Quotes about God
The Bible sets no percentage goal in giving. Giving 10 percent of your gross income does not necessarily mean you have fulfilled the will of God.
— Donald Whitney
Those who eat too much and those who intentionally eat too little are looking for satisfaction in something other than God.
— Donald Whitney
When you speak the gospel, you share "the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes." Sharing the gospel is like walking around in a thunderstorm and handing out lightning rods. You don't know when the lightning will strike or who it will strike, but you know what it will strike—the lightning rod of the gospel. And when it does, that person's lightning rod will be charged with the power of God and he or she will believe.
— Donald Whitney
How can we worship God without worshiping Him in vain? How can we instead "offer to God acceptable worship" (Hebrews 12:28)? We must learn an essential part of pursuing Christlikeness—the Spiritual Discipline of biblical worship.
— Donald Whitney
Find joy in God and you will find joy in doing the work of God.
— Donald Whitney
The text of the Bible means what God inspired it to mean, not "what it means to
— Donald Whitney
Just as an indescribable sunset or a breathtaking mountaintop vista evokes a spontaneous response, so we cannot encounter the worthiness of God without the response of worship.
— Donald Whitney
the ongoing worship of God cannot be separated from the Word of God, which you don't expect to be read aloud or preached on the golf course or at the lake. We are to discipline ourselves to go and hear the Word of God.
— Donald Whitney
And to the degree we truly comprehend more of God, we will in turn respond to Him more in worship. That's why all worship of God—public, family,[1] and private worship—should be based upon and include much of the Bible.
— Donald Whitney
He has revealed Himself generally to us through creation, but more specifically through the Word.
— Donald Whitney
Since the object of our worship is the glorious and majestic God of heaven, when worship becomes empty, the problem lies somewhere with the subject (us), not the object (God).
— Donald Whitney
You may be singing 'Holy, holy, holy,' but if you aren't thinking about God while singing it, you are not worshiping.
— Donald Whitney