Quotes about God
The more we touch the intimate love of God which creates, sustains, and guides us, the more we recognize the multitude of fruits that come forth from that love.
— Henri Nouwen
Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
— Ignatius of Loyola
One of the most wonderful things about knowing God is that there's always so much more to know, so much more to discover. Just when we least expect it, He intrudes into our neat and tidy notions about who He is and how He works.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The truth of the matter is, Satan and God may want the exact same event to take place - but for different reasons. Satan's motive in Jesus' crucifixion was rebellion; God's motive was love and mercy. Satan was a secondary cause behind the Crucifixion, but it was God who ultimately wanted it, willed it, and allowed Satan to carry it out. And the same holds true for disease.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
AS a matter of fact, God isn't asking you to be thankful. He's asking you to give thanks. There's a big difference. One response involves emotions, the other your choices, your decisions about a situation, your intent, your 'step of faith.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
We rant and rave against God for the evil we have to endure but hardly blink at the evil in our own hearts.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
True wisdom is found in trusting God when you can't figure things out.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The more righteous God appeared, the more resentful I became.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost, In wonder, love and praise.
— Joseph Addison