The search for God begins at the point of need. Catherine Marshall More Quotes by Catherine Marshall More Quotes From Catherine Marshall Of course you'll encounter trouble. But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door of hope. Catherine Marshall encouraginggodinspirational When the dream in our heart is one that God has planted there, a strange happiness flowers into us. At that moment all of the spiritual resources of the universe are released to help us. Our praying is then at one with the will of God and becomes a channel for the Creator's always joyous, triumphant purposes for us and our world. Catherine Marshall flowerspiritualdream Satan cannot create anything new, cannot create anything at all. He must steal what God has created. Thus he twists love and God's wonderful gift of sex into lust and sadism and myriad perversions. He disfigures the heart's deep desire to worship God and persuades us to bow before lesser gods of lust or money or power. Catherine Marshall lustheartsex If your every human plan and calculation has miscarried, if, one by one, human props have been knocked out, and doors have shut in your face, take heart. God is trying to get a message through to you, and the message is: "Stop depending on inadequate human resources. Let me handle the matter.". Catherine Marshall heartdoorstrying Those who never rebelled against God or at some point in their lives shaken their fists in the face of heaven, have never encountered God at all. Catherine Marshall fistsgodheaven God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope. Catherine Marshall encouragementhopedoors When you heart is ablaze with the love of God, when you love other people - especially the ripsnorting sinners - so much that you dare to tell them about Jesus with no apologies, then never fear, there will be results. Catherine Marshall religiouslovejesus I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again. Catherine Marshall forgivenessacceptanceself My father always told us that if we will let God, He can use even our disappointements, even our annoyances to bring us a blessing. There's a practical way to start the process too: by thanking HIm for whatever happens, no matter how disagreeable it seems. Catherine Marshall thanking-himblessingfather Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is fun, it can't be God's will? The God who made giraffes, a baby's fingernails, a puppy's tail, a crooknecked squash, the bobwhite's call, and a young girl's giggle, has a sense of humor. Make no mistake about that. Catherine Marshall girlhappinessbaby The cross stands as the final symbol that no evil exists that God cannot turn into a blessing. He is the living Alchemist who can take the dregs from the slag-heaps of life - disappointment, frustration, sorrow, disease, death, economic loss, heartache - and transform the dregs into gold. Catherine Marshall disappointmentblessingloss The purpose of all prayer is to find God's will and to make that our prayer Catherine Marshall purposeprayerchristian Once we recognize our need for Jesus, then the building of our faith begins. It is a daily, moment-by-moment life of absolute dependence upon Him for everything Catherine Marshall christianneedsjesus Some of what I wrote bordered on blasphemy....If there was a God, He would have to be truth. And in that case, candor--however impertinent--would be more pleasing to Him than posturing. Catherine Marshall candorcaseswould-be God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking. Catherine Marshall disciplinespiritualneeds Living in the middle of beautiy like this, we've no call to have puny ideas about God. Why do you suppose His world is so fancy-fine, so full of wonderment if He doesn't want everything to be good and perfect and right and healthy? But we can spoil His good work. When we mess things up, then we shouldn't blame Him and try to make ourselves feel better by contending that it's what He wanted. Catherine Marshall feel-betterperfectideas The only time I ever find my dealings with God less than clear-cut is when I'm not being honest with Him. The fuzziness is always on my side, not His. Catherine Marshall honestcuttingsides So once I shut down my privilege of disliking anyone I choose and holding myself aloof if I could manage it, greater understanding, growing compassion came to me. Catherine Marshall understandingcompassionsuccess Evil is real - and powerful. It has to be fought, not explained away, not fled. And God is against evil all the way. So each of us has to decide where we stand, how we're going to live our lives. We can try to persuade ourselves and wink at evil. We can say that it isn't so bad after all, maybe even try to call it fun by clothing it in silks and velvets. We can compromise with it, keep quiet about it , and say it's none of our business. Or we can work on God's side, listen for His orders on strategy against the evil, no matter how horrible it is, and know that He can transform it. Catherine Marshall powerfulrealfun Acceptance says, True, this is my situation at the moment. I'll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I'll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me. Catherine Marshall acceptancefatherreality
