Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God.
We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.
I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.
Trusting God's grace means trusting God's love for us rather than our love for God. [...] Therefore our prayers should consist mainly of rousing our awareness of God's love for us rather than trying to rouse God's awareness of our love for him, like the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:26-29).
There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.
Preach Christ or nothing: don't dispute or discuss except with your eye on the cross.
Don't ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn't want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.
There are times you will be given intuition, you just know something, and you can't explain it. Don't override it. Don't talk yourself out of it. That's the Creator giving you inside information.
And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.
Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.
When you have a spirit of excellence, you do the right thing not because somebody is watching or making you do it; you do it because it's the right thing to do.
It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration.
The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best?
At times we can be self-absorbed. Lord, help us to open our hearts to others and to serve those who are most vulnerable.
Only trust in God can transform doubts into certainty, evil into good, night into radiant dawn.
Don't you quit. You keep walking, you keep trying, there is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon. Some come late. Some don't come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be alright in the end. Trust God and believe in Good Things to Come.
True worship doesn't put on a show or make a fuss; true worship isn't forced, isn't half-hearted, doesn't keep looking at its watch, doesn't worry what the person in the next pew is doing. True worship is open to God, adoring God, waiting for God, trusting God even in the dark.
Keep your life in its constant contact with God that his surprising power may break out on the right hand and on the left. Always be in a state of expectancy, and see that you leave room for God to come in as he likes.
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