Quotes About God

Not now, but in the coming years, It may be in the better land, We'll read the meaning of our tears, And there, some time, we'll understand. We'll catch the broken thread again, And finish what we here began; Heav'n will the mysteries explain, And then, ah then, we'll understand. God knows the way, He holds the key, He guides us with unerring hand; Some time with tearless eyes we'll see; Yes, there, up there, we'll understand.

We know that all things work together for good to those who love God. – Romans 8:28

But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your works. – Psalm 73:28

We are children of God, and if children, then heirs – heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. – Romans 8:16–17

Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, in the midst of Your temple.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God. – Philippians 4:6

casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. – 1 Peter 5:7

And they sang a new song, saying . . . "You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation." – Revelation 5:9

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations. – Psalm 46:10

Dr. Gregory Boyd wrote, "I've become absolutely convinced that remaining aware of God's presence is the single most important task in the life of every follower of Jesus."5

The simple act of trusting God can be defined as acting as if God were going to keep His promises, however bleak the current circumstances may appear.

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. – Isaiah 26:3

When Handel was asked why his music was so cheerful, he replied, "I can't make any other. I write as I feel. When I think on God my heart is so full of joy that the notes dance and leap from my pen." —George Frideric Handel

As Major Ian Thomas put it, "All there is of God is available to the person who is available to all there is of God."1

I have described to you why God must exist—or, at least, must have at one time existed—in mathematical terms that come as close to certainty as anything in science possibly could. And still you deny his existence." The pain was growing worse. It would subside, of course. "Yes," I said. "I deny God's existence.

God was the programmer. The laws of physics and the fundamental constants were the source code.

Scientists aren't responsible for the facts that are in nature. It's their job to find the facts. There's no sin connected with it—no morals. If anyone should have a sense of sin, it's God. He put the facts there. —Percy Bridgman

Secret #1: Discover Your Unique Purpose Every follower of Christ has a general purpose in life—to bring God glory and to enjoy Him forever. But each of us also has a unique purpose that answers the question, "Why has God placed me in this world?

Elijah's example reminds us that God has left us on earth to influence the world, not to isolate ourselves from it.

Jesus's reply is very instructive for our purposes: And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." Matthew 19:4-6

God established the pattern of one man–one woman marriage on the sixth day of creation (Genesis 1:26-27). Any deviation from that norm—adultery, unbiblical divorce, or homosexuality—is wrong.

We human beings often see only what is before our eyes. But God in His infinite justice searches the heart and our secret motives and manifests accordingly to us His mercy.

But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?