We tend to find what we look for in other people. Sam Shoemaker More Quotes by Sam Shoemaker More Quotes From Sam Shoemaker Most people are brought to faith in Christ not by argument for it but by exposure to it. Sam Shoemaker argument faith people Don't pray to escape trouble. Don't pray to be comfortable in your emotions. Pray to do the will of God in every situation. Nothing else is worth praying for. Sam Shoemaker emotion trouble praying Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. Sam Shoemaker prayer may religion Let us face at the outset how many Christians are not victorious, but defeated. Defeated by circumstances, defeated by other peoples? natures and wrong-doings, defeated by the down-drag of the flesh, defeated by loss, by pain, by suffering, by worry. Instead of saying with confidence, ?This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith?, they have to say in honesty, ?This is the defeat that has been caused by the world, even our self-centeredness.? That is the opposite of faith. Unbelief is not the opposite of faith; self-centeredness is ? being centered in self rather than in God. Sam Shoemaker honesty christian faith The rise of statism in our time is the natural result of the longing of godless, unchurched people for some kind of protection. When we lose to God we turn to what looks like the next most powerful thing, which is the state. How bad a choice that is, let Germany and Russia in recent years testify. Sam Shoemaker russia powerful kindness Happiness is the sense that one matters. Happiness is an abiding enthusiasm. Happiness is single-mindedness. Happiness is whole-heartedness. Happiness is a by-product. Happiness is faith. Sam Shoemaker abiding enthusiasm happiness Everybody has a problem, is a problem, or lives with a problem. Sam Shoemaker problem The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy. Sam Shoemaker mark christian joy Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events? Sam Shoemaker ancient events christianity The test of a man's conversion is whether he has enough Christianity to get it to other people. If he hasn't, there is something wrong. Sam Shoemaker men people religion
