Quotes About Providence

God not only determines who governs, He also rules in the decisions that they make. Proverbs 16:33 says, "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD

He so directs and controls all events and all actions of His creatures that they never act outside of His sovereign will.

Does God cause people to make decisions that favor us, and does God restrain people from making decisions that would harm us?

stated in Proverbs 21:31, "The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD," is one of the most frequently stated truths about the sovereignty of God in all of the Old Testament.

But note also the twofold objective of God's providence: His own glory and the good of His people. These two objectives are never antithetical; they are always in harmony with each other. God never pursues His glory at the expense of the good of His people, nor does He ever seek our good at the expense of His glory. He has designed His eternal purpose so that His glory and our good are inextricably bound together.

God's providence is His constant care for and His absolute rule over all His creation for His own glory and the good of His people.

The fact is we do not know what God is doing through a particular set of circumstances or events.

we are just as dependent on God when the physician diagnoses a routine illness and prescribes a successful medication. We are just as dependent when the paycheck comes regularly and all our material needs are met.

God's providence clearly affirms that we can trust God.

God not only created the universe but that He upholds and sustains it day by day, hour by hour.

God sustains you and me: "He himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.... `For in him we live and move and have our being"' (Acts 17:25,28). He supplies our daily food (see 2 Corinthians 9:10). Our times are in His hands (see Psalm 31:15). Every breath we breathe is a gift from God, every bite of food we eat is given to us from His hand, every day we live is determined by Him.

Details are important, and God is just as sovereign over the details as He is over the so-called "big picture.

the beginning, directs and orchestrates millions of events and circumstances every day.

But God never allows people to make decisions about us that undermine His plan for us.

His agenda for our lives that God will guard, protect, and advance. We must learn to live by His agenda if we are to trust Him.

God never allows people to make decisions about us that undermine His plan for us.

If God controls the circumstances of the sparrow, how much more does He control the circumstances that affect us?

Everything is an accident.

There's no such thing as coincidence ... only convenience.

CHURCHILL ENTERED HIS CLOSING rhetorical drive. "Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt: Put your confidence in us," Churchill said. "Give us your faith and your blessing, and, under Providence, all will be well. "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

God alone knew what they could have done if the buttons had not been noticed before they reached France!

Destiny isn't the judgements of providence, isn't scrolls written by the hand of a demiurge, isn't fatalism. Destiny is hope. Being full of hope, believing that what is meant to happen will happen.

Or we won't meet again," he added softly. "No one knows what's written for anybody. Or what will befall them.

Why? Why did God provide me with more than I need?