Facing Storms Quotes

“Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.” ~ J.C. Ryle”
― Cheryl Zelenka, Facing Storms: Devotions for Thought & Meditation

“Loss, be it the death of a loved one, deteriorating health, lost dreams, or some kind of divine interruption . . . will usually include a measure of pain.  Your positive attitude, perspective change, and faith are what will turn your wailing into praise and joyful dancing.”
― Cheryl Zelenka, Facing Storms: Devotions for Thought & Meditation

“Can you look beyond your present circumstances and rejoice with a joyful heart, knowing that what you suffer now is not worth comparing to the glory soon to be revealed in you? ”
― Cheryl Zelenka, Facing Storms: Devotions for Thought & Meditation

“The Word says that if we have a faith as small as a mustard seed we can move mountains. And yet, we limit what God can accomplish through us when we continuously mull over our fears, feed our hopelessness, and encourage anxiety, which then causes doubt.  Doubt hinders God’s power.”
― Cheryl Zelenka, Facing Storms: Devotions for Thought & Meditation

“However, there is also a ministry called the prayer closet. Humble servants, burdened with the cares of others, intercede on their behalf. This service offered up by uncelebrated prayer warriors is a mighty weapon. They call upon the power of God to thwart the schemes of the evil one.”
― Cheryl Zelenka, Facing Storms: Devotions for Thought & Meditation

“A brother of Scetis committed a fault. A council was called to which Moses was invited, but he refused to go to it. Then the priest sent someone to him, saying ‘Come, for everyone is waiting for you.’ So he got up and went. He took a sack, filled it with sand and cut a small hole at the bottom and carried it on his shoulders. The others came out to meet him and said, ‘What is this, father?’ The Abba said to them, ‘My sins run out behind me, and I do not see them, and today I am coming to judge the errors of another.’ When they hearth that, they said no more to the brother but forgave him.”
― Cheryl Zelenka, Facing Storms: Devotions for Thought & Meditation

“Through His resurrection He gave us the promise of eternal life. We are forgiven. We were and still are sinners, but we are forgiven! “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”   John 8:36 (NKJV)”
― Cheryl Zelenka, Facing Storms: Devotions for Thought & Meditation