Quotes About God

Let us weigh the gain and the loss, wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives—if you win, you win all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is.

I think it means to go unfettered by cares, by the infernal bondage of the mortal. Go with a light heart, trusting God and giving thanks. Go and gather unto yourselves so you can pour out to others.' He took a deep breath. 'Go without looking back.

Bonhoeffer said it's not about hero worship, but intimacy with God.

In the end, his mother's memory could not be shamed by a gift from God. Don't worry about me, she would say, and never worry what others may think. I worried too much about what others thought—I can tell you it's a tragic waste of time and energy and pokes God in the eye.

God is in love with you, brother. He made you for himself.

At a time when he really needed to let go, he was holding on. To Lace. To his stuff. Let go, let God. Come on, man.

Peace . . . and plenty . . . graciously provided by God who created us for himself, and who loves each of us devoutly, devotedly, steadfastly, forever.

All your circumstances are in the hand of God," Chambers wrote, "so never think it strange concerning the circumstances you're in.

We are not necessarily doubting," said C. S. Lewis, "that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

couldn't imagine that God would be interested in me.' 'He's more than interested in you. It's a pretty radical notion, but he actually made us for himself, for his pleasure. He wants to hear from you anytime, about anything. Try to know that.

In the Thirty-second Psalm, He says, 'I will instruct you, Dooley, and teach you in the way which you should go. I will guide you with my eye.

God will use this loss for good. I promise.

Love God, be strong, be safe, be happy.

The terrible timing of it . . . but no, it wasn't terrible timing, it was God's timing and it was perfect, God knew everything there was to know . . . . She needed to remember this every step of the way, one step at a time.

A good shoe is a shoe you don't notice . . . The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God. But every novelty prevents this. It fixes our attention on the service itself, and thinking about worship is a different thing from worshipping.

think th' whole point of life is to know God, and be able to accept the way things turn out.

Lord, give me the words, the wisdom, the heart for this, Your will be done. . .

George Macdonald wrote this: 'Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best. God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best and man will not take it.

Don't worry about anything," Paul had written to the church at Philippi, "but in everything, by prayer and supplication, make your requests known unto God. And the peace that passes all understanding will fill your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

She was going to have to learn to trust God. Completely

Julian of Norwich said as she suffered a devastating illness of her own: 'All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.' You may know that during her suffering she had gazed into the face of God, and out of that mighty encounter this truth was rendered for you, for all of us, for all time...

God answers all our heartfelt petitions. He may answer no, or yes, or wait, or maybe. Yet there's one prayer for which he has only one answer, and the answer is yes. 'Thy will be done.' There is a caveat. One must pray it with a surrendered heart.

I think it means to go unfettered by cares, by the infernal bondage of the mortal. Go with a light heart, trusting God and giving thanks. Go and gather unto yourselves so you can pour out to others.

God was in love with him, that he made us for himself.