Quotes about Good

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

The great enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but the good which is not good enough. The good is always the enemy of the best.

The great enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but the good which is not good enough.

The greatest enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but good choices which are not quite good enough. The good is always the enemy of the best.

God is love, and when we pray we are drawing near to love, and all our hatred must melt away like the snow melts when the sun shines on it in spring. Leave Lucien to God, Annette. He rewards both good and evil, but remember, He loves Lucien just the same as He loves Dani.

Could it be that desire for a good thing has become a bad thing because that desire has become a ruling thing?

The One who created and controls the world, the One who is the ultimate definition of what is loving, true, and good, and the One who alone has the power to finally defeat sin has chosen, because of his grace, to wrap his arms of faithful love and protection around you, and he will not let you go.

Remember the biblical principle of idolatry, desire for a good thing becomes a bad thing when that desire becomes a ruling thing.

So the desire for good possessions is not wrong, but it must not rule your heart.

A desire for a good thing becomes a bad thing when that desire becomes a ruling thing.

I am still tempted to assess the "good" of a day by whether it pleased me versus whether I pleased God and was loving toward others.

Suffering is an evil that an all-wise, all-righteous, and all-loving God uses for eternal good.