by Kayla Kennada
I love reading faith quotes. They encourage me, lift my spirit, and inspire me to keep moving forward through life’s challenges and daily pressures. I also enjoy encouraging others when they are carrying burdens or facing hardships. Most of the time, I don’t sit down and try to come up with a quote. Instead, words seem to rise up from my spirit when I feel led to encourage someone who needs hope. That’s exactly how this quote came to me:
“Circumstances do not change the Word; the Word changes the circumstances.”
I first shared these words with Dr. Johnnie Blount, founder of Be the Word Ministry, while he was telling me about his wife Donis’ condition. She was in the hospital battling cancer and had just received a discouraging report. Dr. Blount immediately repeated the quote to her, and he continued to use it many times afterward. I later heard him share it in several of his teachings.
Each time I heard those words repeated, they blessed me in return. Although he sometimes changed “circumstances” to “mountains,” the message remained the same: there is nothing greater than the Word of God. I am thrilled to report that Donis received a miraculous healing!
I’m sure many of us have had moments when a meaningful quote came to mind. Perhaps we recognized it as inspiration, or perhaps we didn’t. I didn’t realize how many quotes I had accumulated until I began writing monthly newsletters and needed short, encouraging one-liners to include in them. While it can be challenging to come up with something meaningful on the spot, every now and then a thought emerges that resonates.
Most of the time, when I am writing a blog, teaching, song, or poem, a verse, paragraph, or topic stands out to me. I often find myself saying, “In other words…” and then expressing the thought in a simple, memorable way. As I wrote this blog, I realized that’s how most of these quotes came into being. The following quotes were taken from my Power & Praise Facebook posts I wrote over the past year.
20 Faith Quotes to Encourage Your Walk with God
- “Brush off the things that try to deter you and stick to the purpose God has for you.”
- “Living with a proper balance is a reflection of our integrity before God.”
- “Never underestimate the transformative power of God working in and through you.”
- “You don’t have to manufacture forgiveness on your own. Surrender to God’s love and let Him do it through you.”
- “Remember, You are loved by God and nothing can change that.”
- “When you think right, you will live right.”
- “You were made to walk in the fullness of what God has placed inside you.”
- “When you believe in your heart, you don’t listen to your head.”
- “No matter what you face today, keep your mind focused on what the Word says, and you will receive what the Word says.”
- “If we read the Bible but don’t do it, we remain the same and become unteachable.”
- “To walk by faith is the ultimate adventure of living life more abundantly as Jesus intended us to live.”
- “It is good to believe the Word, but it is life-changing to be the Word!”
- “The Word aligns us with what God ordained for us to be.”
- “Just as Jesus is the expression of God’s love to us, we are to be the expression of Jesus’ love to the world.”
- “Do something every day that makes life a little better.”
- “Don’t allow failures to be your gospel.”
- “You don’t know what you don’t know until you know it.”
- “You must be in the Word to have faith in the Word.”
- “The key to moving forward is not allowing yourself to be comfortable very long where you are now.”
- “Belief in the Word of God causes dry bones to come alive again, storms to be still, mountains to move, and all things to be possible.”
My prayer is that these quotes have encouraged your heart, strengthened your faith, and stirred your spirit to trust God more deeply. No matter what challenges you face, His Word remains true, powerful, and unchanging. Hold fast to it, and allow it to transform your circumstances as you walk forward in faith.