qoutes for reflection

8/9/2019 Qoutes for Reflection

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GOD'S WORD

"Is not my Word like fre." declares the Lord, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock to

pieces?"

Jeremiah 23:29

!he hristian#s li$e in all aspects%intellect&al and ethical, de'otional and relational,

&ps&r(in( in )orship and o&t(oin( in )itness%is s&pernat&ral* only the +pirit can

initiate and s&stain it. +o apart $rom him, not only )ill there be no li'ely belie'ers and

no li'ely con(re(ations, there )ill be no belie'ers and no con(re(ations at all.

J.I.-acker

GOD IS ALL POWERFUL . . .

so He can help you with everything.

"/ +o'erei(n L/01. o&ha'e made the hea'ens and earth by o&r (reat po)er.

4othin( is too hard $or o&" 5Jeremiah 32:678

GOD IS PRESENT EVERYWHERE . . .

so He is always with you.

"Where can I (o $rom yo&r +pirit? Where can I ee $rom o&r presence? I$ I (o &p to the

hea'ens, o& are there* i$ I make my bed in the depth, o& are there. I$ I rise on the

)in(s o$ the da)n, i$ I settle on the $ar side o$ the sea, e'en there o&r hand )ill (&ide

me. o&r ri(ht had )ill hold me $ast" 5-salm 639:768.

GOD IS SOVEREIGN . . .

so joyfully submit to His will.


2/24

" o&rs, / L/01, is the kin(dom* o& are e;alted as head o'er all. Wealth and honor

come $rom o&* o& are the r&ler o$ all thin(s. In o&r hands are stren(th and po)er to

e;alt and (i'e stren(th to all

5I honicles 29:29:66,62 4Iods mar'elo&s lo'e. @nd may yo& ha'e

the po)er to &nderstand, as all >ods people sho&ld, ho) )ide, ho) lon( ,ho) hi(h, and

ho) deep Ais lo'e really is" 5Bphesians 3:67, 6C8.

WORSHIP

"Worship is the s&bmission o$ all o&r nat&re to >od. It is the D&ickenin( o$ conscience by

Ais holiness* the no&rishment o$ mind )ith Ais tr&th* the p&ri$yin( o$ ima(ination by Ais

bea&ty* the openin( o$ the heart to Ais lo'e* the s&rrender o$ )ill to Ais p&rpose ? andall this (athered &p in adoration the most seless emotion o$ )hich o&r nat&re is

capable and there$ore the chie$ remedy $or that sel$centeredness )hich is o&r ori(inal

sin and so&rce o$ all act&al sin."

William !emp

GOD'S LOVE

I$ yo& took the lo'e o$ all the best mothers and $athers )ho e'er li'ed 5think abo&t that

$or a moment8all the (oodness, kindness, patience, fdelity, )isdom, tenderness,

stren(th and lo'eand &nited all those 'irt&es in one person, that person )o&ld only be

a $aint shado) o$ the lo'e and mercy in the heart o$ >od $or yo& and me.

Erennan =annin(

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/ne o$ the most ard&o&s sprit&al tasks is that o$ (i'in( &p control and allo)in( the +pirit

o$ >od to lead o&r li'es.

Aenri 4o&)en

/&r Lord did not ask &s to (i'e &p the thin(s o$ earth, b&t to e;chan(e them $or better

thin(s.

F&lton J. +heen

We also have quotes aout L$%e#

>od lo'es yo& G&st the )ay yo& are, b&t he re$&ses to lea'e yo& that )ay. Ae )ants yo&

to be &ust l$e (esus.

=a; L&cado

ATTRI)UTES OF GOD

6. Eeca&se >od is spirit...I )ill seek intimate $ello)ship )ith Aim.

2. Eeca&se >od is allpo)er$&l...Ae can help me )ith anythin(.

3. Eeca&se >od is e'erpresent...Ae is al)ays )ith me.

H. Eeca&se >od kno)s e'erythin(...I )ill (o to Aim )ith all my D&estions and

concerns.

. Eeca&se >od is so'erei(n...I )ill Goy$&lly s&bmit to Ais )ill.

. Eeca&se >od is holy...I )ill de'ote mysel$ to Aim in p&rity, )orship and ser'ice.

7. Eeca&se >od is absol&te tr&th...I )ill belie'e )hat Ae says and li'e accordin(ly.

C. Eeca&se >od is ri(hteo&s...I )ill li'e by Ais standards.

9. Eeca&se >od is G&st...Ae )ill treat me $airly.

6.Eeca&se >od is lo'e...Ae is &nconditionally committed to my )ell bein(.

66.Eeca&se >od is merci$&l...Ae $or(i'es me o$ my sins )hen I sincerely con$ess

them.

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=an fnds it hard to (et )hat he )ants, beca&se he does not )ant the best. >od fnds it

hard to (i'e, beca&se Ae )o&ld (i'e the best and the man )ill not take it.

>eor(e =c1onald

I belie'e the Eible is the best (i$t >od has e'er (i'en to men. @ll the (ood $rom the

+a'ior o$ the )orld is comm&nicated to &s thro&(h this book.

@braham Lincoln

@nd )hat )ords )o&ld make the cross )orth nothin(? Ao) abo&t )ords like (ood

eno&(h, $air, tolerance, correct, personal opinion, relati'e, c&lt&ral, acceptable or does

not h&rt anyone? Where'er sin is minimiKed, the cross is emptied. Where'er >od is

i(nored, the cross is emptied. Where'er yo& and I re$&se to s&bmit to the call o$ the

in(, the cross is emptied.

+kip =oen and @t>ods!able.com.

!o say that I am made in the ima(e o$ >od is to say that lo'e is the reason $or mye;istence, $or >od is lo'e.

!homas @ empis

!he more )e depend on >od the more dependable )e fnd Ae is.

liM 0ichard

!hro&(h the clo&ds o$ midni(ht, !his bri(ht promise shone, I )ill ne'er lea'e thee,

4e'er lea'e thee alone.

@nonymo&s


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What a $riend )e ha'e in Jes&s, all o&r sins and (rie$s to bear. What a pri'ile(e to carry

e'erythin( to >od in prayer.

Joseph +cri'en

I$ >od is yo&r partner, make yo&r plans EI>

1.L. =oody

/nly >od can $&lly satis$y the h&n(ry heart o$ man.

A&(h Elack

!he )orld )ill ne'er star'e $or )ant o$ )onders.

>ilbert eith hesterton

Eea&ty is >ods hand)ritin(.

harles in(sley

I can see ho) it mi(ht be possible $or a man to look do)n &pon the earth and be an

atheist, b&t I cannot concei'e ho) he co&ld look &p into the hea'ens and say there is no

>od.

@braham Lincoln

!he &ni'erse is centered on neither the earth nor the s&n. It is centered on >od.

@l$red 4oyes


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We shall steer sa$ely thro&(h e'ery storm, so lon( as o&r heart is ri(ht, o&r intention

$er'ent, o&r co&ra(e stead$ast, and o&r tr&st f;ed on >od.

+t. Francis 1e +ales

Witho&t the Way there is no (oin(* )itho&t the !r&th there is no kno)in(* )itho&t the

Li$e there is no li'in(.

!homas @ empis

>ods (i$ts p&t mans best dreams to shame.

BliKabeth Earrett Ero)nin(

Is yo&r place a small place? !end it )ith care* Ae set yo& there. Is yo&r place a lar(e

place? >&ard it )ith care Ae set yo& there. Whateer yo&r place, it is 4ot yo&rs alone,

b&t his Who set yo& there.

John /;enham

I lo'e to think o$ nat&re as an &nlimited broad castin( station, thro&(h )hich >od

speaks to &s e'ery ho&r, i$ )e )ill only t&ne in.

>eor(e Washin(ton ar'er

!o $all in lo'e )ith >od is the (reatest o$ all romances* !o seek him, the (reatest

ad'ent&re* !o fnd him, the (reatest h&man achie'ement.

0aphael +imon


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=ost o$ &s )ait &ntil )ere in tro&ble, and then )e pray like ens. Wonder )hat )o&ld

happen i$, some mornin(, )ed )ake &p and say, "@nythin( I can do $or o& today,

Lord?"

E&rton Aillis

/&r >od is at home )ith the rollin( spheres, @nd at home )ith broken hearts.

=. -. Fer(&son

I$ >od sh&ts one door, he opens another.

Irish -ro'erb

Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples inone seed. ~Robert H. Schuller

Every evening I turn my orries over to God. He!s going to be up all night

anyay. ~"ary #. #roley

God loves each of us as if there ere only one of us. ~St. Augustine

$oung man% young man% your arm!s too short to bo& ith God. ~'ames (eldon 'ohnson

God understands our prayers even hen e can!t find the ords to say them.~Author )n*non

(hat e are is God!s gift to us. (hat e become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor+oell


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A man ith God is alays in the ma,ority. ~'ohn -no&

#ertain thoughts are prayers. here are moments hen% hatever be the

attitude of the body% the soul is on its *nees. ~/ictor Hugo

$ou can tell the si0e of your God by loo*ing at the si0e of your orry list. helonger your list% the smaller your God. ~Author )n*non

"aybe the atheist cannot find God for the same reason a thief cannot find apoliceman. ~Author )n*non

If God had anted to be a big secret% He ould not have created babbling broo*s and hispering pines. ~Robert 1rault% .robertbrault.com

I don!t *no if God e&ists% but it ould be better for His reputation if Hedidn!t. ~'ules Renard

A man can no more diminish God!s glory by refusing to orship Him than alunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the ord% !dar*ness! on the alls ofhis cell. ~#.S. 2eis% The Problem of Pain

he soul can split the s*y in to and let the face of God shine through. ~EdnaSt. /incent "illay

God is not a cosmic bellboy for hom e can press a button to get thingsdone. ~Harry Emerson 3osdic*

he feeling remains that God is on the ,ourney% too. ~eresa of Avila

God!s last name is not 45ammit.4 ~Author )n*non

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Once one has seen God% hat is the remedy6 ~Sylvia +lath% 4"ystic4

As the poet said% 4Only God can ma*e a tree4 7 probably because it!s so hard to

figure out ho to get the bar* on. ~(oody Allen

#learly% God is a 5emocrat. ~+atric* #addell

God8 he most popular scapegoat for our sins. ~"ar* ain

1ut I alays thin* that the best ay to *no God is to love many things.

~/incent van Gogh% Dear Theo: An Autobiography of Vincent van Gogh% 9:;<

=o matter ho much I prove and prod%I cannot >uite believe in God?1ut oh% I hope to God that He)nservingly believes in me.~E.$. Harburg% attributed

+eople see God every day% they ,ust don!t recogni0e him. ~+earl 1ailey

Ho tired God must be of guilt and loneliness% for that is all e ever bring toHim. ~"ignon "c2aughlin% The Neurotic's Notebook% 9:@

God!s ill is not an itinerary% but an attitude. ~Andre 5huse

2et God!s promises shine on your problems. ~#orrie en 1oom

Ho can I believe in God hen ,ust last ee* I got my tongue caught in theroller of an electric typeriter6 ~(oody Allen% 4Selections from the Allen=oteboo*s%4Without eathers% 9:


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bicycle ith three speeds. ~Duentin #risp

+rayer is hen you tal* to God? meditation is hen you listen to God. ~5ianaRobinson

(eave in faith and God ill find the thread. ~Author )n*non

hey say that God is everyhere% and yet e alays thin* of Him as somehatof a recluse. ~Emily 5ic*inson

If you don!t *no hat!s meant by God% atch a forsythia branch or a lettuce

leaf sprout. ~"artin H. 3ischer

God8 a disease e imagine e are cured of because no one dies of it noadays.~E.". #ioran% The Trouble &ith #eing #orn% 9:


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God enters by a private door into each individual. ~Ralph (aldo Emerson

God is not hat you imagine or hat you thin* you understand. If you

understand you have failed. ~Saint Augustine

God is not the name of God% but an opinion about Him. ~+ope ystus I% The

!ing

God!s promises are li*e the stars? the dar*er the night the brighter they shine.

~5avid =icholas

In nature e see here God has been. In our fello man% e see here He is

still at or*. ~Robert 1rault% .robertbrault.com

4(hat do you thin* of God%4 the teacher as*ed. After a pause% the young pupil

replied% 4He!s not a thin*% he!s a feel.4 ~+aul 3rost

I feel most ministers ho claim they!ve heard God!s voice are eating too much

pi00a before they go to bed at night% and it!s really an intestinal disorder% not a

revelation. ~Rev. 'erry 3alell

God is an unutterable sigh% planted in the depths of the soul. ~'ean +aul

Richter

All are but parts of one stupendous hole%

(hose body =ature is% and God the soul.

~Ale&ander +ope% An )ssay on +an% 9


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+erhaps history is a thing that ould stop happening if God held His breath%

or could be imagined as turning aay to thin* of something else. ~Herbert

1utterfield% %hristianity an" ,istory

Apart from God every activity is merely a passing hiff of insignificance.

~Alfred =orth (hitehead

$our talent is God!s gift to you. (hat you do ith it is your gift bac* to God.

~2eo 1uscaglia? also% (hat you are is God!s gift to you% hat you become is

your gift to God. ~Hans )rs von 1althasar

God is the perfect poet. ~Robert 1roning

Remember this. (hen people choose to ithdra far from a fire% the fire

continues to give armth% but they gro cold. (hen people choose to

ithdra far from light% the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in

dar*ness. his is also the case hen people ithdra from God. ~Augustine

(hy attac* God6 He may be as miserable as e are. ~Eri* Satie

he bec*oning Hands

Of God!s hopeful Smile

(ill% ithout fail% one day greet

he fruitful criesOf man!s prayerful heart.

~Sri #hinmoy% Ten Thousan" lo&er-lames

Are you rin*led ith burden6 #ome to God for a faith lift. ~Author


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)n*non

here are to *inds of people8 those ho say to God% 4hy ill be done%4 and

those to hom God says% 4All right% then% have it your ay.4 ~#.S. 2eis% The .cre&tape etters% 9:;

(e need not ,oin the mad rush to purchase an earthly fallout shelter. God is

our eternal fallout shelter. ~"artin 2uther -ing% 'r.% .trength to ove% 9:@;

Every day people are straying aay from the church and going bac* to God.

Really. ~2enny 1ruce% 4Religions Inc.%4 in The )ssential enny #ruce% ed.'ohn #ohen% 9:@<

(ere there no God% e ould be in this glorious orld ith grateful hearts

and no one to than*. ~#hristina Rossetti

2ife is God!s novel. 2et him rite it. ~Isaac 1ashevis Singer

$ou are not obliged to put on evening clothes to meet God. ~Austin O!"alley

(hen you *noc*% as* to see God 7 none of the servants. ~Henry 5avid

horeau

$our mind or*s very simply8 you are either trying to find out hat are God!s

las in order to follo them? or you are trying to outsmart Him. ~"artin H.

3ischer


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hose ho believe that they believe in God% but ithout passion in their

hearts% ithout anguish in mind% ithout uncertainty% ithout doubt% ithout

an element of despair even in their consolation% believe in the God idea% not

God himself. ~"iguel de )namuno

"ost people ish to serve God 7 but only in an advisory capacity. ~Author

)n*non

I!ve been hiding from God% and I!m appalled to find ho easy it is. ~"ignon

"c2aughlin% The .econ" Neurotic's Notebook% 9:@@

he self7appointed spo*esmen for God incline to shout? He% Himself% spea*s

only in hispers. ~"artin H. 3ischer

A lot of people are illing to give God credit% but so fe ever give Him cash.

~Robert E. Harris% augh &ith the %ircuit !i"er

It alays stri*es me% and it is very peculiar% that hen e see the image of

indescribable and unutterable desolation 7 of loneliness% of poverty and

misery% the end of all things% or their e&treme 7 then rises in our mind the

thought of God. ~/incent van Gogh% Dear Theo: An Autobiography of

Vincent van Gogh% 9:;<

o put one!s trust in God is only a longer ay of saying that one ill chance it.

~Samuel 1utler% Note-#ooks

So long as God reveals Himself% or doesn!t% He is behaving li*e God. ~"ignon

"c2aughlin% The Neurotic's Notebook% 9:@


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here is a God7shaped vacuum in every heart. ~1laise +ascal

5on!t loo* for God here He is needed most? if you didn!t bring Him there% Heisn!t there. ~"ignon "c2aughlin% The .econ" Neurotic's Notebook% 9:@@

God aits to in bac* his on floers as gifts from man!s hands.

~Rabindranath agore% .tray #ir"s% 9:9@

I say to man*ind% 1e not curious about God. 3or I% ho am curious about each%

am not curious about God I hear and behold God in every ob,ect% yetunderstand God not in the least. ~(alt (hitman% eaves of Grass

Every happening% great and small% is a parable hereby God spea*s to us% and

the art of life is to get the message. ~"alcolm "uggeridge

(e alays *eep God aiting hile e admit more importunate suitors.

~"alcolm de #ha0al

he sun does not shine for a fe trees% and floers% but for the ide orld!s

,oy. he lonely pine on the mountain7top aves its sombre boughs and cries%

!hou art my sun.! And the little meado violet lifts its cup of blue% and

hispers ith its perfumed breath% !hou art my sun.! And the grain in a

housand fields rustles in the ind% and ma*es anser% !hou art my sun.! So

God sits effulgent in heaven% not for a favoured fe% but for the universe of life?and there is no creature so poor or so lo that he may not loo* up ith

childish confidence and say% !"y 3ather% hou art mine.! ~Henry (ard

1eecher


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1een ta*en for granted6 Imagine ho God feels. ~Author )n*non

5on!t loo* for God in the s*y? loo* ithin your on body. ~Osho

! is heaven alone that is given aay%

! is only God may be had for the as*ing?...

~'ames Russell 2oell% The Vision of .ir aunfal % 9

(e climb mountains because they are there% and orship God because He is

not. ~"ignon "c2aughlin% The Neurotic's Notebook% 9:@

If #reation ere a crime% ould not God be the prime suspect6 ~Robert

1rault% .robertbrault.com

Ho important the concept of God is% and ho instead of valuing hat has

been given us% e ith light hearts spurn it because of absurdities that have

been attached to it. ~2eo olstoy% ast Diaries% 9:@

=o pillo so soft as God!s promise. ~Author )n*non

he young do not need God% and the old cannot find Him. ~"ignon

"c2aughlin%The .econ" Neurotic's Notebook% 9:@@

3or light I go directly to the Source of light% not to any of the reflections.

~+eace +ilgrim

Some people tal* about finding God 7 as if He could get lost. ~Author



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cloc*ma*er. ~/oltaire

here is a tendency to see divine intervention in things that happen in the

normal course of miracles. ~Robert 1rault% .robertbrault.com

All that I have seen teaches me to trust God for all I have not seen. ~Author

)n*non

4I as si& hen I sa that everything as God% and my hair stood up% and all%4

eddy said. 4It as on a Sunday% I remember. "y sister as a tiny child then%

and she as drin*ing her mil*% and all of a sudden I sa that she as God andthe mil* as God. I mean% all she as doing as pouring God into God% if you

*no hat I mean. ~'.5. Salinger% 4eddy%4 9:B

He ho *neels before God can stand before anyone. ~Author )n*non

Outer fire e need to coo*. Inner fire e need to liberate. God!s 3ire e need

to love. ~Sri #hinmoy

+eace on the outside comes from *noing God on the inside. ~Author

)n*non

God often visits us% but most of the time e are not at home. ~'oseph

Rou&% +e"itations of a Parish Priest % 9@

God is ith you alays. Simply turn your face to Him. ~-irpal Singh



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Hunting God is a great adventure. ~"arie 5e3loris

"y theology% briefly% is that the universe as dictated but not signed.

~#hristopher "orley

God is a verb% not a noun proper or improper. ~R. 1uc*minster 3uller% No

+ore .econ"han" Go" % 9:@;

hose ho turn to God for comfort may find comfort but I do not thin* they

ill find God. ~"ignon "c2aughlin% The Neurotic's Notebook% 9:@

God is a circle hose centre is everyhere and circumference nohere.

~imaeus of 2ocris

Some people alays sigh in than*ing God. ~Eli0abeth 1arrett 1roning

God% that dumping ground of our dreams. ~'ean Rostand% %arnets "'un

#iologiste% 9:@F

If there is no God% ho pops up the ne&t -leene&6 ~Art Hoppe

Operationally% God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading

smile of a cosmic #heshire cat. ~'ulian Hu&ley

God 7 the 'ohn 5oe of philosophy and religion. ~Elbert Hubbard% The

Notebook% 9:F


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(hen e lose God% it is not God ho is lost. ~Author )n*non

2ife is a tapestry8 (e are the arp? angels% the eft? God% the eaver. Onlythe (eaver sees the hole design. ~Duoted in The Angels' ittle $nstruction

#ook by Eileen Elias 3reeman% 9::

hose ho never rebelled against God or at some point in their lives sha*en

their fists in the face of heaven% have never encountered God at all.

~#atherine "arshall% %hristy% 9:@<

If God did not e&ist% it ould be necessary to invent him. ~/oltaire

I had a thousand >uestions to as* God? but hen I met him they all fled and

didn!t seem to matter. ~#hristopher "orley% $n&ar" ,o/% 9:F;

5on!t >uestion God% for He may reply8 4If you!re so an&ious for ansers% come

up here.4 ~Author )n*non

I ould rather al* ith God in the dar* than go alone in the light. ~"ary

Gardiner 1rainard

Availability is better than ability for God. ~Author )n*non

Seeing so much poverty everyhere ma*es me thin* that God is not rich. He

gives the appearance of it% but I suspect some financial difficulties. ~/ictor

Hugo% es +is0rables% 9@F


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E&ercise daily. (al* ith the 2ordC ~Author )n*non

1e God or let God. ~Author )n*non

I could not say I believe. I *noC I have had the e&perience of being gripped

by something that is stronger than myself% something that people call God.

~#arl 'ung

God is the tangential point beteen 0ero and infinity. ~Alfred 'arry% Gestes et

1pinions "u Docteur austroll Pataphysicien% 9:99

Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God? and so

there!s no room left for orry thoughts. ~Hoard #handler #hristy

I believe in the sun even if it isn!t shining. I believe in love even hen I am

alone. I believe in God even hen He is silent. ~Author )n*non

5ar*ness cannot put out the 2ight. It can only ma*e God brighter. ~Author

)n*non

=o God% no peace. -no God% *no peace. ~Author )n*non

$ou as*8 hat is the meaning or purpose of life6 I can only anser ith

another >uestion8 do you thin* e are ise enough to read God!s mind6

~3reeman 5yson% >uoted in The +eaning of ife% compiled by Hugh S.

"oorhead

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