Quotes about Guidance
My shallow and ebb thoughts are not the compass Christ saileth by. I leave His ways to Himself, for they are far, far above me . . . There are windings and to's and fro's in His ways, which blind bodies like us cannot see.
— Samuel Rutherford
If you knew particularly what to do, it were not a spiritual exercise.
— Samuel Rutherford
God chargeth me to believe His daylight at midnight.
— Samuel Rutherford
We can't know at any given time how God will bless our faithful witness. So the apparent numerical growth of the church is never a good guide to how faithful we have been in evangelism.
— Mark Dever
The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically.
— Oswald Chambers
I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it.
— Anne Hutchinson
Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
— Francois Rabelais
Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.
— George Washington
The simple power of prayer can save us all kinds of time and trouble if we will ask God to give us wisdom and discernment in our relationships.
— Joyce Meyer
New Year's Day is a good time to fix one's eyes on the only One who knows what the year is to hold.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Every person who will learn the right way, and who will then continue diligently to follow that right way, is absolutely certain in time to possess great riches and all attending blessings.
— Joseph Franklin Rutherford
If we spend enough time with God, He'll either make us strong enough that problems won't bother us, or He'll show us what to do about them.
— Joyce Meyer