Quotes About God

But the Grace of God is so powerful that it utterly disregards our past and sees only the potential we have to become in Him.

THE ORIGINAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, much like the Constitution itself, did not acknowledge the existence of God. Its author, Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister from Rome, New York, was a decidedly religious man, but when he wrote the pledge in the 1890s he described himself as something that would seem an oxymoron in Eisenhower's America: a "Christian socialist.

For many viewers, though, the most memorable part of the parade was the very first float. Anointed "God's Float" by its creators, it consisted of a replica of a house of worship with large photos of churches and synagogues arrayed along the sides. Two phrases appeared in grand Gothic script at each end: "Freedom of Worship" and "In God We Trust."5

In 1954, Congress followed Eisenhower's lead, adding the phrase "under God" to the previously secular Pledge of Allegiance. A similar phrase, "In God We Trust," was added to a postage stamp for the first time in 1954 and then to paper money the next year; in 1956, it became the nation's first official motto.

Together, these political and economic rights rested on a pedestal inscribed "Constitutional Government designed to Serve the People." And that, in turn, stood on a more substantial foundation: "Fundamental Belief in God."7

In an apparent nod to the previous year's "Freedom Under God" observance, which was set to be repeated in 1952, Truman selected the Fourth of July as the date for the first National Day of Prayer.

It has been said that there are two great Commandments—one is to love God, and the other to love your neighbor," Franklin D. Roosevelt noted soon after its creation. "The two particular tenets of this new organization say you shall love God and then forget your neighbor." Off the record, he joked that the name of the god they worshiped seemed to be "Property.

lead, adding the phrase "under God" to the previously secular Pledge of Allegiance. A similar phrase, "In God We Trust," was added to a postage stamp for the first time in 1954 and then to paper money the next year; in 1956, it became the nation's first official motto. During the Eisenhower

Of course, we are a little proud and very happy for whatever good we have been able to do in waking people up to the peril of collectivism and the importance of Freedom under God." But the battle was far from won. "I do not consider that we can relax our efforts in any way or at any point," Fifield noted. "It is still a long road back to what was and, please God, will again be America.

The ad urged readers to make their own declaration of independence in 1951. "Declare that government is responsible TO you—rather than FOR you," it continued. "Declare that freedom is more important to you than 'security' or 'survival.' Declare that the rights God gave you may not be taken away by any government on any pretense.

The Utah Power & Light Company, meanwhile, cut right to the chase in a full-page ad with the alarmist headline "How many 'Independence Days' have we left?" The utility company implored readers to "pray for help in maintaining man's closeness to God, in preserving man's God-given rights and responsibilities against those who would make you dependent upon a socialistic, all-powerful government." 53

Joshua 23:10 provides my favorite image of God's favor. It says, "One of you routs a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for you." How can a single warrior with one sword take down a thousand armed enemies? Because God fights for him!

Because when you live for life on earth, you tend to fear people instead of God. And then you tend to do what this world tells you to do instead of what God tells you. Are you seeing the bigger picture and serving God for the sake of eternity? Or are you scrapping for your own temporary glory?

I believe He meant we can do nothing that lasts, nothing that proves to be fulfilling or worthy of our life investment. If we spend our lives on things that have no eternal value and we exist for our egos, then our efforts will prove to be worth nothing. In the end, everything temporal will burn.Only God can turn our lives into something with true meaning, which means that their impact lasts beyond the mere physical.

most of the work toward empowering Black males must come from Black males. And nowhere is our love of God more evident than through acts of service.

GOD DOESN'T HATE FAGS OR ANYBODY ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. GOD SAVES! THEN, GOD PASSES IT TO GRETZKY - WHO ROOFS THAT SHIT, TOP-SHELF! THEN GOD AND GRETZKY HIGH FIVE & BELLY-BUMP, CELEBRATING THEIR HOCKEY PROWESS. AND NEVER ONCE DO THEY GIVE A SHIT IF ANYBODY'S GAY OR NOT.

Only the incomprehensibilities of a Triune God could explain the impossibilities of human philosophy.

The sovereignty of God has been dying a slow death of a thousand qualifications.

Freedom cannot exist without morality, and morality can only be defined by the God who, by definition is the source of morality

Ultimately, we must turn to the God who is both the One and the Many for the standard of His law. He created to live both as individuals and as corporate units; and His law perfectly balances the liberties of the many with the power of the one political unit.

While the world is "entertaining themselves to death," we are working and resting. This is the essence of the fourth commandment. We work for God and we rest in God (Heb. 4: 10).

I believe that in this way the teacher is the prophet of the true god and the usherer in of the true kingdom of god.

What if the Hand of God decides to choke you to death on your next portion of Parma ham?

There was no limit to the outpouring as I came to the rapturous awareness of the infinite nature of God's love. There was no place that God did not exist and I was within God. I am an inseparable part of the light. The truth, of who I am, indeed, who we all are, is perfect love as a creation of God.