Stormie Omartian Quotes

In the darkest times of your life, your praise to God should be the loudest. Let the enemy know you're not afraid of the dark.

Don’t be overwhelmed . . . take it one day and one prayer at a time.

God wants to bless us in many ways that require faith. We must trust that He is answering our prayers even when we can’t see it.

There’s only one power in the world great enough to help us rise above the difficult things we face: the power of God.

Praying is not telling God what to do. It's trusting that God knows what to do.

Integrity is not what you APPEAR to be when all eyes are on you. It is who you ARE when no one is looking.

We will never be happy until we make God the source of our fulfillment and the answer to our longings. He is the only one who should have power over our souls.

The battle for our lives, and the lives and souls of our children, our husbands, our friends, our families, our neighbors, and our nation is waged on our knees. When we don't pray, it's like sitting on the sidelines watching those we love and care about scrambling through a war zone, getting shot at from every angle. When we do pray, however, we're in the battle alongside them, approaching God's power on their behalf. If we also declare the Wordog God in our prayers, then we wield a powerful weapon against which no enemy can prevail.

God wants to lead you to places you cannot get to without Him, and He does that by the power of His Spirit. He can bring you into the realm of the miraculous-not as a show, but as a demonstration of His love and compassion for the lost, hurting, or needy. Who among us doesn’t want or need that?

. . . you have no idea how many people there are in the world whose day could be made and their life changed for the better if someone would just look them in the eye, smile, and say, "Hello.

Talking to God should be part of every aspect of life, in times of peace as well as in every battle.

The truth is you always grow to love the people you pray for. That’s because you develop God’s heart of love for them.

People's love for us may change, depending on what we do or don't do to please them. But God's does not-it's everlasting.

Forgiveness doesn't make the other person right, it makes you free.

The past should not be a place where we live, but something from which we learn.

I've often thought, I'm nobody. Why would God answer my prayer? But God's not impressed by eloquence; he's impressed by our longing for him.

You are either becoming more like Christ every day or you are becoming less like Him. There is no neutral position in the Lord.

If your prayers haven't been answered, it doesn't mean they won't be answered. In fact, they may have already been answered, but just not in the way you wanted or expected them to be.

God is a place of safety you can run to, but it helps if you are running to Him on a daily basis so that you are in familiar territory.

In times of weakness, choose to put yourself under God's control.

If you feel you can't forgive, ask God to penetrate your unforgiveness with His love. When we have to do the impossible, God says that the way it happens is "not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit" (Zechariah 4:6). This means that certain things will not be accomplished by human strength, but only by the power of God. The Holy Spirit will enable us to forgive even the unforgivable.

The reason we must put on the whole armor of God is to withstand evil. We don't war against people, but against a spiritual hierarchy of invisible power.

The most important thing we can pray about for others is that they will know God better and that He will help them understand His will, grow in spiritual wisdom, and live lives that honor Him. We can pray that they will become more like Him and bear the fruit of His Spirit.

Not knowing who God made us to be, trying to be who we are not, or even just desiring to be someone else, can only lead to a life of misery, frustration, and unfulfillment.

Don’t be afraid when you have to pray fervently because of your circumstances. God is wanting to do something great through you!