God's Will Quotes

• Being a Christan is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Sin, Discipleship, Avoiding

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• Our difficulty is not that we don't know God's will. Our discomfort comes from the fact that we do know His will, but we do not want to do it.

  Henry Blackaby

  Want, Facts, Difficulty

  Henry Blackaby, Richard Blackaby (1998). “Experiencing God Day by Day”, B&H Publishing Group

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• When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities.

  David Jeremiah

  God, Christian, Religious

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• If you are ignorant of God's Word, you will always be ignorant of God's will.

  Billy Graham

  Ignorant, Ifs, God's Will

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.37, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

  Timothy Keller

  Prayer, Mold, Purpose

  Timothy Keller (2013). “The Obedient Master”, p.14, Penguin

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• When your will is God's will, you will have your will.

  Charles Spurgeon

  God, Faith, Christian

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• God's plans for you are better than any plans you have for yourself. So don't be afraid of God's will, even if it's different from yours.

  Greg Laurie

  God, Christian, Different

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• The safest place to be is in the center of God's will.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  God's Will

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• Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do--then do it with all your strength.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, Strength, Christian

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• Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good.

  Watchman Nee

  God's Will

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• God doesn't work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of all, and for His ultimate glory.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Glory, Plans, Timetables

  Charles R. Swindoll (2009). “Jesus: The Greatest Life of All”, p.133, Thomas Nelson

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• God's will is hard only when it comes up against our stubbornness, then it is as cruel as a ploughshare and as devastating as an earthquake.

  Oswald Chambers

  Earthquakes, Stubbornness, Come Up

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• The whole duty of man is summed up in obedience to God's will.

  George Washington

  Men, Obedience, Duty

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• A willing heart is the first step in finding God's will in our lives. We cannot expect God to force us or to plead with us about the calling in our lives.

  David Jeremiah

  Life, Heart, Calling

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• If we are truly devoted to doing God's will, pain and pleasure won't make any difference to us.

  Brother Lawrence

  Pain, Differences, Pleasure

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• To live outside of God's will puts us in danger; to live in his will makes us dangerous.

  Erwin McManus

  Danger, Dangerous, God's Will

  Erwin Raphael McManus (2013). “An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind”, p.50, David C Cook

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• We must focus on prayer as the main thrust to accomplish God's will and purpose on earth. The forces against us have never been greater, and this is the only way we can release God's power to become victorious

  John C. Maxwell

  Christian, Prayer, Focus

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• If life is to have meaning, and if God's will is to be done, all of us have to accept who we are and what we are, give it back to God, and thank Him for the way He made us. What I am is God's gift to me; what I do with it is my gift to Him.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Thanksgiving, Done, Who We Are

  Warren W. Wiersbe (1994). “Be Myself: Memoirs of a Bridgebuilder”, Chariot Victor Publishing

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• Much of God's will for your life is already found in the Bible.

  Adrian Rogers

  Life Is, Found, God's Will

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• When we want to know God's will, there are three things which always concur: the inward impulse, the Word of God and the trend of circumstances. Never act until these three things agree.

  F.B. Meyer

  God, Three, Inward

  F. B. Meyer (1972). “Fellowship with God”

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• If you have the desire and passion to do something, and it's within God's will, you will achieve it.

  Nick Vujicic

  Passion, Desire, Achieve

  Nick Vujicic (2010). “Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life”, p.9, WaterBrook

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• You say you do not know what God's will is, but I'll tell you what it is. Above all it is that you know Christ and then that your neighbors hear about Christ. That is His will. So often we sit around twiddling our thumbs, dreaming about God's will in some distant future when we are not even willing to stand up on our own two feet, walk down the street, and do God's will right now.

  John F. MacArthur

  Dream, Two, Feet

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• In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not.

  C. S. Lewis

  Three, Might, Cups

  C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• When you are doing God's will everything seems to happen without much effort or many obstacles.

  Mary C. Neal

  God, Christian, Religious

  Mary C. Neal, M.D. (2012). “To Heaven and Back: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again: A True Story”, p.12, WaterBrook

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• Jonah saw God's will as punishment. Jesus saw God's will as nourishment.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Jesus, Punishment, Saws

  Warren W. Wiersbe (2005). “Bible Personalities: A Treasury of Insights for Personal Growth and Ministry”, p.71, Baker Books

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