Steve Farrar > Quotes

“Waiting is an exercise of faith that demonstrates the condition of our hearts. Waiting on God is an act of faith. And faith is what separates the men from the boys.”
― Steve Farrar, God Built (Joseph) - Forged By God...In The Bad And Good Of Life

“Fifty million people die every year, six thousand die every hour, and over one hundred people die every minute. But when thousands of people die in the same place and at the same time, we are more likely to wonder why God would allow such a thing to happen.”
― Steve Farrar, God Built (Joseph) - Forged By God...In The Bad And Good Of Life

“Thomas Watson who said, “The Scriptures are the library of the Holy Ghost.… The Scriptures contain in it the credenda, ‘the things which we are to believe,’ and the agenda, ‘the things which we are to practice.’” I need to make sure I visit that library every day.”
― Steve Farrar, True Courage: Emboldened by God in a Disheartening World

“So what does Boaz have to do with you and your daily life and pressures? Consider this: it means that God has a detailed and providential plan that He is working in your life—even when it seems like your life is dull and boring.”
― Steve Farrar, Real Valor: A Charge to Nurture and Protect Your Family

“The Boaz Man, as we saw in the last chapter, is a solid citizen and family man, a man of character and integrity who operates out of servanthood, rather than selfishness or greed. Because the Lord Jesus Christ is King of his life, he in turn serves his King by serving others.”
― Steve Farrar, Real Valor: A Charge to Nurture and Protect Your Family

“In these days of great uncertainty, our great God wants His people to know that He can be trusted. And He is giving us the opportunity to find out for ourselves that His promises can be trusted.”
― Steve Farrar, Battle Ready: Prepare to Be Used by God

“Unrealistic expectations are a subtle way of setting ourselves up for disappointment, discouragement, and even depression.”
― Steve Farrar, Real Valor: A Charge to Nurture and Protect Your Family

“When we are broken because of increased hardship, we simply have to trust in the goodness of God.”
― Steve Farrar, Battle Ready: Prepare to Be Used by God

“In the midst of this unsettling frenzy there is something we all need to know. God is your banker. God is your social security. God is your health-care provider. You don’t need a bigger government. You have a great God. And unlike silver-tongued politicians, He can be trusted to keep His promises. I vote for Him.”
― Steve Farrar, Battle Ready: Prepare to Be Used by God

“The situations that frighten us and overwhelm us are actually scenarios from the Lord designed to test our faith and strengthen our faith.”
― Steve Farrar, Battle Ready: Prepare to Be Used by God

“But when God stops a financial source that has always been there, it simply means that He is going to open another source that you know nothing about.”
― Steve Farrar, Battle Ready: Prepare to Be Used by God

“When God is building a man, He begins by taking his strong will and breaking it down. He takes his dreams and aspirations and crushes them. Then He redirects his life and begins to rebuild him. his is how God works in every man who will be used by Him.”
― Steve Farrar, Manna: When You're Out of Options, God Will Provide

“It is indeed natural for us to wish and to plan, and it is merciful in the Lord to disappoint our plans.”
― Steve Farrar, Real Valor: A Charge to Nurture and Protect Your Family

“Seven days without a Sabbath makes one weak.”
― Steve Farrar, Overcoming Overload: Seven Ways to Find Rest in Your Chaotic World

“God is never early, and He is never late. He is always right on time. Sometimes we want Him to be early. And as you wait for Him, you see the clock ticking and begin to panic. But He will show up precisely at the right moment.”
― Steve Farrar, God Built (Joseph) - Forged By God...In The Bad And Good Of Life

“Epicureanism says, “Be sensuous; enjoy yourself.” Education says, “Be resourceful; expand yourself.” Materialism says, “Be satisfied; please yourself.” Psychology says, “Be confident; fulfill yourself.” Pride says, “Be superior; promote yourself” Humanism says, “Be capable; believe in yourself.” But God says to us, “Be wise; humble yourself.”
― Steve Farrar, Overcoming Overload: Seven Ways to Find Rest in Your Chaotic World

“He is the God who uses adversity to train and prepare us for good works, not only in this life, but in eternity as well.”
― Steve Farrar, Battle Ready: Prepare to Be Used by God

“Providence is God’s execution of His plan in your life and in the entire universe.”
― Steve Farrar, God Built (Joseph) - Forged By God...In The Bad And Good Of Life

“This very day, every man—whether a global leader or an unknown tradesman—has an opportunity to show the world that the gospel does not kill pleasure or aggressiveness. Rather, as [Jonathan] Edwards has shown, it frees Christians to experience true pleasure and to act in manly ways for a far greater cause than ourselves. We grieve the trajectory of modern men, and we feel special pain for the wives and children who are, through no fault of their own, deeply damaged by the sins of men. In a broken world, we pray to God to show the world a better way, a greater joy, and a magnificent Savior, who delights in taking sinful men and turning them into agents of his glory.2”
― Steve Farrar, Real Valor: A Charge to Nurture and Protect Your Family

“not in it. But His delays are not necessarily His denials, as”
― Steve Farrar, Manna: When You're Out of Options, God Will Provide

“It was John Flavel who said to his congregation in England, some three hundred years ago, “Some providences of God, like Hebrew letters, are best understood backwards.”
― Steve Farrar, God Built (Joseph) - Forged By God...In The Bad And Good Of Life

“Most men don’t shepherd nations. God calls most men to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. He calls them to shepherd their families.”
― Steve Farrar, Real Valor: A Charge to Nurture and Protect Your Family

“In the Koran, there are ninety-nine different names for Allah. But not one of them can be translated as Father.7 Matthew 6 contains thirty-four verses, and in those thirty-four verses the Lord Jesus refers to the Father twelve times. You have a Father who is the sovereign God, in control of all things. And He has made some promises to you that His providence guarantees.”
― Steve Farrar, Battle Ready: Prepare to Be Used by God

“Epicureanism says, “Be sensuous; enjoy yourself.” Education says, “Be resourceful; expand yourself.” Materialism says, “Be satisfied; please yourself.” Psychology says, “Be confident; fulfill yourself.” Pride says, “Be superior; promote yourself” Humanism says, “Be capable; believe in yourself.” But God says to us, “Be wise; humble yourself.” The”
― Steve Farrar, Overcoming Overload: Seven Ways to Find Rest in Your Chaotic World

“The providence of God leads us through all of our years, from womb to tomb.”
― Steve Farrar, Real Valor: A Charge to Nurture and Protect Your Family

“What are we saying to our children when we forsake church week after week so they can play soccer, baseball, or football? Why would we forsake worship of the living God to embrace kicking a ball? Why not forsake soccer to let our children know who and what is most important in our lives? There is nothing wrong with sports. But when sport is valued over the worship of God, something is seriously wrong. All that we have comes from His hand. He deserves”
― Steve Farrar, Overcoming Overload: Seven Ways to Find Rest in Your Chaotic World

“The sovereignty of God means that He is King and He is in absolute control; and it also means that we are not.”
― Steve Farrar, God Built (Joseph) - Forged By God...In The Bad And Good Of Life

“In the Christian life, it’s not how you start that matters. It’s how you finish.”
― Steve Farrar, Finishing Strong: Going the Distance for Your Family

“There is a type of self-confidence and self-esteem that is healthy and good. But there is an excessive self-confidence that is very harmful to one’s spiritual health. How do you tell the difference between the two? Easy. A wrong self-confidence is usually characterized by prayerlessness. We’re so busy instituting our plan and following our instincts and leading, and we are so confident it will all work out as we have planned, that we never bother to look up. It’s not that we are going against God, it’s just that we don’t have a sense that we really need to depend on Him.”
― Steve Farrar, Finishing Strong: Going the Distance for Your Family

“This very day, every man—whether a global leader or an unknown tradesman—has an opportunity to show the world that the gospel does not kill pleasure or aggressiveness. Rather, as [Jonathan] Edwards has shown, it frees Christians to experience true pleasure and to act in manly ways for a far greater cause than ourselves. We grieve the trajectory of modern men, and we feel special pain for the wives and children who are, through no fault of their own, deeply damaged by the sins of men. In a broken world, we pray to God to show the world a better way, a greater joy, and a magnificent Savior, who delights in taking sinful men and turning them into agents of his glory.”
― Steve Farrar, Real Valor: A Charge to Nurture and Protect Your Family