Quotes about Intervention

God is always the first cause, but there are truly second causes; and they are the means which God uses, in the ordinary course of the world, for the accomplishment of His ends. It is the exclusion of such second causes which makes an event a miracle.

Anyone who interferes with the destiny of another thing never will discover his own.

Our God is a God of order, and a God who works by means, and we have no right to expect His cause to be kept up by constant miraculous interpositions, while His servants stand idle.

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

Dear Lord, please help me pause and allow the Holy Spirit to intervene when I want to react in ways that don't glorify You. Even when I'm caught off guard, may Your love and patience be the spillover from my heart. In Jesus' name, amen.

When His timing seems questionable, His lack of intervention seems hurtful, and His promises seem doubtful, I get afraid. I get confused. And left alone with those feelings, I can't help but feel disappointed that God isn't doing what I assume a good God should do.

We need to ask for God's wisdom, revelation, and intervening power to be an integral part of our food choices from now on.

I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country went down the tubes. And I saw the opposite during the war when America joined the fight.

I don't like to see people get kicked around. You have to stand up for them.

God can intervene in the universe he created despite what David Hume says.

God often goes by contrary means, and makes the enemy do his work. He can make a straight stroke with a crooked stick.

I believe miracles are to be prayed for, not wished for.