Quotes About God

People with greed lodged in their heart fear that God either can't or won't take care of them. More to the point, they're afraid that God won't take care of them in the fashion or style in which they want to be cared for. And the gap between what they suspect God might be willing to do and what they want becomes a major source of anxiety. So greedy people shoulder the burden to acquire and maintain everything they need to provide the sense of security they desire.

There is a direct correlation between a person's private devotional life and his or her personal faith. And regardless of how long you've been in ministry, this is something you can't afford to lose sight of. When God speaks to us personally through his Word or answers a specific prayer, our faith is strengthened.

Ministry makes people's faith bigger. If you want to increase someone's confidence in God, put him in a ministry position before he feels fully equipped.

Beginning empty-handed and alone frightens the best of men. It also speaks volumes of just how confident they are that God is with them.

While Paul was a man of great faith, he was not a man of great patience or tolerance for those who opposed the gospel. But that was okay. God didn't choose him for his manners.

If God has birthed a vision in you, he is in the process of developing a similar vision in the hearts of others around you.

The God of Christianity never claims to be fair. He goes beyond fair. The Bible teaches that he decided not to give us what we deserve--that's mercy. In addition, God decided to give us what we don't deserve--we call that grace.

Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God's spirit.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.

He refers to a defeat as if it came from God, but a victory as if it came from himself.

Shame is a hold that sin uses on you. As long as you're ashamed of the sin, it has a hold on you. When you can name it and walk away from it, you're walking in the power of God. That's what the Lord wants from His people. Sin and shame have no place in the life of a man or woman of God.

Fairies] had their origin when the rebellious angel Lucifer and his followers were expelled from Heaven, and God the Son warned God the Father that Heaven would soon be empty. Like figures in a film that is suddenly stopped, the expelled angels falling toward Hell halted where they were: some mid-air, others in the earth, and some in the ocean, and that is where they remain.

God also prepared to fulfill His promise to the serpent in Eden: "I will put animosity between you and the woman, and between your descendant and her descendant; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel" (Gen.

the outcome of these things. As our King Solomon wrote, 'Man may throw the dice, but HaShem decides the outcome.

The prince frowned again. "The name? Why do you not speak your God's name?" "Because His name is holy," I answered, "and not to be invoked lightly.

I've heard that about your people. But how can one God do everything? He would have to be huge, and he would have to be everywhere

to heaven, He is there, and if I make my bed in the grave, He is there, too. If I take the wings of the dawn and settle on the other side of the sea, even there His hand will lead me, and His right hand will lay hold of me.'" The words of the psalm

May God bless his sons as he blessed the five courageous sons of Mattathias.

empowered by the Ruach Adonai." "What?" "The Holy Spirit of HaShem." A small smile brightened her face. "As one of our judges, Samson is a remarkable man. But when the Ruach Adonai overpowers him, he is a force from God.

from Euripides: "Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.

Remember that the Lord God said, 'It is not good for man to be alone.' So a man should love his wife as himself and honor her more than himself.

of paved highways and international sailing routes. God also prepared to fulfill His promise to the serpent in Eden: "I will put animosity between you and the woman, and between your descendant and her descendant; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel" (Gen. 3:15). For God never sleeps, and though He may not communicate as we expect Him to, He can always speak to a receptive heart.

An eye for beautiful things," I finished. "Surely there's nothing wrong with appreciating God's glorious creations." "Not as long as those glorious creations are yours to appreciate," Rei countered. "You should be more careful. Some women are like suckerfish. If you catch one, there are sure to be ugly things attached.

tragedies reported to us, the widow maintained her faith in Adonai, declaring that her people were bound to suffer for their disloyalty to God. "Bnei-Yisrael has done what is evil in Adonai's eyes," she would say, "and He has handed us over to our enemies. When we repent and turn to the Lord our God, He