Quotes About God

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only.

True superstition is ignorant honesty & this is beloved of god and man.

May the sun always shine on your windowpane May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain May the hand of a friend always be near you May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

1 Thessalonians 2:8 We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.

We work with our bodies here on earth, but our souls should always be in the presence of God.

You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent God, the all-great God, the Almighty God, the most powerful God, the giver of life God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.

Is it too late for mainstream America? I wonder. As long as we are convinced that our problems are due to an abundance of wickedness that we must combat, we are in serious trouble. We need to learn to turn over the problem of the wicked to God and focus on remedying the tragic absence of good. In the absence of good, all efforts to combat evil are doomed to failure.

We need to learn to turn over the problem of the wicked to God and focus on remedying the tragic absence of good. In the absence of good, all efforts to combat evil are doomed to failure.

We must come to the biblical conviction that the forgiveness of our sins is not just some "heavenly bookkeeping" that will enable us to slip into heaven some day; God's forgiveness is a present reality that enables us to concentrate on walking daily with a loving and accepting God who desires to live through us.

If you have any kind of habit that is more powerful then God within you, then it is your God.

If I'm on the course and lightning starts, I get inside fast. If God wants to play through, let him.

I don't stand for black man's side, I don't stand for white man's side, I stand for God's side.

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side.

I don't stand for black man's side, I don't stand for white man's side, I stand for God's side.

Creativity is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to God.

Halftime is the perfect opportunity to shift from trying to understand God to learning to know him. It is the time to humbly accept the fact that you may never fully understand him, but that you need to accept, by faith, that you are known and loved by him.

I hope we never get to the point that we put ourselves in Jesus' place. But when I read the New Testament basically, we get three mandates: to love God, to love each other, and to take care of the least among us. And I think this is at least a step in the right direction.

When we send the whole church to build the church (instead of leaving it to the religious professionals), God's power is unleashed in full force.

So the power of prayer is found, not in convincing God of my agenda, but in waiting upon Him to hear His agenda.

To be set on fire, you must get close to God. When you feel cold, distant, and "out of it" spiritually, it's time to retreat to the closet, place yourself before the fireplace of His word, and allow the intensity of His face to restore your fervency.

Sin is like a cancer; God's presence is like radiation on that cancer.

When there's wickedness in our hearts, God will wait until that wickedness surfaces. He is capable of applying as much heat as it takes to surface the garbage in our hearts, no matter how much we might try to mask our sinfulness with piety.

Holiness is proximity to the throne.

Feelings of guilt will never motivate anyone to spend more time with God; in actuality, they will discourage you and make you feel like a failure. Guilt has the potential to totally snuff out whatever small flame there presently might be.