Quotes about Comfort
Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped.
— Charles Stanley
There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.
— Washington Irving
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.
— Martin Luther
For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother.
— Anne Lamott
God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.
— Shane Claiborne
Lord, keep us from following the gods of pride, stubbornness, vanity, sloth, greed, and comfort that beckon for our allegiance every day. You brought us through the night watches, you who neither slumber nor sleep. We pray to follow you along the path of generosity, humility, and love throughout this day. Amen.
— Shane Claiborne
Lord, we know that you will come again in glory to raise the living and the dead. Resurrect us now from the death of comfort, complacency, sloth, and shallowness that we might witness to your love in life and death. Amen.
— Shane Claiborne
What if I had not believed that I should see the goodness of the LORD : in the land of the living! O tarry and await the LORD's pleasure; be strong, and he shall comfort your heart : wait patiently for the LORD.
— Shane Claiborne
The Scriptures say that we should not fear those things which can destroy the body, but we are to fear that which can destroy the soul (Matt. 10:28). While the ghettos may have their share of violence and crime, the suburbs are the home of the more subtle demonic forces—numbness, complacency, comfort—and it is these that can eat away at our souls.
— Shane Claiborne
While the ghettos may have their share of violence and crime, the posh suburbs are home to more subtle demonic forces--numbness, complacency and comfort. These are the powers that can eat away at our souls.
— Shane Claiborne
Perhaps the most dangerous place for a Christian to be is in safety and comfort.
— Shane Claiborne