Quotes from Chris Fabry

It's funny how aimless a person can feel at times, even when they know God is in control.

God has a way of working on His own timetable. And it usually is a lot different from ours.

To many, God is not someone you know but something you try to get off your back.

Music has a way of filling in the missing places. It is a gift from God above, who didn't have to provide it, but He did anyway and I half think He decided life just wouldn't be as good without it.

It's a wonderful thing to have a companion like that who just wants to sit by you while you work.

Water that's not moving becomes stagnant. And if there's not someone pouring into you, the pitcher gets dusty. A person is most satisfied and most useful when she is both giving and receiving. In marriage. In life. In friendship. With God too.

Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to You. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all. Riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler of everything. Power and might are in Your hand, and it is in Your hand to make great and to give strength to all. Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks and praise Your glorious name.

Prayer, at its most basic level, was surrender. Like Jesus in the garden, saying, "Not My will, but Yours, be done.

I don't know why people have to die, Son. I don't think death was what God wanted. But it sure was part of somebody's plan. I believe God is big enough and powerful enough to use it. There's more going on here than we can see.

Wrap your heart around that the next time you go through a struggle," Clara said. "The goal of prayer is not to change God's mind

To many, God is not someone you know but something you try to get off your back.

Sometimes the biggest enemy you have is down deep in your own soul.