Quotes About God

Therefore our natural desire for knowledge cannot come to rest within us until we know the first cause, and that not in any way, but in its very essence. The first cause is God. Consequently the ultimate end of an intellectual creature is the vision of God in His essence" (The Divine Trinity, Chapter 104).

Usually a family is led through the mom or the dad and their career and for the family to be led by my career, even though God has led it, could be a lot of pressure.

You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad, empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that without the accountability and leaving God in the center, you can be left so empty and void.

STG — his acronym for Simply Trust God. The idea

Do not ask God the way to heaven; he will show you the hardest one.

What gave you this idea of an imperfect god?' 'I don't know. It seems quite feasible to me. That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not a redemption, who saves nothing, fulfills no purpose--a god who simply is.

Podczas pobytu na dworze carycy Katarzyny II wielki szwajcarski matematyk Leonhard Euler wda? si? w dyskusj? na temat istnienia Boga. Aby pokona? przeciwników, poprosi? o tablic?, na której napisa?: (x + y)^2 = x^2 + 2xy + y^2, a wi?c Bóg istnieje! Nie mog?c zakwestionowa? adekwatno?ci wywodu, którego nie rozumieli, i nie chc?c okaza? swojej niewiedzy, oponenci przyj?li ten argument za rozstrzygaj?cy.

The whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, '2001' shows that what some people call 'god' is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don't understand, they call 'god' -Stanley Kubrick, interview, 1963

Experience alone as an authoritative source mediating the revelation of God to people is not reliable.12 Human

human words are at best tentative, being true only in so far as they align with the revelation of the Bible. We are not a cadre of superior believers who reach from their lofty heights to assist those of inferior development along the way. Rather, we are fellow travelers along the path of life who desire to share what we have learned about God and His dealings. The call is to those who read to come along and let us learn together about the riches of our Lord.

In a culture where profit has become the true God, self-sacrifice can seem incomprehensible rather than noble.

Mary Daly, author of Beyond God the Father, points out that the model of the universe in which a male God rules the cosmos from outside serves to legitimize male control of social institutions.

The vast desire and capacity a woman has for intimate relationships tells us of God's vast desire and capacity for intimate relationships. In fact, this may be The most important thing we ever learn about God--the He yearns for relationship with us. "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God" (John 17:3). The whole story of the Bible is a love story between God and His people. He yearns for us. He cares. He has a tender heart.

He made you you - on purpose. You are the only you - ever. Becoming ourselves means we are actively cooperating with God's intention for our lives, not fighting him or ourselves.

God will actually reframe our history and memories to us as he heals us.

Awakening and owning the dreams that God has placed in our hearts isn't about getting stuff or attaining something. It's about embracing who we are and who he has created us to be. In him. He is our dream come true, and the one true love of our life. But we can't love him with our whole hearts when our hearts are asleep. To love Jesus means to risk coming awake, to risk wanting and desiring.

As God nurtures, protects, prepares, and initiates us, he restores us to the truth of who we are and the reality of the life we are living and meant to live.

For the New Testament authors, Jesus' resurrection is not an isolated miracle, but a crucial revelatory disclosure concerning the nature of reality, the identity of God, and the destiny of human beings.

She wanted, out of a kind of mysterious vindictiveness born of despair, to torture us with her torture, to arraign us, the hale and hearty, in the place of God.

Bana gelince, ben art?k Tanr?'ya inanm?yorum ve ayin istemiyorum, ben yaln?zca sana inan?yorum, yaln?zca seni seviyorum ve yaln?zca sende biraz daha yaÅŸamaya devam etmek istiyorum ... ah, evet, sadece y?lda bir gün, ÅŸöyle sessiz mi sessiz, senin yan?nda nas?l yaÅŸad?ysam öyle...

For Mr. Somers was one of those atheists whose disbelief in God is livelier than the faith of most believers; he not only disbelieved in God, he actively disliked Him, spoke of Him rather as if He were a disagreeable old man living next door, and regarded all human progress as a series of, so to speak, smacks in the eye for the Almighty.

Because some people believe in storing prayers in the Bank of God, then taking a withdrawal in one lump sum.

If you run out on Nellie, what will you say when you meet God?" George swore, laughed, shook his head. "I'll say 'Just send me on to hell. That's where all my friends are, anyway.

Elliot Leighton spoke up. "The existence of fool's gold does not mean there isn't real gold in the mountains, Mr. Picotte. And the existence of hypocrites who misuse religion for themselves does not mean there isn't a God in heaven who loves His children and sent His Son to die for them." He stood up and stretched. "Never confuse professing Christians with Christ, Mr. Picotte. The former will disappoint you every time. Christ never will.