God does not seem impressed by size or power or wealth. Faith is what he wants, and the heroes who emerge are heroes of faith, not strength or wealth. Philip Yancey More Quotes by Philip Yancey More Quotes From Philip Yancey Some who attempt prayer never have the sense of anyone listening on the other end. They blame themselves for doing it wrong.... Prayer requires the faith to believe that God listens. Philip Yancey prayer listening believe We deserve punishment and get forgiveness; we deserve God’s wrath and get God’s love. Philip Yancey serving-god punishment wrath Some things just have to be believed to be seen. Philip Yancey Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals. Philip Yancey conservative feels sometimes We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny. Philip Yancey church claims trying True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do his will. Philip Yancey manipulate position doe We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church. Philip Yancey church principles christian Jesus was a master of grace: he attracted sinners and moral outcasts even as he offended the religious and responsible people of his day. Philip Yancey religious people jesus If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus’ gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace. Philip Yancey grace law jesus The world thirsts for grace. When grace descends, the world falls silent before it. Philip Yancey grace world fall Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more . . . And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less Philip Yancey god-love grace mean Prayer is to the skeptic a delusion, a waste of time. To the believer it represents perhaps the most important use of time. Philip Yancey important use prayer We're concerned with how things turn out; God seems more concerned with how we turn out. Philip Yancey concerned turns spiritual Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view. Philip Yancey prayer views reality If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know God, helps align my desires with God's. Philip Yancey want-something prayer desire Grace is everywhere, like lenses that go unnoticed because you are looking through them. Philip Yancey unnoticed lenses grace To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who does not control his Son's suffering? But another sound can be heard: the shout of a God crying out to human beings, "I LOVE YOU." Love was compressed for all history in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at any moment on a rescue mission, but chose not to - because of us. At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice. Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross. Philip Yancey pain lonely love-you The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative. Philip Yancey harder alternatives grace We do well to remember that the Bible has far more to say about how to live during the journey than about the ultimate destination. Philip Yancey destination journey remember God loves people because of who God is, not because of who we are. Philip Yancey who-god-is who-we-are people
