Quotes About God

Thus, after a period of about two thousand years the greatest crime became to worship a god other than the God of Moses, whereas injustice became a minor sin. I began to ask myself how this change had come about. Was it linked to a new order in which the female goddesses had been replaced by one male god?

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

God's extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family.

If the kingdom of God is not first, it doesn't matter what's second.

In the economy of Heaven, God does not send thunder if a still, small voice is enough, or a prophet if a priest can do the job.

When in situations of stress we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacity perfectly, placed us here to succeed

God's grace will cover us like a cloak-enough to provide for survival but too thin to keep out all the cold.

It is left to each of us to balance contentment regarding what God has allotted to us in life with some divine discontent resulting from what we are in comparison to what we have the power to become.

Alas, in our age, some arrogantly believe that if they cannot comprehend something, then God cannot comprehend it, either.

How many planets are there in the universe with people on them? We don't know, but we are not alone in the universe! God is not the God of only one planet! I testify that Jesus is truly the Lord of the universe, "that by [Christ], and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God" D&C 76:24

Our own intellectual shortfalls and perplexities do not alter the fact of God's astonishing foreknowledge, which takes into account our choices for which we are responsible. Amid the mortal and fragmentary communiques and the breaking news of the day concerning various human conflicts, God lives in an eternal now where the past, present, and future are constantly before Him (see D&C 130:7).

People who spend their time searching for feet of clay will miss not only the heavens wherein God moves in His majesty and power, but God's majesty as He improves and shapes a soul.

Patience is a willingness, in a sense, to watch the unfolding purposes of God with a sense of wonder and awe, rather than pacing up and down within the cell of our circumstance.

No part of walking by faith is more difficult than walking the road of repentance. However, with 'faith unto repentance', we can push the roadblock of pride away and beg God for mercy. One simply surrenders, worrying only about what God thinks, not about what 'they' think.

Giving up on God and on oneself constitutes simultaneous surrender to the natural man.

To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us—because He loves us.

It takes faith, too, and obedience, to conquer selfishness, that unsubmissive characteristic which, if unchecked, produces profound personal melancholy and solitariness. Selfishness is a form of self-worship, and we have been told, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me" (Exodus 20:3).

Humility is not the disavowal of our worth; rather, it is the sober realization of how much we are valued by God.

Eller nodded while staring into the flames, then said, 'Have you heard of the Occam Heresy?' 'I have. The heresy is that only verifiable facts can be assumed as truth, while ecclesiastical thought is only speculation. It is denial of God. It negates the idea that the Fall was due to the sin of pride.' 'Very dangerous in religious circles,' said Eller. 'We wouldn't want facts to get in the way now would we?

In that confidence, we pledge to continue to be in respectful dialogue with those with whom we disagree, to explore the sources of our differences, to honor the sacred worth of all persons, and to tell the truth about our divisions as we continue to seek the mind of Christ and to do the will of God in all things.

Redemption means that God can in a moment "weave" into your memory the awareness of His presence.

Nos convertimos en el hermano mayor cada vez que respondemos a los dolores de la vida fuera del amor de Dios. En lugar de dar perdón y misericordia a los demás, construimos muros de protección a nuestro alrededor. Nos aferramos a nuestra amargura y falta de perdón como si fueran una forma de defensa, pero no lo son. En realidad, son muros de prisión, que nos alejan de la vida de libertad y amor que Dios quiere.

God is in the sadness and the laughter, in the bitter and the sweet.