Instruments Of God Quotes - Page 2

• To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.

  Oswald Chambers

  Change, Faith, God

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.501, Discovery House

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• Just when all seems to be going right, challenges often come in multiple doses applied simultaneously. When those trials are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the Lord feels you are prepared to grow more. He therefore gives you experiences that stimulate growth, understanding, and compassion which polish you for your everylasting benefit.

  Richard G. Scott

  Inspirational, Sympathy, God

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• There are times you will be given intuition, you just know something, and you can't explain it. Don't override it. Don't talk yourself out of it. That's the Creator giving you inside information.

  Joel Osteen

  God, Christian, Religious

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• God is able to place stars in their sockets & suspend sky like a curtain; surely He is mighty enough to light your path.

  Max Lucado

  Stars, Light, Sky

  Twitter post from Apr 02, 2013

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• Sometimes new opportunity means new opposition. Not everything God asks us to do will be comfortable.

  Joyce Meyer

  Success, Encouraging, God

  Twitter post from May 29, 2012

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• We impoverish God in our minds when we say there must be answers to our prayers on the material plane; the biggest answers to our prayers are in the realm of the unseen.

  Oswald Chambers

  God, Faith, Prayer

  Oswald Chambers (2015). “Run Today's Race: A Word from Oswald Chambers for Every Day of the Year”, p.51, Discovery House

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• The love of Christ always helps us see beyond the faults of others.

  Victor Manuel Rivera

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

  Victor Manuel Rivera (2010). “In Search of True Freedom”, p.37, Xulon Press

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• It is a lesson we all need - to let alone the things that do not concern us. He has other ways for others to follow Him; all do not go by the same path. It is for each of us to learn the path by which He requires us to follow Him, and to follow Him in that path.

  Katharine Drexel

  God, Faith, Christian

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• I have faith that the Constitution will be saved as prophesied by Joseph Smith. It will be saved by the righteous citizens of this nation who love and cherish freedom. It will be saved by enlightened members of this Church-among others-men and women who understand and abide the principles of the Constitution....I testify that the God of heaven sent some of His choicest spirits to lay the foundation of this government, and He has now sent other choice spirits to help preserve it.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Love, God, Faith

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• Peace is not automatic. It is a gift of the grace of God. It comes when hearts are exposed to the love of Christ. But this always costs something. For the love of Christ was demonstrated through suffering and those who experience that love can never put it into practice without some cost.

  Festo Kivengere

  Love, God, Christian

  Festo Kivengere, Dorothy Smoker (1977). “I Love Idi Amin: The Story of Triumph Under Fire in the Midst of Suffering and Persecution in Uganda”

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• When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us.

  Oswald Chambers

  Heartbreak, God, Disappointment

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.46, Discovery House

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• Whatever God is urging you to clear away cannot begin to be compared to what He ultimately wants to bring you.

  Beth Moore

  God, Christian, Letting Go

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• Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.

  David Platt

  Encouraging, Faith, God

  Twitter post from Feb 13, 2013

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• Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.

  Emanuel Swedenborg

  Trust, God, Faith

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• There is a principle which is pure, placed in the human mind, which in different places and ages hath had different names. It is, however, pure and proceeds from God. It is deep and inward, confined to no forms of religion nor excluded from any, where the heart stands in perfect sincerity. In whomsoever this takes root and grows, of what nation soever, they become brethren in the best sense of the expression.

  John Woolman

  God, Christian, Heart

  John WOOLMAN (1840). “A Journal of the Life, Gospel labours, and christian experiences of ---”, p.238

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• While we are on the go, we need to stop between steps, to refocus on the Word and the will of God

  T. B. Joshua

  Needs, Steps, Refocus

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• God is kind, but he is not soft. He takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life change.

  Max Lucado

  Life Changing, Hands, Kind

  Twitter post from Sep 11, 2014

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• God Himself supplies the necessary condition to come to Jesus, that's why it is 'sola gratia,' by grace alone, that we are saved.

  R. C. Sproul

  Jesus, Grace, Supplies

  Twitter post from Nov 12, 2016

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• Let me revel in this one thought: before God made the heavens and the earth, He set His love upon me.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Heaven, Earth, His Love

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• Remember: even the smallest drop of God's strength is more than enough to cover our frailties, our shortcomings, and the places where we deem ourselves weak.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Remember, Enough, Weak

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Mar 12, 2016

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• Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God can change the heart of someone who is in rebellion against Him. No matter how logical our arguments or how fervent our appeals, our words will accomplish nothing unless God's Spirit prepares the way.

  Billy Graham

  Prayer, Heart, Accomplish Nothing

  Billy Graham (2007). “The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World”, p.285, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Never water down or minimise the mighty Gospel of God by considering that people may be misled by certain statements. Present the Gospel in all its fullness and God will guard His own truth.

  Oswald Chambers

  People, Water, May

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.157, Discovery House

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• If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

  John Calvin

  Doe, Ifs

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• God doesn't need a lot to do a lot. All David had was five stones. And all David used was one.

  Tony Evans

  Needs, Stones, Trust In God

  Twitter post from May 22, 2016

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• Prayer is the mightiest weapon that God has placed in our hands.

  J. C. Ryle

  Prayer, Hands, Weapons

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