who got the idea of travelling all over the world to hear a singer with perfect voice, God sits in heaven listening. And every time he hears someone praise him, someone he brings to the extremity of world-weariness, God says to himself: Here is the voice." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"'I must continue, for to go back means nothing but death. To go forward is the fear of death, but beyond it is life everlasting. I'll keep going forward.'" ~John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress