Quotes about God

God's providence is His constant care for and His absolute rule over all His creation for His own glory and the good of His people. Note the absolute terms: constant care, absolute rule, all creation.

Yet, I acknowledge it often seems more difficult to trust God than to obey Him.

In the person of Christ God beholds a holiness which abides His closest scrutiny, yea, which rejoices and satisfies His heart; and whatever Christ is before God, He is for His people."64

so the faith to trust God in adversity comes through the Word of God alone. It is only in the Scriptures that we find an adequate view of God's relationship to and involvement in our painful circumstances.

God is perfect in love.

They find it difficult to accept that both calamities and good things come from God.

purpose is for us to become so convinced of these truths that we appropriate them in our daily circumstances, that we learn to trust God in the midst of our pain, whatever form it may take. It does not matter whether our pain is trivial or traumatic, temporary or interminable. Regardless of the nature of the circumstances, we must learn to trust God if we would glorify God in them.

It is only as we know God in this personal way that we come to trust Him.

If you and I are to appropriate God's grace in our times of need, we must see His sovereignty ultimately ruling in all the circumstances of our lives. And when those circumstances are difficult, disappointing, or humiliating, we must humble ourselves under His mighty hand.

God is either good and not all powerful, or He is powerful and not all good. You can't have it both ways.

He himself gives all men life and breath and everything else…. 'For in him we live and move and have our being

We need to work at ensuring that our commitment to holiness is a commitment to God, not to our own self-esteem.