Worrying is like rocking in a rocking chair: you expend energy, but it gets you nowhere.

— Josef Villiger (b. 1958), Freikirchenpastor, Prediger, Mentor

Josef Villiger

Josef Villiger (* 1958) ist ein Schweizer Freikirchenpastor und Prediger, der langjährig die Vineyard-Gemeinde in Herisau leitete und in der Leiterschulung tätig ist. Geprägt von seinem persönlichen Lebensweg zum christlichen Glauben, steht er für eine praxisorientierte, evangelikal-charismatische Verkündigung mit Fokus auf Seelsorge und Mentoring. Bibellesern begegnen seine Beiträge als alltagsnahe Impulse zu Glaubenswachstum, persönlicher Nachfolge und lebenspraktischen Entscheidungen.

All quotes by Josef Villiger (9)

More on this topic

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

That the birds of worry and grief fly over your head, you cannot change. But that they build nests in your hair — that you can prevent.
Martin Luther

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.
Frederick Buechner

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
Corrie ten Boom

Worrying does not take away tomorrow's sorrow, it takes away today's strength.
Corrie ten Boom

You have touched my eyelids. I sleep without worry. He who led me into this night will guide me also tomorrow.
Jochen Klepper

We do not know what is coming; but we know who is coming. That means: losing fear, because I know the final reality.
Helmut Thielicke

We must build dikes of courage against the flood of fear.
Martin Luther King Jr.

All quotes · lumen.bible