Will Of God Quotes

Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.

But where, says some, is the King of America? I'll tell you. Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain.

Now is the dwelling place of God himself.

For, until the wisdom of men bear some proportion to the wisdom of God, their attempts to find out the structure of his works, by the force of their wit and genius, will be vain.

One cannot remember mother and forget God.

God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one.

From the Book of Mormon come other precious promises, including promises of peace, freedom, and blessings if we 'will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ' (Ether 2:12).

As a result of the sacred ordinances performed in the holy house of God, no light need be permanently extinguished, no voice permanently stilled, no place in our heart permanently left vacant.

Though we may not necessarily forfeit our lives in service to our God, we can certainly demonstrate our love for Him by how well we serve Him.

All false practices and affections of knowledge are more odious to God, and deserve to be so to men, than any want or defect of knowledge can be.

He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers.

This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because it is the theatre of God's righteous Kingdom.

God's decree is the very pillar and basis on which the saint's perseverance depends. That decree ties the knot of adoption so fast, that neither sin, death, nor hell, can break it asunder.

God takes away the world, that the heart may cleave more to Him in sincerity.

I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant.

It is possible to be aware of God at all times.

Most of all, I believe God has chosen to bless this series. In doing so, he's giving the country and maybe the world, one last, big wake-up call before the events transpire.

If Jesus is the Son of God in human flesh, He's one of a kind of the 13 billions of people who have ever lived.

New fiction writers are a special breed in my estimation, and I never dreamed that so many people would be interested, but I remember being led by God

It happens that we DON’T SEE CHRIST AS GOD but simply the right man at the right time at the right place.

There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.

The resurrection was God's way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.

Describe the God you've rejected. Describe the God you don't believe in. Maybe I don't believe in that God either.

We get angry when we feel like God owes us a better life than we have.

How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey.

What you do in secret tells you who your God is.

God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.

What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.

God takes our misery and suffering so seriously that he was willing to take it on himself.

If you have a small view of your sin, God's grace will be small to you.

God so loved us and hates suffering that he was willing to come down and get involved in it.

Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one.

Jesus is the ultimate Job, the only truly innocent sufferer.

In the secular view, suffering is never seen as a meaningful part of life but only as an interruption.

Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ’s name.

When you experience God it is deeply personal, but it's not at all private.

Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.

Elder brothers obey God to get things. They don't obey God to get God himself — in order to resemble him, love him, know him, and delight him.

Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God.

Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living God.

Religious people find God useful. Gospel people find him beautiful.

Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger.

In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.

It's fun to talk about heaven, about the throne of God and Jesus and Pop and the daughter we thought we had lost but will meet again someday. But it's not fun to talk about how we got there.

If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.

Solace? That's why God made fermented beverages and the blues.

Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, "Oh, for God's sake, shut up."

Fifty-five crystal spheres geared to God's crankshaft is my idea of a satisfying universe. I can't think of anything more trivial than quarks, quasars, big bangs and black holes.

If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be.