Quotes About God

Do not seek solace in alcohol. Alcohol obscures good judgment and leaves you unable to think clearly or understand what God is trying to say to you.

The Bible is the textbook of revelation. In God's great classroom there are three textbooks—one called nature, one called conscience, and one named Scripture. In the written textbook of revelation—the Bible—God speaks through words.

One of the most important things God wants to teach us from the Old Testament is how not to live.

God] can help you begin to rebuild your marriage and your life if you will let Him rule in your life.

God calls us to live lives of purity.

Christianity has its roots in the deep, firm soil of history. Jesus' incarnation—God invading human history with His presence in the form of man—is on the record. Every time you write the date, you attest to the fact that God entered human history.

If I had it to do over again, I'd spend more time in meditation and prayer and just telling the Lord how much I love Him

While God's will is that every marriage will endure, man's sin has poisoned many relationships.

As long as you look only at the situation in the world today, it will be very hard . . . to overcome your worries because it is true that there are many problems and the future is unknown to us. Lift your eyes beyond your circumstances and learn instead to trust God. Worrying . . . won't change anything.

God longs for men to be saved. God is at work to get men to stop their downward plunge in sin.

Christians, saints of God, pray that the dew of heaven may fall on earth's dry thirsty ground, and that righteousness may cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.

In the last essay he wrote before he died, the great Christian writer C. S. Lewis said, "We have no right to happiness; only an obligation to do our duty." Sometimes our God-given duty will include suffering. When it does, ask God to teach you through it. Remember the psalmist's words I quoted above: "Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD.

Memorizing the Bible is most important. "Thinking God's thoughts" will take the place of worried, anxious concerns.

As men and women seek to find independence from God, they have lost a sense of purpose in life. The worth of human personality is often equated with what we do for a living. However, a person's occupation, community standing, or bank account is not what is important in God's eyes.

How can you keep your mind from wandering when you pray? Remember what you are doing: talking to God. If you had the opportunity to talk with the president, I doubt if your mind would wander. [We] have the privilege of talking to someone far greater: the King of kings!

God's grace—His goodness and love toward us in spite of our sin—is the wellspring of our salvation.

If anything has been accomplished through my life, it has been solely God's doing, not mine, and He—not I—must get the credit.

This has been an age in which we have humanized God and deified man, and we have worshipped at the throne of science

It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

There is hope for the alcoholic: God is able to deliver from this as well as any other addiction.

Prayer is not our using of God; it more often puts us in the position where God can use us.

At its deepest level, prayer is fellowship with God: enjoying His company, waiting upon His will, thanking Him for His mercies... listening in the silence for what He has to say to us.

Many people ask about Christianity the same [way] they ask about everything else today: "What's in it for me?" In our selfishness, we think of God as we think of everyone else. What can He contribute to us, personally?

God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.