The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
Such is the effect of the grace of God in the heart of a pilgrim; while on one hand he sees the propensity of his evil nature to every sin which has been committed by others, and is humbled; he also confesses, that, by no power of his own, is he preserved, but ever gives the glory to the God of all grace, by whose power alone he is kept from falling.
God has made no one absolute.
It is the belief and not the god that counts.
The search for God begins at the point of need.
The Holy Spirit upon my left leads my feet without ceasing into the camp of the righteous and into the tents of the free.
There is a persuasion in the soul of man that he is here for cause, that he was put down in this place by the Creator to do the work for which he inspires him, that thus he is an overmatch for all antagonists that could combine against him.
He that sowes trusts in God.
No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.
Our Lord God doeth work like a printer who setteth the letters backwards; we see and feel well his setting, but we shall see the print yonder - in the life to come.
We grovel and "worship" and pray to God to do what we ourselves ought to have done a thousand years ago, and can do now, as soon as we choose.
God is coming to intersect us in our funeral processions.
. . . Nothing puzzles God
To believe, one must have lost God. To paint, one must have lost art.
Our feelings of separation from God will diminish as we become more childlike before Him. That is not easy in a world where the opinions of other human beings can have such an effect on our motives. But it will help us recognize this truth: God is close to us and aware of us and never hides from His faithful children.
Armenian is the language to speak with God.
God has appointed us captains of this our bodily fort, which, without treason to that majesty, are never to be delivered over till they are demanded.
They learned to have a very high opinion of God and a very low opinion of His works—although they could tell you that this world had been made by God Himself. What they didn’t see was that it is beautiful, and that some of the greatest beauties are the briefest.
If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.
He has been greatly missed since his retirement. . . Thank God for videotapes and DVDs. In this regard, he will always be around.