Quotes about God

Prayer always forsakes the kingdom of self for the kingdom of God,

We all face things that appear to make little sense and don't seem to serve any good purpose. So rest is never found in the quest to understand it all. No, rest is found in trusting the One who understands it all and rules it all for his glory and our good.

The myriad of dysfunctions of the human community can be traced to this one thing: awe. When we replace vertical awe of God with awe of self, bad things happen in the horizontal community.

We were simply made for glory, but not just the shadow glories of the created world. We were made for the one glory that is transcendent—the glory of God. When you grasp this, your life begins to make a difference.

Real, sturdy, lasting peace, peace that doesn't rise and fall with circumstances, isn't to be found in picking apart your life until you have understood all of the components. You will never understand it all because God, for your good and his glory, keeps some of it shrouded in mystery.

Yes, it is true—God will remain faithful even when you're not, because his faithfulness rests on who he is, not on what you're doing.

Human relationships are most satisfying when we enter them not just to please ourselves or even the other person, but to please God.

God didn't give you your children to build your reputation but to publicly proclaim his.

Good parenting lives at the intersection of a humble admission of personal powerlessness and a confident rest in the power and grace of God.

Think about this. 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. You can take your life off your shoulders because God has placed it on his.

It requires powerful mercy for me to become a person who surrenders self-appointed authority to the authority of God.

It takes God's rescuing hand for me to forsake the purpose of my kingdom and take up the purpose of his.