Wayne Stiles > Wayne's Quotes

“God seldom gives us all we need in order to understand, but He always gives us all we need to obey.”
― Wayne Stiles, Going Places With God: A Devotional Journey Through the Lands of the Bible

“Problems never just go away or take care of themselves, especially when God allows them in order to shape our character. God will patiently wait and allow the circumstances to compel us to do what we should have done at the beginning: surrender all control to God.”
― Wayne Stiles, Going Places With God: A Devotional Journey Through the Lands of the Bible

“We must remember in our struggles that our duty lies outside of trying to understand God’s plan. He never asks that of us. Instead, He wants to see our trust in Him, through simple daily obedience, even in a land of affliction and confusion.”
― Wayne Stiles, Going Places With God: A Devotional Journey Through the Lands of the Bible

“Our brief, little life here on Earth represents the only time in all of eternity when we can glorify God in the midst of struggle.”
― Wayne Stiles, Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus: A Journey Through the Lands and Lessons of Christ

“Our greatest need from God isn’t for Him to change our circumstances but for Him to use our circumstances to change us.”
― Wayne Stiles, Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus: A Journey Through the Lands and Lessons of Christ

“Sometimes when our faith is too weak to trust God, He puts us in a place where our weakness forces us to surrender. Not to trust, but to surrender. Surrender then lays the groundwork for trust, because God always shows Himself faithful.”
― Wayne Stiles, Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus: A Journey Through the Lands and Lessons of Christ