Quotes about God

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

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Johann Sebastian Bach once said that the only purpose for music should be the glory of God and the re-creation of the human spirit.

we are called to see the gracious hand of a designing God in our lives.

The first escape route in the problem of evil is propounded by those who protest that God cannot exist because there is too much evil evident in life. They see no logical contradiction within their system since they do not have to prove that evil coexists with a good Creator. Evil exists; therefore, the Creator does not. That is categorically stated. But

Only if you are willing to pray sincerely for God's will to be done and are willing to live the life apportioned to you will you see the breathtaking view of God that he wants you to have, through the windows he has placed in your life.

The best guardian of your own peace is the precaution you take to keep your heart guarded for God and by God.

Psalm 37," he said. " 'The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.' God has it all

A moral life alone cannot bridge what separates us from God. This is the cardinal difference between the moralizing religions and Jesus' offer to us. Jesus does not offer to make bad people good but to make dead people alive.

To be a human being is to be one who is fashioned in the image of God, who is the point of reference in all relationships.

That is why God's great desire is that we see our hearts before Him as He does, recognizing that we are not qualified to make moral judgments apart from Him. Like Job, when we come to Him as Creator and Designer, Revealer and Comforter, Mediator and Savior, we find that He is also the Strengthener and Restorer. On the basis of what we know, we can trust His character for what we do not know.

Our souls yearn for a wonder that reaches beyond the dimensions of our finite minds, and if we don't allow a wonder toward God, we'll search for it elsewhere, in false gods. . . .The older you get, the more it takes to fill your heart with wonder. . .and only God is big enough to do that.