It is not accurate to think the gospel is what saves non-Christians, and then, what matures Christians is trying hard to live according to biblical principles. It is more accurate to say that we are saved by believing the gospel, and then we are transformed in every part of our mind, heart and life by believing the gospel more and more deeply as our life goes on.
What you're trying to do as an actor is somehow trick yourself into believing that these words have never been said, and so you've got to discover them for the first time.
The Christian faith is faith in Christ. Its value or worth is not in the one believing but in the One believed - not in the one trusting, but in the One trusted.
Why do we keep believing that we can control nature,even as it banishes us repeatedly from our homes in search of new fertile ground?
Most witches don’t believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they don’t believe in them. They know them too well. It would be like believing in the postman.
He thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing.
I've always been counted out. I've always had people believing I didn't belong. I think that has made me work a little harder.
Don't fall into the trap of believing so deeply in your own ideology that you cannot even see the flaws in it.
We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.
Conservatism means believing in a strong national defense. Not because we want war, but because we love peace. Because history has taught us a painful lesson, that weakness is the enemy of peace. That weakness invites violence, that weakness invites war.
The curse of man, and the cause of nearly all his woe, is his stupendous capacity for believing the incredible.
Your attitude is more important than stylish clothes. This comes from believing in yourself. This attitude can define your life.
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.
Every man is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing.
It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.
Faith is the accepting of what God gives. Faith is the believing what God says. Faith is the trusting to what Jesus has done. Only do this and you are saved, as surely as you are alive!
If my life were a song it would be called 'Don't Stop Believing'. Yeah.
We have to get better at believing the impossible.
I start out by believing the worst