That eye which sees anything good in the creature is a blind eye; that eye which fancies it can discern anything in man, or anything in anything he can do to win the Divine favor, is as yet stone blind to the Truth of God, and needs to be lanced and cut, and the cataract of pride removed from it!
Charles Haddon SpurgeonTag: faith works sovereignty-of-god
The greatness of the man's power is the measure of his surrender.
William BoothTag: strength power grace meekness surrender sovereignty-of-god
There is a certain mysticism in the Christian's affirmation of the physical universe. There is a confidence that whatever is discovered conforms with Jesus Christ and is a manifestation of His will.
Gene Edward Veith Jr.Tag: creation mysticism hedonism sovereignty-of-god
If grass grows and withers, it can only mean that it is part of a greater thing, which is even more real; not that the grass is less real than it looks. St. Thomas (Aquinas) has a really logical right to say, in the words of the modern mystic, A. E.: "I begin by the grass to be bound again to the Lord.
G.K. ChestertonTag: cynicism mysticism sovereignty-of-god
If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.
Mark DriscollTag: words gratitude sovereignty-of-god
If we teach Truth but not the Source of Truth, we don't really succeed in passing on our faith.
Kevin ThomanTag: evangelism sovereignty-of-god relationship-with-god
When we complain about the weather, we are, in reality, murmuring against God.
Arthur W. PinkTag: complaining sovereignty-of-god
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherTag: prayer sovereignty-of-god
Man in his usual perversity turns the footstool into a throne from whence he would feign direct the Almighty as to what He ought to do, giving the onlooker the impression that if God had half the compassion that those who pray (?) have, all would quickly be right
Arthur W. PinkTag: prayer sovereignty-of-god
In our instinctive rebellion against pain, we are children again, and demand an active will to wreak our vengeance on.
George EliotTag: pain grief sovereignty-of-god
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