God is so immense that if he were 'too visible,' people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
John Ortberg Jr.Tags: love freedom god faith spirituality coercion
The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God.
Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God's constant presence with 'the real me.' Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father.
Tags: god faith joy jesus spirituality prayer presence
We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
John Ortberg Jr.Tags: power god faith mind spirituality prayer worry problems
Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.
John Ortberg Jr.Tags: self-esteem god faith self-worth sin spirituality worth repentance
A certain wise man once said that God didn't play dice with the universe, but that man was wrong. Sometimes I think He must even try Russian roulette.
Daína ChavianoTags: einstein god danger destiny dangerous
To question the world around us and all its complexities is not blasphamy, but simply using the mind God gave us for its intended purpous. God is an artist. Artist do not create to have someone just glance and say "That is pretty." Artist want viewers to look closer, deeper--to really see what they have created--not just glance.
Kent MarreroTags: love questions god cristina-marrero
God, who might have directed the assassin's dagger so as to end your career in a moment, has given you this quarter of an hour for repentance. Reflect, then, wretched man, and repent.
Alexandre DumasThe Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever - do not abandon the works of your hands.
AnonymousTags: god bible jesus lord psalm savior 138-8
The Lord replied, "The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.
Mary StevensonI testify that He is utterly incomparable in what He is, what He knows, what He has accomplished and what He has experienced. Yet, movingly, He calls us His Friends
Neal A. MaxwellTags: god jesus-christ
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