Quotes about Divine

Only where God is can there be a new beginning. We cannot command God to grant it; we can only pray to God for it.

No one knows God unless God reveals Himself to him.

it is not our will but God's will alone that matters.

It is a question of the freedom of God, which finds its strongest evidence precisely in that God freely chose to be bound to historical human beings and to be placed at the disposal of human beings. God is not from human beings but for them.

God loves his work and therefore wills to preserve it. Creation and preservation are two aspects of the one activity of God.

If we are to pray aright, perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray is important, but what God wants us to pray.

The future in modern society depends much more on the quiet heroism of the very few who are inspired by God. These few will greatly enjoy the divine inspiration and will be prepared to stand for the dignity of man and true freedom and to keep the law of God, even if it means martyrdom or death.

We do not complain of what God does not give us; we rather thank God for what He does give us daily.

The word of the justifying grace of God never departs from its position as the final word; it never yields itself simply as a result that has been achieved... The word remains irreversibly the last; for otherwise it would be reduced to the quality of what is calculable, a merchandise, and would thereby be robbed of its divine character. Grace would be venal and cheap. It would not be a gift.

Holy Scripture is more than a watchword. It is also more than 'light for today'. It is God's revealed Word for all men, for all times. Holy Scripture does not consist of individual passages; it is a unit and is intended to be used as such.

God is not with the stronger battalions but with the small host of the praying, watchful congregation. God's strength is powerful in the weak.

"Authority rests upon his shoulders" (Isa. 9:6).