Ryan Maher > Quotes

“Here’s the slanderer’s whole playbook in one sentence: Sow doubt about God’s goodness.”
― Ryan Maher, The God Worth Trusting: Restoring Faith in a Good God

“This isn’t to say that asking “Why?” is wrong or spiritually immature. It’s a deeply human response to pain. But the lie tells us that finding the answer to “Why?” must become the condition for trusting God, which sets us up for a spiritual stalemate.”
― Ryan Maher, The God Worth Trusting: Restoring Faith in a Good God

“It means learning to trust God’s character, even when you don’t understand the circumstances.”
― Ryan Maher, The God Worth Trusting: Restoring Faith in a Good God

“The devil doesn’t need you to curse God. He just needs you to question Him. When you begin to doubt, that’s enough to erode trust. And when trust erodes, relationship crumbles.”
― Ryan Maher, The God Worth Trusting: Restoring Faith in a Good God

“The truth that exposes this lie is that there are limits to what we can understand from our human perspective. Some questions may simply be beyond our current capacity to comprehend—not because the answers don’t exist, but because our vantage point is too limited to grasp them fully.”
― Ryan Maher, The God Worth Trusting: Restoring Faith in a Good God

“Dear God, You know the lies we’ve believed about You and how they’ve made trust feel impossible. Thank You for not being intimidated by our honest questions. Thank You for remaining steadfast even when our faith wavers. Help us see the lies for what they are. Give us wisdom to distinguish between Your true character and the distortions pain has created. Give us the courage to question these lies and seek Your truth. Meet us in our doubts today to gently reveal who You really are. Help us see glimpses of Your true character in our confusion and pain. Replace the lies with Your truth. Heal the wounds that have made lies feel so believable. Renew our minds where we’ve misunderstood who You are. Give us courage to bring our hearts to You, knowing You long for us to know You truly. In Jesus’s name, amen.”
― Ryan Maher, The God Worth Trusting: Restoring Faith in a Good God