God's Will Quotes - Page 4

Jonah saw God's will as punishment. Jesus saw God's will as nourishment.

Warren W. Wiersbe

Jesus, Punishment, Saws

Warren W. Wiersbe (2005). “Bible Personalities: A Treasury of Insights for Personal Growth and Ministry”, p.71, Baker Books

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It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such was God's will. Our Lord himself teaches us to ask to do the will of God on earth as the saints do it in heaven: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

Alphonsus Liguori

Weed, Garden, Heaven

St. Alphonsus Liguori (2015). “Uniformity with God's Will”, p.6, TAN Books

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In uniting yourself to God's will, you take on new life and gather great courage, willingly embracing the cross and kissing His hand even when it chastises you, a hand that reaches out to you in love and has no other intention but your greater spiritual well-being.

Paul of the Cross

Spiritual, Kissing, Hands

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Every man is destined to win. Whether he wins or not is determined by whether or not he aligns himself with God's will.

Artur Pawlowski

Winning, Men, Determined

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From Mary we learn to surrender to God's Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!

Pope John Paul II

Son, Gone, Surrender

Pope John Paul II, Margaret R. Bunson (1996). “John Paul II's Book of Mary”, p.181, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing

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Meditation is the language of God. If we want to know what God's Will is in our life, if we want God to guide us, mould us and fulfil Himself in and through us, then meditation is the language that we must use.

Sri Chinmoy

Meditation, Use, Want

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Creativity is God's will for us and should be practiced like any other spiritual practice -a day at a time.

Julia Cameron

Spiritual, Creativity, Practice

FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Aug 05, 2012

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There was no room in God's army for the coward heart, no crown awaiting him who put mother or father, sister or brother, sweetheart or friend above God's will. Let the church cry amen to this!

James A. Baldwin

Mother, Brother, Father

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It is God’s will through His wonderful grace, that the prayers of His saints should be one of the great principal means of carrying on the designs of Christ’s kingdom in the world. When God has something very great to accomplish for His church, it is His will that there should precede it the extraordinary prayers of His people; as is manifest by Ezekiel 36:37. and it is revealed that, when God is about to accomplish great things for His church, He will begin by remarkably pouring out the spirit of grace and supplication (see Zechariah 12:10).

Jonathan Edwards

Prayer, Mean, Ezekiel

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It’s hard to grieve in a town where everything that happens is God’s will. It’s hard to know what to do with your emptiness when you’re not supposed to have emptiness.

Miriam Toews

Grieving, Towns, Emptiness

Miriam Toews (2004). “A Complicated Kindness: A Novel”, A.A. Knopf Canada

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It is God's will not only to hear our prayer, but to give us the best and the richest answer which He, the almighty and omniscient God, can devise. He will send us the answer when it will benefit us and His cause the most.

Ole Hallesby

Prayer, Giving, Answers

Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight.

Eric Liddell

Spiritual, Secret, Obedience

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There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us--To will what God wills brings peace.

Amy Carmichael

Women, History, Victory

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I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.'

Nancy Pelosi

Mother, Sunday, Winning

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I recently found myself going through a period of uncertainty about my future as a performer, my status as a personality, the believability of my Christian witness and the knowledge of God's will in my life. I felt a force bigger than myself saying, 'Lay back. Take it easy. Study hard. Read your bible. Think, write and keep your mouth shut for awhile.'

Johnny Cash

Christian, Writing, Thinking

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It is possible to pull out justification for imposing your will on others, simply by calling your will God's will.

Ruth Hurmence Green

Atheism, Calling, Justification

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For it was by the Will of God that men were made of a certain bodily shape, were given their natures and their faculties. Whoever destroys His work wages war against God's Creation and God's Will.

Adolf Hitler

War, Men, Atheism

Adolf Hitler (2016). “Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition)”, p.527, eKitap Projesi

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The purpose of all prayer is to find God's will and to make that our prayer

Catherine Marshall

Christian, Prayer, Purpose

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Prayer may seem at first like disengagement, a reflective time to consider God's point of view. But that vantage presses us back to accomplish God's will, the work of the kingdom. We are God's fellow workers, and as such we turn to prayer to equip us for the partnership.

Philip Yancey

Prayer, Views, May

Philip Yancey (2007). “Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? Six Sessions on Our Relationship With God”, p.96, Zondervan

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Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument and amenable to reason. Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all.

Barack Obama

Religious, Teaching, Law

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Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God's will-they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths.

Barack Obama

Muslim Faith, People, Abortion

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It will be very interesting one day to follow the pattern of our life as it is spread out like a beautiful tapestry. As long as we live here we see only the reverse side of the weaving, and very often the pattern, with its threads running wildly, doesn't seem to make sense. Some day, however, we shall understand. In looking back over the years we can discover how a red thread goes through the pattern of our life: the Will of God.

Maria von Trapp

Beautiful, Running, Years

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Life's trials are not easy. But in God's will, each has a purpose. Often He uses them to enlarge you.

Warren W. Wiersbe

Purpose, Use, Trials

Warren W. Wiersbe (2011). “Prayer, Praise & Promises: A Daily Walk Through the Psalms”, p.44, Baker Books

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Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. Some people mature into an understanding of God’s will more quickly than others because they obey more readily; they more readily sacrifice the life of nature to the will of God.

Oswald Chambers

Spiritual, Sacrifice, Maturity

Oswald Chambers (2015). “Bringing Sons Unto Glory: Studies in the Life of Our Lord”, p.18, Discovery House

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What the spiritual journey is all about is uniting our will with God's will, wanting what He wants, loving what He loves, living a life that in all its aspects honors Him and gives Him glory.

Ralph Martin

Spiritual, Loving Life, Journey

Ralph Martin (2006). “The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints”, p.153, Emmaus Road Publishing

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