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Quotes about Intervention

Yes, Satan rebelled. Yes, Adam and Eve freely chose sin, and with it death and suffering. And yes, the all-powerful, happy God could have intervened to prevent those choices. If that intervention would have brought him more glory and us more good, no doubt he would have done it. But God, in his wisdom, determined that not even rebellion and sin could thwart his plan to further his happiness and that of his people.
— Randy Alcorn
I believe God intervenes in the lives of every one of us. He speaks to us in different ways and at different times so that we may know he is the author of our very personality.
— Ravi Zacharias
The Holy Spirit knows precisely the right timing in our lives. I always say, Only the Holy Spirit knows when you are ready for what. In other words, the Spirit of the Lord is the only One Who knows what it will take to help you, and when you are ready to receive help.
— Joyce Meyer
When we do what we can do, God steps in and does what we can't.
— Joyce Meyer
As a result, legitimate indignation is regularly siphoned away from speech with God to be acted out in other, perhaps more destructive ways. Such speech of rage addressed to YHWH is credible only when the worshiping community has confidence that the covenant God addressed is both willing and able to intervene in contexts of unbearable suffering.
— Walter Brueggemann
Not satisfied with endlessly pulling drowning men from the torrents rushing past, Day went upstream to see who was throwing the poor bastards into the water in the first place—and
— James Carroll
I have no doubt that honest to-goodness, God-sent angels do indeed exist and participate in our lives, probably far more than we realize.
— James Garlow
Because the Savior is a resurrected and glorified being, He is not physically with every one of His servants at every moment. But He is perfectly aware of them and their circumstance and able to intervene with His power.
— Henry B. Eyring
I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
— Barack Obama
Men have to take more responsibility. Men have to intervene
— Barack Obama
Man proposes, but God blocks the game.
— Mark Twain
No matter how tough Iraq became, removing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do for the sake of peace and for the 25 million people we liberated.
— George W. Bush