Quotes about God

I fight with you because I have a heart problem. Rather than my heart being ruled by God and motivated by God's honor, my heart is ruled by my wants, my needs, and my feelings.

Only as we see our story enfolded in the larger story of redemption will we begin to live God-honoring lives.

God designed us to live in community, first with him and then with one another.

Here's the bottom line: you and I struggle with the faithfulness of God, not because he has been unfaithful, but because we have.

Faith means you take God at his word, you never let yourself think that you're smarter than him, and you live inside his boundaries.

You see, there is no mystery with God. He is never caught off guard. He never wonders how he is going to deal with the unexpected thing. I love the words of Daniel 2:22: "He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with him.

It is so difficult for us to remember and be motivated by what is truly important. It is so tempting to be committed to our little kingdoms that the transcendent kingdom of God is of little functional influence.

Sadly, rather than growing in a sense of need for and submission to the authority that God has placed in their lives, many children become emotional weathermen. They have come to understand that the rules of the house tend to change with the emotion of the parent who is present.

The central focus of the Bible is not a set of practical-life principles. No, the central theme of the Bible is a person, Christ. If all you and I had needed was a knowledge and understanding of a certain set of God-revealed principles for living, Jesus would not have needed to come.

Often we make the mistake of thinking we have a heart for the Lord, when really we're just thankful for him because at that moment he seems to be delivering to us what we have truly set our hearts on. Often we reduce God to just the deliverer of good fits, rather than recognizing him as the ultimate heart-satisfying gift.

Unlike human love, which is often fickle and temporary, God's love never fails, no matter what.

What you and I bring to our relationship with God is desperate spiritual and moral need.