Quotes About God

What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Romans 8:31

Father God, according to Your Word, without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to You must believe that You exist and that You reward those who earnestly seek You. (Heb. 11:6) Lord, I want to please You. Build faith in me so my life will honor the life of Your Son.

I've since arrived at the conclusion that God often makes children who are going to be extra work extra cute.

What has never come into a man's heart is what God has prepared for those who love Him. 1 Corinthians 2:9

May the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. 1 Thessalonians 5:23

God can delight in our courage to pray big prayers without necessarily giving us what we ask. Said another way, God can say yes to the heart of our prayer without saying yes to the request of our prayer. He will approve of the petitioner even when, for whatever reason, He can't approve the petition. I'm convinced God is more pleased

Life vastly simplifies, and satisfaction greatly amplifies, when we begin to realize our awesome roles. God is God. From our perspective, it's all about Him. He is the center of the universe. We seek to please Him. He seeks to perfect us—and life works. Not without pain, but definitely with purpose.

Picture God nudging you and me awake before dawn because He can hardly wait to be with us.

1. We read or hear God's Word. 2. We choose to receive it, thereby inhaling it like a fresh breath of faith. 3. We speak it aloud at opportune times, even just to ourselves, thereby exhaling that spirit of faith over our very circumstances.

How great is Your goodness that You have stored up for those who fear You and accomplished in the sight of everyone. Psalm 31:19

All the nouns—the people, places, and things—I've believed were inseparable from who I was have been strategically targeted by God. Over the years, He has sought to supplant them with Christ alone. They weren't cast aside as worthless any more than the land was relegated to meaninglessness for the people of God. They had their role, but they simply weren't Jesus.

1. God hears the cry of the oppressed. He even hears the cries of those whose oppression is a result of sin and rebellion.

This is what love for God is: to keep His commands. Now His commands are not a burden. 1 John 5:3

He is, after all, the author, eternal possessor, initiator, and giver of love. He cannot be destroyed or made less by unrequited love, but to disassociate Him from the pain and grief associated with love is to carve a convenient idol out of wood or stone bearing no resemblance to the God of the Bible. Within those pages, we find a God who cannot be changed by man but can be affected by man. His immutability does not deplete or delete His affections.

Enoch was taken away so that he did not experience death… . He was approved, having pleased God. Hebrews 11:5

one of them. I grow more convinced that an ongoing relationship with God through His Word is essential to the Christian's consistent victory. A few

What does the Scripture say? " Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness." Romans 4:3

We are ambassadors for Christ; certain that God is appealing through us, we plead on Christ's behalf: "Be reconciled to God." 2 Corinthians 5:20

All His works are true and His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride. Daniel 4:37

So it's clear that nothing good can come from our good works. God insists in Scripture that believing Him is what He credits to our account as righteousness. And He gets to make the rules.

Be imitators of God, as dearly loved children. And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us. Ephesians 5:1–2

God does not have some limited supply of power, requiring that we carefully select a few choice things to pray about. God's power is infinite. God's grace and mercy are drawn deeply from the bottomless well of His heart.

Enoch walked with God 300 years and fathered sons and daughters… . Enoch walked with God. Genesis 5:22, 24

You are My witnesses," declares the Lord, "that I am God. Yes, and from ancient days I am he." Isaiah 43:12–13 (NIV)