Cultivate your trust and familiarity with the Lord in prayer now so that when the hammer comes down, when the dam bursts, and when the earthquake hits, the door to the throne room of God is well-oiled and will open easily when you run through it.
— Steve Swartz, Pastor, Bibellehrer und Buchautor
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Courage & Strength
Occasions: Encouragement
Steve Swartz
Steve Swartz ist ein US-amerikanischer Pastor und Autor, der die Grace Bible Church in Bakersfield, Kalifornien, leitet. Er steht für eine reformiert-baptistische Theologie mit versweiser Schriftauslegung und befasst sich in seinen Schriften unter anderem mit biblischer Seelsorge sowie Scheidungsgründen bei schwerem Missbrauch. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt er systematische Auslegungen reformierter Kernlehren und Hilfestellungen zu praktischen Glaubensfragen.
All quotes by Steve Swartz (17)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson