The root of the Divine life is faith; the chief branches are love to God, charity to man, purity, and humility.
– Henry Scougal –
from The Life of God in the Soul of Man
Faith
Faithfulness is a Big Thing – Chrysostom
Faithfulness in little things is a big thing.
– Chrysostom –
347-407 AD
Faith is the Key – Thomas Brooks
Faith is the key that unlocks Paradise and lets a flood of joy into the soul.
– Thomas Brooks –
How Great Faith is Produced – Smith Wigglesworth
Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials.
– Smith Wigglesworth –
Faith That is Tried – George Müller
If we, indeed, desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and, therefore, through the trial, be strengthened.
– George Müller –
from Answers to Prayer
1805-1898
Upheld by the Word of God – Ralph Venning
We would faint, or falter, if we did not believe (Psa. 27:13), and faltering would prove our strength of faith to be very small (Prov. 24:10). But our faith would faint were it not upheld and quickened by the Word of God.
– Ralph Venning –
from Learning in Christ’s School, 1675
Faith Must Impact Everything – Elisabeth Elliot
A faith that doesn’t impact your daily life — your home, your marriage, your family, your work, etc — is no faith at all.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
True Faith in Jesus – George Whitefield
A true faith in Jesus Christ will not suffer us to be idle. No, it is an active, lively, restless principle; it fills the heart, so that it cannot be easy till it is doing something for Jesus Christ.
–George Whitefield –
Reaching for the Impossible – David Smithers
Until we reach for the IMPOSSIBLE through fervent, faith-filled
prayer, we will NEVER fulfill our created purpose!
– David Smithers –