Quotes About Divine

If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is "holy war".

There's no such thing as a normal angel. It's never done that way.

The situations that frighten us and overwhelm us are actually scenarios from the Lord designed to test our faith and strengthen our faith.

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.

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.

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.

Providence is God's execution of His plan in your life and in the entire universe.

The providence of God leads us through all of our years, from womb to tomb.

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.

It is indeed natural for us to wish and to plan, and it is merciful in the Lord to disappoint our plans.

When you put your efforts into your gift, you are giving God something to bless.

God will do exceedingly, abundantly above all that I ask or think. Because I honor Him, His blessings will chase me down and overtake me. I will be in the right place at the right time. People will go out of their way to be good to me. I am surrounded by God's favor. This is my declaration.

Freedom is more than just a word and a patriotic concept. It is the purest intent of God."

Happiness is the gauge that measures your relationship with God."

Sometimes you have to take those first steps, take that leap of faith, and inspire God to catch you."

We read or study the Bible for one reason: so that we will encounter the Living Christ. The Bible is not an end unto itself. The Bible is the divinely inspired witness that brings us to Christ Jesus.

There is no love apart from God's love—and as His love fills your consciousness you won't be able to contain it!

Understanding the Trinity is more important than many Christians realize. Why does it matter that He is triune? It matters because as three in one, our God is first and foremost relational. In the eternal realm, the Father, Son, and Spirit have always existed and forever will exist in a circle of intimate love.

The Holy Spirit of God didn't inspire the Scriptures so that we can know about God. He wrote it to bring us into an experiential knowledge of God.

When we focus exclusively on the love of God, when we see love as the totality of His being, are we leaving out something? To say yes is to insult Divine Agape. Love is His fundamental makeup. Everything that can be known of Him must be seen through the lens of agape, or we end up presenting a god with multiple personality. Jesus proved that God is pure love by coming into the world.

The heart of our Creator is to bless you. Dead religion presents a freakish caricature, a pseudo-god who is reluctant to bless his creatures unless they toe the line of impeccable moral behavior and tireless service to him. But the authentic God of the Bible blessed Adam and Eve immediately [Genesis 1:27-28] - before they worshipped, before they served, before they prayed, before they displayed any kind of action at all. The first divine act toward humanity tells us so very much about Him.

The Father, Son, and Spirit already knew and enjoyed a perfect relationship, so why else would He purpose to create a species with which He might share this love? What could possibly motivate Him to want to expand the circle? Love - that is the only possible reason. Our God is a selfless, generous, other-centered, giving God. He didn't need you. He wanted you!

When we are facing the storms of life, we need to understand the importance of watching Jesus Christ. He inspires our faith, but even more, our faith originates from Him. He is our Faith. So then, faith isn't something we have to work up from within ourselves. Instead, it is Someone who lives within us who wants to work out every detail of life's journey. As we look at Him as our source of faith, we find a sense of that faith rising up within us.

So in this chapter, God threatened to kill everyone twice, but settled for killing 14,959 in three separate killing events. But don't complain about it or he'll kill you, too.