Eric Butterworth Quotes

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Have faith in God. It will make you dig deeper and become a better leader.

'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.

Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.

It's really difficult for fanatic churchgoers to understand God can't help me. I'm the only one who can help me.

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.

Twelve-step promotes spirituality, not religion. It gives a practical, day-to-day spirituality that tells me what I can and cannot control. There is room to be imperfect and to be someone who struggles to find God.

In spiritual things, it is God who performs all things for you. Rest in Him, then.

God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.

The wonderful thing about God is he knows what we need to persuade us.

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens.

Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.

When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'

I want kids to understand that strength doesn't come from what goes on around you. It comes from inside you, and that comes from Jesus Christ.

Do not concern yourself with politics and the world; your job is to connect the hearts to God.

I don't think there's anyone who would say they don't want or need more of God's power in their life.

One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.

Although religion was around me my whole life I never felt it was forced upon me. It is my centring, my grounding, the soul of me. I feel I'm nothing without it.

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.

I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if you walked through it, you'd be happier than you are.'