Commitment To God Quotes - Page 9

• May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Servant Of God, Joy, May

  “'I'm just a pilgrim,' Benedict XVI says in public farewell” by Laura Smith-Spark and Richard Allen Greene, www.cnn.com. March 1, 2013.

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• You don't need everyone to help you. You just need one touch of favor, and you will accomplish in a split second what could have taken your whole lifetime.

  Joel Osteen

  Taken, Needs, Splits

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• Dear young people, Jesus gives us life, life in abundance. If we are close to him we will have joy in our hearts and a smile on our face.

  Pope Francis

  Smile, Happy, Jesus

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.84, SPCK

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• In a world often marked by selfishness, a large family is a school of solidarity and sharing; and this attitude is to the benefit of society as a whole.... I always thank the Lord in seeing mothers and fathers of large families, together with their children, committed to the life of the Church and of society.

  Pope Francis

  Mother, Children, Attitude

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• Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Each Day, Praying

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• Even on the cross He did not hide Himself from sight; rather, He made all creation witness to the presence of its Maker.

  Athanasius of Alexandria

  Jesus, Sight, Servant Of God

  Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, Aeterna Press (2016). “Saint Athanasius of Alexandria Collection [6 Books]”, p.312, Aeterna Press

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• If you say: I believed in God, I trusted God and He didn't come through - You only trusted God to meet your agenda.

  Timothy Keller

  Trust, Servant Of God, Agendas

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• Sometimes what we think is a disappointment, is really God getting us in position to go to a new level.

  Joel Osteen

  Disappointment, Positive Attitude, Thinking

  Twitter post from Sep 18, 2012

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• In times of prosperity we are apt to forget God; we imagine it does not matter whether we recognise Him or not. As long as we are comfortably clothed and fed and looked after, our civilisation becomes an elaborate means of ignoring God.

  Oswald Chambers

  Mean, Long, Doe

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.331, Discovery House

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• To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents.

  Pope Francis

  Children, Mean, Servant Of God

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.60, SPCK

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• What is possible for you in Christ Jesus depends on your capacity to believe.

  T. B. Joshua

  Jesus, Believe, Christ

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• True religion is not about possessing the truth. No religion does that. It is rather an invitation into a journey that leads one toward the mystery of God. Idolatry is religion pretending that it has all the answers.

  John Shelby Spong

  Journey, Religion, Doe

  "Q&A on The Parliament of the World's Religions". Weekly mailing, September 5, 2007.

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• If I have to change my religious beliefs, I would not marry the person that I love because the first person that I love is God, who created me. And I have my faith and my principles and this is what makes me who I am. And if that person loves me, he should love my God too.

  Shamcey Supsup

  Religious, Love Is, Who I Am

  "Miss Universe 2011: Did 'Love my God' Answer Cost Shamcey Supsup the Crown?" by Ravelle Mohammed, www.christianpost.com. September 13, 2011.

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• Remember: even the smallest drop of God's strength is more than enough to cover our frailties, our shortcomings, and the places where we deem ourselves weak.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Remember, Enough, Weak

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Mar 12, 2016

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• Grace will expose the deepest issues of your heart, then point you to the Cross which covers everything that's been exposed.

  Paul David Tripp

  Heart, Issues, Grace

  Twitter post from Feb 24, 2015

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• By faith I accepted Him for what He claimed to be, the Son of the Living God. That simple decision changed my life, and I have seen it change the lives of countless others across the world.

  Billy Graham

  Son, Simple, Decision

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.99, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

  John Calvin

  Doe, Ifs

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• God can do nothing for me until I recognize the limits of what is humanly possible, allowing Him to do the impossible.

  Oswald Chambers

  God, Christian, Limits

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.309, Discovery House

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• I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.

  Pope Francis

  Prayer, May, Helping

  Pope Francis @Pontifex, twitter.com. January 22, 2014.

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• The mind that is full of God is empty of anxiety. Are you troubled, restless, sleepless? Then think of God more!

  Max Lucado

  Thinking, Anxiety, Mind

  Twitter post from May 04, 2015

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• Everything that is loved, if it is not loved for His sake then this love is nothing but distress and punishment. Every action that is not performed for His sake then it is wasted and severed. Every heart that does not reach Him is wretched; veiled from achieving its success and happiness.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Heart, Love Is, Punishment

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• If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

  Donald Miller

  Long, God Love, Ifs

  FaceBook post by Donald Miller from Jan 19, 2014

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• Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God's voice is its most essential part. Listening to God's voice is the secret of the assurance that He will listen to mine.

  Andy Murray

  Prayer, Voice, Secret

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• The most simple way to stay encouraged is to feed your heart on what He is doing, not on what He hasn't done. If you can't see what He is doing, feed on what He has done in the past.

  Bill Johnson

  Heart, Past, Simple

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• One of the side effects of losing intimacy with God is that at some point we stop doing ministry out of imagination and we begin doing it out of memory.

  Bill Johnson

  Memories, Imagination, Ministry

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