“To derive the fullest comfort and encouragement from Romans 8:28 we must realize that God is at work in a proactive, not reactive, fashion. That is, God does not just respond to an adversity in our lives to make the best of a bad situation. He knows before He initiates or permits the adversity exactly how He will use it for our good.” KnowsDoeUseRealizingSituationOur LivesFashionComfortEncouragementAdversityPermitInitiateProactiveBad SituationsRomans 8 Author:Jerry Bridges
“I had to learn that there is more to the human being than material comfort, more than success, more even than national spirit or patriotism. That in any being worthy of being human there is also a demand for justice, for liberty, and that justice needs the evidence of all our lives, liberty is one and indivisible and collective, and no one can talk of justice solely for expediency's sake, nor of liberty while human beings, anywhere else on earth, are still in bondage.” NeedsHumansStillsEarthSpiritJusticeFreedomHuman BeingsLibertyOur LivesMaterialsComfortDemandEvidenceSakeWorthyCollectivesBeing HumanBondageIndivisibleExpediency Author:Han Suyin
“When we are at the worst times of our lives, when we are battling with something, or struggles, whatever it may be, when we are at our highest point as well, when things are going really well, we want somebody to comfort us and be there for us and to say, 'Well done.' That's Jesus!” WantWellsMayDoneJesusStruggleOur LivesWorstComfortHighestWell DoneWorst Times Author:Russell Wilson
“Heavenly comfort, rather, is truth, which blows away human fantasies that we can live forever, control everything, or fake our lives before God.” HumansFantasyForeverOur LivesComfortBlowFakeHeavenlyLive Forever Author:Sarah Miles
“Without natural resources life itself is impossible. From birth to death, natural resources, transformed for human use, feed, clothe, shelter, and transport us. Upon them we depend for every material necessity, comfort, convenience, and protection in our lives. Without abundant resources prosperity is out of reach.” HumansUseNaturalOur LivesImpossibleMaterialsDependsBirthComfortResourcesProsperityProtectionTransformedShelterConvenienceTransportNatural Resources Book:Breaking New Ground Source: Breaking New Ground
“The larger loneliness of our lives evolves from our unwillingness to spend ourselves, stir ourselves. We are always damping down our inner weather, permitting ourselves the comforts of postponement, of rehearsals” Our LivesLonelinessComfortWeatherEvolveRehearsalPostponement Author:Carol Shields
“Faith takes us to deep places, to the ruptures in our self-confidence and our lives. Do not settle for spiritual comfort all the time...Darkness is divine also. Faith is not about positive thinking so much as about what kicks in when we are weak, sick, and short of self-confidence. The via positiva never stands alone. The via negativa is always with us on our faith journey as well.” ThinkingWellsSoulSelfSpiritualDarknessOur LivesJourneyPositive ThinkingDivineComfortWeakSickSelf ConfidenceSettlingKicksStand AloneRupture Author:Matthew Fox
“The sad thing is that, even though we know our lives aren't working in certain areas, we are still afraid to change. We are locked into our comfort zone, no matter how self-destructive it may be. Yet, the only way to get out of our comfort zone and to be free of our problems and limitations is to get uncomfortable.” KnowsWayMayStillsSelfMatterProblemCertainChangeOur LivesComfortAreasLimitationUncomfortableDestructiveZoneLockedComfort ZoneSelf DestructiveSad Things Book:Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want Source: Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want
“Our closeness to the Lord will, in great measure, determine the peace and comfort and renewed strength that we feel as we invite the Spirit into our lives.” FeelsSpiritLordOur LivesComfortDetermineInvitesCloseness Author:Robert E. Wells
“Reality is a harsh mistress. She demands our honesty. She demands our work. She demands that we give up comforts, that we let ourselves feel pain, that we accept how small we are and how little control we have over our lives. And she demands that we make her our top priority. But she is more beautiful, and more powerful, and more surprising, and more fascinating, and more endlessly rewarding, than anything we could ever make up about her.” GivingFeelsLittlesRealityPainBeautifulPowerfulAcceptingOur LivesHonestyComfortDemandGiving UpPrioritiesFascinatingSurprisingHarshMistressTop Priorities Author:Greta Christina