Quotes about God

Worship is a shift of attention that allows us to see God better. Worship is like corrective lenses for our souls, bringing God clearer into view.

Victory is about examining the seeds that have been scattered in your mind and not letting them take root. It's about pulling up and throwing away the thoughts that do not coincide with the heart of God. It's about changing the way you think.

ways. Most often, the trials we are walking through today are preparing us for a greater role in God's unfolding story.

David took off Saul's armor. He pulled off the false cover. He walked out to battle as his real self. He was able to defeat the giant because he was confident in his intimacy with God.

Worship is simply a shift of attention that allows us to see God better. Worship is like corrective lenses for our souls, bringing God clearer into view. That's important for all of us, especially when life goes off the rails. Worship puts God in focus. When the Almighty is in view, our giant's power over our thinking begins to flicker and fade.

For us, this is a good reminder that God works in his own way. It is not by the strength of men that battles are won. It is by the work of God. That's why in the story of David and Goliath we've uncovered the huge revelation that we are not David. It's not about us gathering our slings and stones and going down to kill the giant of rejection ourselves. No, God is going to do that for us. He chooses the weak things to confound the strong, the simple things to upend the wise.

A way to heaven. We can't get there on our own power. But with the power of God we can! Lord, no one is more powerful than You. Thank You for pouring Your power into my life—to help me live the way I should and to make a way for me to get to heaven.

That kind of thinking says my job every day is to put my life in God's hands. God's job every day is to use my circumstances for his glory.

God's glory matters more than anything. If people don't know how great and gracious and good He is, how will they not choose something of lesser value? How will they know He's better than everything else if they don't see Him on display in someone like you?

How do you come to understand that what people intended for evil, God intended for good?

If we are truly waiting on God, we won't miss anything.

I'm talking about influence that God wants to give us. I'm talking about opportunities. I'm talking about walking in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. I'm talking about stepping out in obedience. I'm talking about prayer and action. If our hearts are wide open in faith, then God is wide open to us.