Quotes About God

If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.

Their devotion had never been put to any serious test, and might not have withstood one; their love for God was based in their satisfaction with the status quo.

He tells people that they can no more expect justice in the afterlife than in the mortal plane, but he doesn't do this to dissuade them from worshipping God; on the contrary, he encourages them to do so. What he insists on is that they not love God under a misapprehension, that if they wish to love God, they be prepared to do so no matter His intentions. God is not just, God is not kind, God is not merciful, and understanding that is essential to true devotion.

Neil even knows that by being beyond God's awareness, he is not loved by God in return. This doesn't affect his feelings either, because unconditional love asks nothing, not even that it be returned. And though it's been many years that he has been in Hell, beyond the awareness of God, he loves Him still. That is the nature of true devotion.

they simply trusted that God was, directly or indirectly, responsible for their good fortune. Their devotion had never been put to any serious test, and might not have withstood one; their love for God was based in their satisfaction with the status quo.

If your ultimate goal in loving God was a reunion with your spouse, you weren't demonstrating true devotion at all.

Pur non cascando nella trappola d'incolpare Dio, non fece mai quel passo che l'avrebbe portato ad amarlo.

What did bother him was the tone of the meetings themselves, when participants spoke about their reaction to the visitation: most of them talked about their newfound devotion to God, and they tried to persuade the bereaved that they should feel the same.

if (they) wish to love God, (they) be prepared to do so no matter what His intentions. God is not just, God is not kind, God is not merciful, and understanding that is essential to true devotion.

As all things are reflections of God, so are all names reflections of the divine name." "And what is an object's true name?" "That name which reflects the divine name in the same manner as the object reflects God." "And what is the action of a true name?" "To endow its object with a reflection of divine power.

But what if that's not true? What if"—his voice cracked—"what if God had no intentions about us at all?

Si nuestras vidas son cuentos que cuenta Alá, entonces somos la audiencia y los protagonistas al mismo tiempo, y es a fuerza de vivir esos cuentos como recibimos nuestras enseñanzas.

their love for God was based in their satisfaction with the status quo.

Accept the mystery, said the minister of the local church. If you can love God even though your questions go unanswered, you'll be the better for it. Admit

Sometimes even bad advice can point a man in the right direction. It was in this manner that his in-laws' accusations ultimately pushed Neil closer to God.

when Neil finally bled to death, he was truly worthy of salvation. And God sent him to Hell anyway. Ethan

So minutes later, when Neil finally bled to death, he was truly worthy of salvation. And God sent him to Hell anyway.

What he insists on is that they not love God under a misapprehension, that if they wish to love God, they be prepared to do so no matter what His intentions. God is not just, God is not kind, God is not merciful, and understanding that is essential to true devotion.

God is obviouslt God, and Heaven obviously exsists, and every word spoken here on earth turns heads up there.

your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.

taught that God speaks the same today as God always did, but that humans both hear and interpret what they hear differently. They imagine

Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong

Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll.

We can be trapped by our past and be unable to see what God has ahead for us when we don't understand how to deal with trauma. We need to understand very clearly that God's purposes for us are always greater than our problems. If we let Him, the Holy Spirit will come alongside and carry the problems that would bury us. But it all takes place through the bitter waters of healing.