Quotes about God
He did not begin by tearing down, or by painting so intense a picture of misery and injustice that you burned to change the world. Instead, he aroused in you a sense of your own capacities for work, for accomplishment. He made you feel that you and all men had great and generous hearts with which to love God. If you once recognized this fact in yourself you would expect and find it in others.
— Dorothy Day
The true atheist is the one who denies God's image in the "least of these.
— Dorothy Day
None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.
— Dorothy Sayers
We cannot count on God to arrange what happens in our lives in ways that will make us feel good.We can, however, count on God to patiently remove all the obstacles to our enjoyment of Him. He is committed to our joy, and we can depend on Him to give us enough of a taste of that joy and enough hope that the best is still ahead to keep us going in spite of how much pain continues to plague our hearts.
— Larry Crabb
Man's insulting God is not reversed by our insulting man.
— Sinclair Ferguson
Don't magnify your problems, magnify your God...he's got you covered.
— Tony Evans
The original American dream wasn't about wealth, but freedom—freedom to worship and freedom from tyranny. It was also about partnering with God to release the light of His word to all nations, and exporting His glorious gospel to the ends of the earth.
— Dutch Sheets
Our actions and attitudes in the chronos times of preparing, sowing, believing and persevering are what determine whether God can shift us into the kairos times of fresh and strategic opportunities.
— Dutch Sheets
Don't embrace any theology or creed that allows God to lose!
— Dutch Sheets
The pilgrims absolutely believed America had a God-given destiny, and our founding fathers did, as well. Throughout our history, America's presidents and leaders have reiterated this belief. John F. Kennedy referenced Matthew 5:14 and Winthrop's famous speech, as did Ronald Reagan and numerous other U.S. Presidents. Though modern day revision-ists try to rewrite and remove our history, the truth will always trump their lies.
— Dutch Sheets
God helps watchmen by pointing out what needs to be seen and heard to aid the growth and health of a church.
— Dutch Sheets
Relationship with Jesus must be kept pure and simple. Introducing you to any facet of prayer without making this clear would set you up for frustration and eventual failure. Our motivation for prayer must be relationship—communing with God.
— Dutch Sheets