“ You, yesterday’s boy,to whom confusion came:Listen, lest you forget who you are.It was not pleasure you fell into. It was joy.You were called to be bridegroom,though the bride coming toward you is you… Rainer Maria Rilke
“ Delighting in the Lord, knowing His Word, and committing yourself to Him are ways to ensure that your plans and desires for yourself match God’s plans. Elizabeth George
“ And yet…' he said, 'and yet, father, I am terribly afraid. I am afraid that the things the Landlord really intends for me may be utterly unlike the things he has taught me to desire.''they will be ver… C.S. Lewis
“ God’s desire is that Christians would not just be believers in word but He wants everyone who looks at us to see him in us Sunday Adelaja
“ Remember, we are all part of a great story that is really about God, not us. He is the number one character (read: winner), and we are all secondary (read: losers). Daniel Hochhalter
“ That he had no scruples; for, said he, when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, I am used to do so: I shall never do otherwise, if I am left to myself. If I fail not, then I give GOD… Brother Lawrence
“ This, Calvin realised, as Joey grinned and told him sweetly to “Suck that dick” was what it was like to be God: utter confidence, utter trust, utter ease with yourself, no move you could not make, no… David Pratt
“ ...you can't rationalize suffering - it's indeterminate - the real unknowable variable God substitutes in... John Geddes
“ We may not understand why certain things occur in our lives, but we understand who to run to when they do. Dillon Burroughs
“ Every man or woman who loves [God], they hate Him too, because He's a hard God, a jealous God, He Is, what He Is, and in this world He's apt to repay service with pain while those who do evil ride ove… Stephen King
“ The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith. John Ortberg
“ I fear you will never arrive at an understanding of God so long as you cannot bring yourself to see the good that often comes as a result of pain. For there is nothing, from the lowest, weakest tone o… George MacDonald
“ The readiest way which God takes to draw a man to himself is, to afflict him in that he loves most, and with good reason; and to cause this affliction to arise from some good action done with a single… John Wesley
“ As I took up life as a minister, I tried to understand why so many people resisted and rejected God, I soon realized that perhaps that main reason was affliction and suffering. ...But at the same time… Timothy J. Keller
“ For those who praise God and say “God is good,” or, ‘I’m so blessed,” when you get what YOU want, try praising Him and saying, “God is good,” and “I’m so blessed,” when you’re suffering. To do the fir… Donna Lynn Hope
“ We don’t have a good excuse before God if our nation and people are suffering as a result of our complacency Sunday Adelaja
