God Quotes - Page 105

To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.

Buying, possessing, accumulating--this is not worldliness. But doing this in the love of it, with no love of God paramount--doing it so that thoughts of eternity and God are an intrusion--doing it so that one's spirit is secularized in the process; this is worldliness.

God is love. He didn't need us. But he wanted us.

Living by faith isn't living with certainty. It's trusting God in spite of unanswered questions and unresolved doubts.

We have a friend and protector, from whom, if we do not ourselves depart from Him, nor power nor spirit can separate us. In His strength let us proceed on our journey, through the storms, and troubles, and dangers of the world. However they may rage and swell, though the mountains shake at the tempests, our rock will not be moved: we have one friend who will never forsake us; one refuge, where we may rest in peace and stand in our lot at the end of the days. That same is He who liveth, and was dead; who is alive forevermore; and hath the keys of hell and of death.

The indigenous understanding has its basis of spirituality in a recognition of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all living things, a holistic and balanced view of the world. All things are bound together. All things connect. What happens to the Earth happens to the children of the earth. Humankind has not woven the web of life; we are but one thread. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

The grace of forgiveness, because God Himself has paid the price, is a Christian distinctive and stands splendidly against our hate-filled, unforgiving world. God's forgiveness gives us a fresh start.

All beings exist in an invisible state and then come to a state of visibility. Change occurs only on the surface, for the self-existent glory remains unchanged; changing form does not affect the self-existent Reality. Atman, Soul or the Self, dwells in all that is perishable, yet it remains imperishable.

We cannot change God. God is unchangeable. If changes are to be made, they must be made in us.

The more I expose myself to the Word of God, the greater my faith will be.

The world sees in our conduct, in our behaviour, the proof that we are the real children of God.

God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities.

We all see the world differently. And thank God for that. Otherwise, what a boring world this would be.

He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life.

The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present, all the time, in every condition.

We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.

Seeing is never believing: we interpret what we see in the light of what we believe. Faith is confidence in God before you see God emerging, therefore the nature of faith is that it must be tried.

Sin is not wrong doing, it is wrong BEING, deliberate and emphatic independence of God.

God can do nothing for me until I recognize the limits of what is humanly possible, allowing Him to do the impossible.

Dear God, I pray for patience and I want it right now.

What's happening is merely what's happening. How you feel about it is another matter.

Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.

But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence. The infinity of God's creation embraces me.

Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.

God has enough grace to solve every dilemma you face, wipe every tear you cry, and answer every question you ask.