Following God Quotes

• God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

  John Piper

  God, Christian, Religious

  John Piper (2005). “For Your Joy”

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• There are so many religions and each one has its different ways of following God. I follow Christ:
  Jesus is my God,
  Jesus is my Spouse,
  Jesus is my Life,
  Jesus is my only Love,
  Jesus is my All in All;
  Jesus is my Everything.

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Different, Way

  Mother Teresa (1995). “A Simple Path-Open Market”

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• The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following God's plan seems like it doesn't make any sense at all. God is always in control and he will never leave us.

  Allyson Felix

  Trust, Important, Lessons

  Interview with Mary Fairchild, www.thoughtco.com. March 24, 2017.

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• You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

  Aldous Huxley

  Funny, Bible, Jesus

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• The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

  K.P. Yohannan

  Secret, Rejecting, God's Will

  "Revolution in World Missions".

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• If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to - follow a little closer.

  Bob Goff

  Littles, Holding On, Lost

  FaceBook post by Bob Goff from Mar 11, 2014

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• Somebody is looking at you - and someone needs to see you walk this journey of following God's calling.

  Shauna Niequist

  Journey, Needs, Calling

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• You can make your marriage a little bit of heaven on earth by following God's plan of teamwork.

  Jim George

  Teamwork, Heaven, Earth

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• When a young man, I read somewhere the following: God the Almighty said, 'All that is too complex is unnecessary, and it is simple that is needed.' So this has been my lifetime motto – I have been creating weapons to defend the borders of my fatherland, to be simple and reliable.

  Mikhail Kalashnikov

  Simple, Men, Ak 47

  "Kalashnikov, 90, decries 'criminal' use of rifle" by Dmitry Solovyov and Michael Roddy, www.reuters.com. October 26, 2009.

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• We may have the best of intentions in trying to discern God's will, but we should really stop putting ourselves through the misery of overspiritualizing every decision. Our misdirected piety makes following God more mysterious than it was meant to be

  Kevin DeYoung

  Decision, Trying, May

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• I was only following God's orders.

  Joseph Kallinger

  Order, Following

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• [The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action. So if we are serious about following God, then we have to interpret the Bible. It is not possible to simply do what the Bible says. We must first make decisions about what it means at this time, in this place, for these people.

  Rob Bell

  Mean, People, Decision

  Rob Bell (2013). “The Complete Rob Bell: His Seven Bestselling Books, All in One Place”, p.25, HarperCollins UK

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• This is the only leadership life I get, my one and only shot at following God the way I feel him prompting me to do so. This isn't some pre-game warm-up. It's the game, and the clock is ticking!

  Bill Hybels

  Clock Is Ticking, Games, Way

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• Penance is the willingness to undergo hardships for the achievement of a good purpose. I was willing. But when hardships came I found myself lifted above them. Instead of hardship, I found a wonderful sense of peace and joy and conviction that I was following God's will. Blessings instead of hardships are showered upon me.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Blessing, Achievement, Joy

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.30, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• When following God, Zero we never find.

  Dejan Stojanovic

  Zero, Following

  "The Sun Watches the Sun" by Dejan Stojanovic, Sunce sebe gleda, Književna reč, Beograd, "Zero," (p. 330), 1999.

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• The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning, middle, and end of all things.

  Socrates

  Life, Soul, Beginning Middle And End

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• If something fit in with what God had said to me, then I considered it. If not - no matter how attractive it appeared - I refused. The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

  K.P. Yohannan

  Secret, Matter, Fit

  K. P. Yohannan (2014). “Revolution in World Missions: One Man's Journey to Change a Generation”, p.33, Gospel For Asia Books

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