“Joy is an outward sign of inward faith in the promises of God.”

The 4:8 Principle.
The 4:8 Principle (2007)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Joy is an outward sign of inward faith in the promises of God." by Tommy Newberry?

Tommy Newberry7

American writer

Related quotes

“Now when God sends forth his holy Gospel, He deals with us in a twofold manner, the first outwardly, then inwardly. Outwardly he deals with us through the oral word of the Gospel and through material sings, that is, baptism adndthe sacrament of the altar. Inwardly He deals with us through the Holy spirit, faith, and other gifts. But whatever their measure of order the outward factors should and must procede. The inward experience follows and is effected by the outward. God has determined to give the inward to no one except through the outward.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

Luthers Works, 40 p. 146 as quoted in Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin https://books.google.com/books?id=95sDFZbl4S4C&pg=PA55&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q=Calvin&f=falseby Carlos M. N. Eire, p. 72

“Surrender yourselves then to be led and disposed of just as God pleases, with respect both to your outward and inward state.”

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon (1648–1717) French mystic

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 542.

“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”

Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest

For the people who know the Bible and Tradition and the complete history of humanity, Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God and that is why the Northern peoples, eaten up with sadness, come and visit the Latin countries.
Source: Though often attributed to Chardin, it is found in Letters to His Fiancée (1937), by Léon Bloy, p. 57.

“Doubt is a lack of confidence or assurance that God will keep his promises. Faith is an active confidence that God’s promises are always true.”

James MacDonald (1960) American pastor

Source: Always True (Moody, 2011), p. 56

“Greeks, God has signed our Liberty and will not go back on his promise.”

Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770–1843) Greek general

Theodoros Kolokotronis, quoted in: Stathis Paraskevopoulos (2008) " History of Kolokotronis: Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770-1843) http://www.kolokotronis.org.gr/default.aspx?catid=151" at kolokotronis.org, Accessed May 23, 2014.