Quotes related to James 4:6
See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands, And justifies himself with lifted hands. Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes, Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.
— John Bunyan
The more you see your own flaws and sins, the more precious, electrifying, and amazing God's grace appears to you.
— Timothy Keller
Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving.
— AW Tozer
The grace of God reaches to the furthest extent to those who are prepared to acknowledge their need.
— Alistair Begg
I say this as a big sister in the faith hoping someone might learn an easier way. Arrogance does not bode well. It attracts the rod of God.
— Beth Moore
If it weren't for God's grace, you and I wouldn't be able to live for even one more minute.
— Billy Graham
The verb 'highly favored' (Luke 1:28) is the same as 'made us accepted' in Ephesians 1:6, referring to all of God's children. All true believers have been 'highly graced' by the Lord.
— Charles Spurgeon
In Christ, man who made himself God encounters God who made himself man. Unrivaled self-importance and pride encounters unrivaled self-emptying and humility.
— Christopher West
For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
— Bob Goff
A ragamuffin knows he's only a beggar at the door of God's mercy.
— Brennan Manning
One of the blunders religious people are particularly fond of making is the attempt to be more spiritual than God
— Frederick Buechner