Peter Marshall Quotes

There is little faith involved in setting out on a journey where the destination is certain and every step in between has been mapped in detail. Bravery, trust, is about leaving camp in the dark, when we do not know the route ahead and cannot be certain we will ever return.

When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.

To choose love and jump in not knowing, with a lot of unknowns, is a brave act.

God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.

Life is a free fall parachute jump. Pray all the way down and hope for a safe landing.

Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow.

We are to yield to the authority God has in place, and look to Him to find out what He would have us to do about those things that are concerning to us.

God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

The need for some venture of faith still remains; one must stake one's life upon something.

Don't complain. The Israelites wasted forty years murmuring and complaining in the wilderness, when they could have just obeyed God and entered into their Promised Land.

If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God.

It's funny how God will just keep using you, and our motto around our family forever has been, 'Just let Him use you.'

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.

It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.

I'm so curious about knowing the unknown; it can be scary, but I see it as a game.

I think I'm like most people - we fear the unknown and the things that have yet to come to pass, which are the very things that don't deserve to be feared. When you give God complete control, it's very hard not to be fearless.

No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him. We need more of this 'being asleep' in the will of God.

If God had me run for something, I would do it in a heartbeat.

It's important to take leaps of faith.

The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.

Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led.