Quotes about Gifts

No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God.

The great evangelist Dwight Moody once said, "When I was a young Christian, I thought that God kept His gifts on shelves and the best gifts were on the highest shelves and I would have to reach up. I learned later the best gifts are on the lowest shelf and I had to stoop down."

Anything I cannot thank God for for the sake of Christ, I may not thank God for at all; to do so would be sin. ... We cannot rightly acknowledge the gifts of God unless we acknowledge the Mediator for whose sake alone they are given to us.

Only he who gives thanks for little things receives the big things. We prevent God from giving us the great spiritual gifts he has in store for us, because we do not give thanks for daily gifts.

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.

We must realize that the ministries and gifts of the Spirit are for everyday life, not just meetings.

Here's how to determine God's will for your life: Go wherever your gifts will be exploited the most.

Do not be satisfied with God's calling or His gifts in your life. Be satisfied with Jesus Christ Himself.

Your greatest fulfillment in life will come when you discover your unique gifts and abilities and use them to edify others and glorify the LORD.

Usually life's greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

My God has bestowed upon me many gifts, and for these I will remember to be grateful. Too many times I have offered up the prayers of a beggar, always asking for more and forgetting to give thanks.