Quotes about God

One of the rules for understanding the Bible is called "the law of first mention." This means that if you want to know what God says about something, study the first time He brings it up.

The Lord is a personal Shepherd, a right-now God.

But let us keep in mind Philippians 2:13: "It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." When your will is combined with God's will, He gives you the power to do what your will is telling you you ought to do. You are not fighting this battle alone. You have tremendous power available to you in Christ.

The closer God and His rule are tied to the definition of marriage, the more order, productivity, and fulfillment are experienced in our marriages. The further away God and His rule are, the more chaos occurs in the home.

But if you will keep your eyes focused on God's purpose for you, not your pain, God will use your trials for your good and His glory. He works all things together for good when you love Him and live according to your calling. No pain or experience is wasted when you are a child of the King.

Greatness is maximizing your potential for the glory of God and the good of others. The

Catastrophe is the time to run into God's arms, not away from them.

A kingdom single is defined as an unmarried Christian who is committed to fully and freely maximizing his or her completeness under the rule of God and the lordship of Jesus Christ.

Your calling is the customized life purpose God has ordained and equipped you to accomplish in order to bring Him the greatest glory and achieve the maximum expansion of His kingdom.

The problem with race in America is not fundamentally a problem of skin. It is a problem of sin. It is a problem in that people have not been willing to address the sin that has led to a division among skin as we hold tenaciously to our cultures. Our backgrounds and preferences are legitimate, but when they overrule God, that's when Jesus says, "You are wrong.

We've not been instructed to pray, "My Father which art in heaven." It is, "Our Father which art in heaven" (Matthew 6:9 KJV). You will experience more of God by connecting with His purposes through His people than you could ever experience on your own.

Every voting choice you exercise ought to be for the candidate, platform, party, or policy that will best represent the values of the kingdom of God.