Chasing God Quotes

“What He has chosen not to reveal to me is inconsequential when compared to what He has promised me.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“The true understanding of our own depravity isn’t a punishment—it’s an opportunity to understand the value of the gift.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“Salvation isn’t about sets of words. It’s an attitude of the heart. The words have no power in and of themselves; it’s not a formula we have to perfect in order to be accepted.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him. ~ C. S. Lewis”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“The one thing that is specifically forbidden is vengeance, the very human longing to get back at someone. Perhaps you know the expression, “I want him to pay for what he did.” How much passion there can be in those words! But getting even, paying back—vengeance—is territory that God expressly reserves for himself. “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” he says. To try to get even is a dangerous business. We are playing God—stepping into a place that he claims as his own.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“I wasn’t there alongside Simon that day, but I know what happened. He saw the light of the world extinguished and he knew he was the reason. And some time later, he saw the light come back. And he knew that God was the reason.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“Forgiveness is looking the pain straight in the eye and saying, ‘God is bigger than this.’”14”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“At the end of the day, my desire to take apart the process of prayer boiled down to this: What are my “rights”? It was more about wanting to control an outcome than it was about wanting God. Bad idea.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“I’ve been in a hundred million social circles in my life, but Christianity proved to be the hardest cultural adjustment. It wasn’t because people weren’t kind and patient with me. I just didn’t know the lingo. I didn’t know the drill. I was trying to blend in, but even the word believer sort of sounded like a creepy pretense for beginning a relationship.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“Our actions should always come from what we know is true, not what we are struggling to fully embrace in that truth.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“But He has given us what we need to rest and we should not be nearly as unsettled in the mystery as we are settled in the promises. Here are three words you are going to have to get used to saying if you’re going to follow Jesus: I don’t know.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“Simply acknowledging that you believe something is not enough. Scripture is clear that even demons believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus (James 2:19).”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“(Note: If you don’t appreciate a little humor in the midst of critically important theological issues, you may not have come to the same conclusion I have, which is this: I don’t have to take myself too seriously in order to take God seriously.)”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“I’m afraid. And I know that from experience. We tend to”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God