Quotes about Gifts

It is so easy to become more attached to the gifts of God than to the Giver—and even, I should add, to the work of God than to God Himself.

Love with delight discourses in my mindUpon my lady's admirable gifts…Beyond the range of human intellect.

We need each other's gifts, talents, and skills to do the work of the Lord. Empowering others is the key here. This is the beauty of the body: We all have something to contribute; therefore, we need to discover what that is and believe that we can do it. Then it's our job to find out what others have and release them into the life they were intended to live, even if it far exceeds our own.

accompanied by demonstrations of the power and glory of God. Even the gifts and manifestations of the Holy Spirit pale in comparison to those times when God chooses to "rend the heavens and come down" in His glory. His glory produces many more healings and powerful impartations than any of His gifts. This is entirely consistent with God's

Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the path we're currently on, we might one day get rid of genetic diseases, but only at the cost of our own humanity.

Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes a fool of him.

To say that God has given a man many and great talents frequently means that he has brought his heavens down within reach of his hands.

The only just literary critic," he concluded, "is Christ, who admires more than does any man the gifts He Himself has bestowed.

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

I opened two gifts this morning. They were my eyes.

A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature.

Each of us needs what nature gives us, when nature gives us.