Quotes About Divine

Desmond Tutu: "God, without us, will not; as we, without God cannot.")

sadly, the book of Job was but a speed bump on the Deuteronomic superhighway. The delusion of divine punishments still prevails inside and outside religion over the clear evidence of human consequences, random accidents, and natural disasters. This does not simply distort theology; it defames the very character of God.

The divine origins of Jesus are, to be sure, just as fictional or mythological as those of Octavius. But to claim them for Octavius surprised nobody in that first century. What was incredible was that anyone at all claimed them for Jesus.

Show me, dear Christ, Thy spouse, so bright and clear.

Now God comes to thee, not as in the dawning of the day, not as in the bud of the spring, but as the sun at noon to illustrate all shadows, as the sheaves in harvest, to fill all penuries, all occasions invite his mercies, and all times are his seasons.

If I lose at play, I blaspheme; if my fellow loses, he blasphemes. So, God is always the loser.

Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for youAs yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend.

As he that fears God hears nothing else, so, he that sees God sees every thing else.

Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for, you As yet but knocke, breathe, shine, and seeke to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow mee, 'and bend Your force, to breake, blowe, burn and make me new.

I need thy thunder, O my God; thy music will not serve me.

And, O my God, who madest thyself a light in a bush, in the midst of these brambles and thorns of a sharp sickness, appear unto me so that I may see thee, and know thee to be my God, applying thyself to me, even in these sharp and thorny passages.

O Lord, as one made so by thee, to think me fit for thee; and whether it be thy pleasure to dispose of this body, this garment, so as to put it to a farther wearing in this world, or to lay it up in the common wardrobe, the grave, for the next, glorify thyself in thy choice now, and glorify it then, with that glory, which thy Son, our Saviour Christ Jesus, hath purchased for them whom thou makest partakers of his resurrection. Amen.

God's work does not begin when we show up; it is already well underway. A big part of our job is to slow down and observe where He is already at work and join Him there.12

Evil tries to hide, like God.

The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.

He rais'd a mortal to the skies,She drew an angel down.

Since heaven's eternal year is thine.

The trumpet shall be heard on highThe dead shall live, the living die,And Music shall untune the sky!

In God 'tis glory: And when men aspire, 'Tis but a spark too much of heavenly fire.

3. Hope in God.This is the believer's most appropriate hope.

If we had everything we wanted and needed without asking of Heavenly Father, we would lose sight of the hand of God in our lives.

For the purpose of my life, I don't ask the question. First of all, I believe. I think the Five Books of Moses are inspired. Call it divine. I don't know. But I would certainly call it inspired.

We should daily feel a deeper union with Life, a greater sense of that Indwelling God - the God of the seen and of the unseen - within us.

The point of your life is to point to Him...it is His movie, His world, His gift.