Gods Will Quotes - Page 26

• Rev. Pat Robertson says that if more states legalize gay marriage, God will destroy America. He did say that afterwards, gays will come in and do a beautiful renovation.

  Conan O'Brien

  Beautiful, Gay, America

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• Pretend to be good always and even God will be fooled.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Be Good, Fooled

  Kurt Vonnegut (2011). “God Bless You, Mr Rosewater”, p.155, Random House

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• When you are deeply peaceful and confident that, because of Christ, God will bring you safely to his eternal kingdom and be the all-satisfying Treasure of your life forever, then you are free to see the truth, and love the truth, and speak the truth no matter what, and joyfully spread a passion for the truth whose name is Jesus.

  John Piper

  Jesus, Passion, Names

  John Piper (2013). “Think”, p.108, SPCK

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• Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do not want society.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Garden, Clothes

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.212, Cosimo, Inc.

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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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• Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign will of God as He works in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives for our good and His glory.

  Jerry Bridges

  Ordinary, Scripture, Sovereign

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Trusting God Study Guide: Even When Life Hurts”, p.34, Tyndale House

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• God, as a loving Father, will stretch our souls at times. The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched. . . . God will tutor us by trying us because He loves us, not because of indifference!

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Father, Lds, Soul

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• A fundamentalist is someone who wants to substitute what he believes for what you believe," Max said. "And someone who thinks he knows the will of God better than anyone else.

  Robin Wasserman

  Believe, Thinking, Max

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• You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you'll do next.

  Dean Koontz

  Play, Imagination, Live Your Life

  Dean Koontz (2014). “Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever (Short Story)”, p.5, Bantam

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• In all His acts God orders all things, whether good or evil, for the good of those who know Him and seek Him and who strive to bring their own freedom under obedience to His divine purpose. All that is done by the will of God in secret is done for His glory and for the good of those whom He has chosen to share in His glory.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Order, Evil

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.55, Shambhala Publications

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• When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility.

  Ken Follett

  Humility, Pride, Men

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.127, Penguin

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• God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination, and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way to deal with these truths is to raise our eyes to God and in deepest reverence say, "0 Lord, Thou knowest." Those things belong to the deep and mysterious Profound of God's omniscience. Prying into them may make theologians, but it will never make saints.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Eye, Profound, Saint

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• I do not think I exaggerate when I say that some of us put our offering in the plate with a kind of triumphant bounce as much as to say: "There - now God will feel better!" I am obliged to tell you that God does not need anything you have. He does not need a dime of your money. It is your own spiritual welfare at stake in such matters as these. You have the right to keep what you have all to yourself - but it will rust and decay, and ultimately ruin you.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Spiritual, Feel Better, Thinking

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• If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He will see to it that they are added unto us. If we follow Jesus and look only to His righteousness, we are in his hands and under the protection of Him and His Father. And if we are in communion with the Father, nought can harm us. God will help us in the hour of need, and He knows our needs.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Jesus, Father, Hands

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• One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Maturity, Years, Accomplishment

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• Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

  Saint Augustine

  Soul, Beloved, God Love

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• I'm not perfect, either. In the end, it's only God's judgement that matters, and I've learned enough to know that no one can presume to know the will of God.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Perfect, Judgement, Matter

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• God will bless you,' said he, 'you are an angel since you take care of the flowers.' 'No,' she replied. 'I am the devil, but that's all the same to me.

  Victor Hugo

  Flower, Angel, Devil

  Victor Hugo (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)”, p.2967, Delphi Classics

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• It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain. So I need to run, and as my lungs burn and my back rebels with that stabbing knife feeling and my legs muscles harden and the half inch of loose skin around my waist jiggles, I feel as though my penance for the day is being done and that maybe God will be pleased enough to lend me some help, which I think is why He has been showing me interesting clouds for the past week.

  Matthew Quick

  Running, Hurt, Pain

  Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.15, Pan Macmillan

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• Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful!

  Elif Safak

  Gratitude, Doors, Being Thankful

  "The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi". Book by Elif Safak, 2010.

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• We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  People, Path, Claims

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1954). “Life Togehter”

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• The woman who accepts the limitations of womanhood finds in those very limitations her gifts, her special calling which bears her up into perfect freedom, into the will of God.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Perfect, Special, Calling

  Elisabeth Elliot (2013). “Let Me Be a Woman”, p.23, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe God will allow nothing to subvert His glory so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us.

  Jerry Bridges

  Believe, Adversity, Work Out

  Jerry Bridges (2017). “Trusting God”, p.23, NavPress

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• It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as Gods will when you yourself have warm clothes and plenty of food and medical care and a roof over your head and no worry about the rent. But if you want them to believe youtry to share some of their poverty and see if you can accept it as Gods will yourself!

  Thomas Merton

  War, Believe, Roof Over Your Head

  Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.179, New Directions Publishing

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• The economists all think that if you show up at the cashier's cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in ground.

  Kenneth S. Deffeyes

  Thinking, Oil, Cages

  "Petroleum joyride almost over?". www.wired.com. May 29, 2005.

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