Quotes About God

I'm calling my book series the 'with God series.' And this next 'with God' book is Friendship with God, which comes out in November. This books challenges us to bring about the end of 'better' on this planet.

The true well-being of the church: when she cannot count on anything anymore but God's promises. -Johannes Hoekendijk

God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance.

No his mind is not for rent To any god or government Always hopeful, yet discontent He knows changes aren't permanent But change is

The God of the Jews was to exist in the Word and through the Word, an unprecedented conception requiring the highest order of abstract thinking. Iconography thus became blasphemy so that a new kind of God could enter a culture.

In his book 9 Marks of a Healthy Church Mark Dever concluded, "The local church is God's evangelism plan. The local church is God's evangelism program.

The most important belief we possess is a true knowledge of who God is. The second most important belief is who we are as children of God, because we cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with how we perceive ourselves.

Being filled and led by the Spirit may take you places you never planned; but the will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you.

GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU IS THE GREAT ETERNAL CONSTANT IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE INCONSISTENCIES OF YOUR DAILY WALK.

We have a sanctuary in Christ, and He has equipped us with the armor of God. We

Because wholeness and meaning in life are not the products of what you have or don't have, what you've done or haven't done. You are already a whole person and possess a life of infinite meaning and purpose because of who you are—a child of God.

the will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you. I

There are many ways to go wrong, but only one path leads back to God. There

The Bible says we were dead in our "trespasses and sins" (Eph. 2:1) and "were by nature children of wrath" (2:3, emphasis added). In other words, we were born physically alive but spiritually dead. We had neither the presence of God in our lives nor the knowledge of His ways.

You don't become a Christian by acting like one. You are not on a performance basis with God. He doesn't say, "Here are My standards, now you measure up." He knows you can't solve the problem of an old sinful self by simply improving your behavior. He must change your nature, give you an entirely new self—the life of Christ in you—which is the grace you need to measure up to His standards.

Fear of anything other than God is mutually exclusive to faith in God.

if you want God's blessing, He must be the architect of the vision.

Rock 'n' roll is everybody's fucking music…I would certainly hope that it's the devil's music, but it's not just the devil's music. I think that's where God and the devil shake hands – right there.

Always, I sensed the difference between others and myself in the power of my emotions, and felt ashamed that I was less calm than Mary, and less able than George to view matters with level-headedness. It was so difficult for me. I was too easily carried away and wished to hide this, for expression of feelings always drew frowns or gasps, and was generally viewed as something base and common, as well as inappropriate. I prayed often that God might make me good.

Turn to Second Corinthians, chapter one, and read with me starting at verse three." He waited a few moments. "Paul's speakin' here when he writes, 'God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ.

We don't have to worry," she said quietly. "God is in control. He's bigger than this. He's bigger than the enemy. He's already won this battle.

God was God all by Himself

the whole point of worship is focusing on God—who He is, what He's done. Once I put my focus on the right person, I forget about myself.

But God showed us that even in the midst of a crisis, we can look for His gifts of joy and peace.