The God Quotes

[T]o believe in a god is in one way to express a willingness to believe in anything. Whereas to reject the belief is by no means to profess belief in nothing.

Doubt keeps us from believing things can get better.

Unbelief puts our circumstances between us and God

Atheist’s denial of God’s existence needs just as much substantiation as does the theist’s claim

I was working in silence seeking no appreciation or respect from any one. And it is always the silence from which great literature is born.

Popular versus literary—a false divide?

In politics no permanent friends, no permanent enemies but permanent interest.

I write these words to touch you, My love, In places my hands can only dream of.

Author wonders whether God's proclamation of His natural mastery when appearing to Job might be about restoring a sense of wonder to world-weary man as much as humbling him.

Discouragement is the illegitimate child of false expectations! Loyd Ogilive

People will come in your life and bring instant joy like a rainbow or wreak havoc like a hurricane. And once their duty is done the presence will away leaving you to live alone.

Most of your unhappiness in life comes from the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself.

DOING is often God's remedy for despair.

Absolute statements of our unbelief that we make in the darkness are notoriously unreliable.

From that altitude, the world looked calm and vivid and possible. But by the time we landed at Prestwick the clouds were down like the black cap on a hanging judge.

When you know truly know just how much God loves you it won't matter when others don't and if you know truly know God accepts you it won't matter when others won't

The lesson of the Funk Dog: “You can forget what it used to feel like to feel good about life

The Church is looking for better methods

Prayer is a moment of incarnation - God with us. God involved in the details of my life.

Prayer is not itself powerful

Prayer is my chief work

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing poorly. (friend who is a priest said regarding prayer)

When we find ourselves praying for something that we want, perhaps more than anything we've ever wanted before, can we honestly pray, 'Lord, do what will bring you the most glory"?

I learned not to pray about my strategies, but to make prayer the strategy.

Essentially prayer and meditation are one and the same thing.

When we seek God for answers, we must persevere in prayer, letting it build up day after day until the force of it becomes a mighty tide pushing over all obstacles.

It is through prayer that we destroy the kingdom of Darkness and enforce the judgment written that the Gates of Hell shall not prevail - Prayer Moves God, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams

Prayer is not our using of God

Prayer is more than a wish

I firmly believe God continues to answer the prayers of His people even after He has taken them to heaven. Never forget that God isn’t bound by time the way we are. We see only the present moment

No matter how outlandishly audacious your prayers might sound in your own ears, they are nothing in light of God's willingness and ability to answer.

Prayer puts God in the position He deserves - that of King, Governor, Benign Controller, Possessor, Lord, and Master.

Prayer is not first and foremost talking to God, it's first and foremost listening to God.

Whenever your focus is on doing what you want and making yourself feel good, you can be confident that the Spirit of God is not the one leading the way.

Make me little in mind, soft in heart, trusting in soul.

You don’t need to be anywhere

God’s work.My work.God can find someone else to do my work.But no one can do God’s work.So, my work is to PRAY that God will do His work through my work.

By nature, we get more pleasure from God's gifts then from Himself.

Jesus never criticized prayers that were honest, only those that were long and showy.

Although we're made right with God by faith, and not by works, the effectiveness of our prayers is often tied to the holiness of our lives.

Always pray in good and bad times

Prayer is your attempt to bring your will and desires in line with God’s will.

When you stop worrying about your problems and start praising God for His magnificent power you will experience His peace.

Prayer is our voice

Lord, today I ask for a renewed sense of purpose in my smaller daily choices, knowing that how I spend each moment is how I live my life. Every choice matters.

Starting the morning without prayer is like starting a car without gas.

Prayer mirrors the gospel. In the gospel, the Father takes us as we are and gives us his gift of salvation. In prayer, the Father receives us as we are because of Jesus and gives us his gift of help.

When your prayers aren’t answered immediately, sometimes God has a different—or better—plan.

Stay in church, stay in prayer, stay in the Word, and stay in fellowship with other believers.

In prayer, God doesn't guarantee the answer you want, but He does guarantee the answer you need.