Quotes About Providence

God allowed no mistakes.

Nothing is or can be accidental with God.

Cannibals? Who is not a cannibal? I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in the day of judgement, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese to the ground and feastest on their bloated livers in thy pate de fois gras.

My book experiences on board of the frigate proved an example of a fact which every book-lover must have experienced before me, namely, that though public libraries have an imposing air, and doubtless contain invaluable volumes, yet, somehow, the books that prove most agreeable, grateful, and companionable, are those we pick up by chance here and there; those which seem put into our hands by Providence; those which pretend to little, but abound in much.

While he himself was marking out lines and courses on the wrinkled charts, some invisible pencil was also tracing lines and courses upon the deeply marked chart of his forehead.

Jesus wants us to trust him to take care of all our yesterdays and tomorrows.

Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills.

Every time I found an egg to eat, or when I survived a storm in which trees were collapsing all around me, I felt that it was Providence. I don't need to believe - I know.

Whatever GOD creates, GOD sustains.

It is easy to love God when you do not even have a cent in your pocket and you are totally dependent on Him

It's too late for you Wilhelmina Grimm, great great great granddaughter of Wilhelm Grimm.

You can always find hope in the truth that our God reigns & He will take care of His own.

When Allah inspires your tongue to ask, know that He wants to give

You may not get what you want, but God always gives you what you need.

Day by day we are given not what we want but what we need. Sometimes it is a feast and sometimes...swept crumbs, but by faith we believe it is enough.

There has been a most Providential Guidance which the want of prudence, vigilance, or judgement has not impeded, and it is here that we can most clearly see the designs of God.

We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.

Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want

19But Joseph replied, "Don't be afraid of me. Am I God, that I can punish you? 20You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good.

17He did all this so you would never say to yourself, 'I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.

Those that deny the providence of God, do in effect deny the being of God; for they strip him of that wisdom, goodness, tenderness, mercy, justice, righteousness, which are the glory of the Deity.

God's providence is designed to do good for his people. God takes meticulous care to ensure our ultimate blessing. His scrupulous care in the unfolding of providence, despite any appearance to the contrary, is calculated to achieve the redemption of his people. All things work together for their good (Rom 8:28) - good things and evil things.

Abandonment to Divine Providence. Translated and Introduced by John Beevers. Image Books: New York, 1975

The God who made the world and everything in it . . . gives all men life and breath and everything else . . . and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. (Acts 17:24–27 NIV)