Quotes About God

It is so easy to get entangled in all the "purpose" questions about life.… You want to know God's will for your life? Easy. You pray, you listen, you do…. This is the wild simplicity of our God.

When we dwell on God's provision, His promises, His presence, authentic joy is the natural overflow, which inspires us to praise and worship Him through our hardships. In so doing, we can experience His peace through any circumstance.

Friend, the call on your life is simple. It amounts to three things—only three. Love God, love each other and share the hope of His redeeming love (see Mark 12:30-31; 16:15).

God created us to know Him and pursue a growing relationship with Him daily. Out of that relationship pours the overflow, the river of His love that joins us to Him and each other.

We are alive today to love God, to advance the saving hope of Jesus and to fight for those in our midst who are losing their battle for hope.

The story of redemption is nothing less than the story of Jesus Christ and his kingdom, which is manifest in the covenant of works, the covenant of grace,[4] and finally the new creation. God's kingdom is the consummate manifestation of his covenant with his elect, originally made with Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world.

There is no proper way to discuss what God will do in the future unless we have our feet firmly planted in biblical teaching about what God has done in the past.

Because of God's saving work, which culminates in the resurrection, sinners will inherit the very kingdom that flesh and blood cannot.

You can find God, make as much money as God or be as good-looking as God, and you'll still need to figure out a way to pack the emotional baggage you were handed when you were a kid.

Ultimately, the intoxication of exploration seemed to draw her further from god rather than closer.

We can't really definde good, can we? Good for one person might be ruination for another. The problem with our human eyes is that we can only see the right now. But God? He sees around the corner, over the hill, and clean to the horizon. He knows what's comin', an' He knows what we need to be prepared for what's comin'. So sometimes those things we face that we don't understand - the things we think of as bad - are really for our good down the line.

What does my soul need, Papa? What every soul needs. Right relationship with God. ... Seek Him and His righteousness, my darling daughter, instead of pursuing your own wants. He will fulfill you in ways no human relationship could. When you put Him first in your life, before beaus and jobs and motherhood, then all else can fall into place. And only then will you be at peace with yourself and with others.

I don't have the power to change anyone except myself, and even then I rely on God's strength.

When God looks at sin, what He sees is the harm it brings. People want to define some sins as big and others as little, but the truth is, Bud, every sin is equally bad in God's eyes.

You can't depend on Amos Ackerman. He's just a man. But God is God. He loves bigger and forgives better and gives more abundantly than nay man every could.

Life is often hard, and it can seem very unfair. You've suffered many losses, yet haven't you also learned that God is faithful? He sustains us, yes, Belinda?

Every season has its heartaches, but you done learned the most 'portant lesson, an' that's that God gits you through. No matter what comes along—when you leans on Him, He gits you through.

he guessed they all knew what he'd done and counted him foolish for blatantly going against their boss. Well, he reasoned as he dropped his jacket over the high back of his chair, there was a Bible verse about the world's wisdom being foolish in the sight of God.

Sometimes I marvel at the extras God provides. He meets our needs, yes, but so much more. He did not have to make the world a bright, colorful place of beauty. He could have simply provided the things our bodies require to survive. But He also chose to feed our souls. He designed flowers, singing birds, and even little furry barking creatures that pop out of holes and make us laugh. And He created a sky that begins and ends each day with a show of color.

I think, Lillian, that when we do not pause to admire God's wonderful handiwork in putting this world together, we disappoint Him. Surely He must delight in our wonder when we delight in His creation.

It only took one generation of neglecting God to turn a faithful family into a faithless one.

learn to lean on God. If 'n you don't, you's gonna come across a day when yo' strength ain't enough. An' you'll just go all to pieces. But if you got God's strength, chil', then you'll always have the strength you need, no matter how hard thangs git.

But what was faith if not a belief that God would do what He promised? She scanned the words again: "Beauty for ashes . . . Joy for mourning . . . Praise for the spirit of heaviness . . ." She underlined the final words with a trembling finger: "That he might be glorified.

Summer Steadman," came his voice of distant thunder, so tender Summer's heart ached with the beauty of the moment, "the God we serve has brought us together. He has opened my heart to loving you with a love that endures. You would do me much honor if you would agree to become my wife." Warm tears ran down Summer's cheeks. She could not find her voice, but she gave an eager nod and allowed her smile to speak for her.