God's Will Quotes - Page 7

... all education must be unsound which does not propose for itself some object; and the highest of all objects must be that of living a life in accordance with God's Will.

Catharine Beecher

Education, Doe, Propose

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I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.

Joan of Arc

Sin, Knows, Dies

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I am dedicated to the belief that it is God's will that all men should strive for wisdom in themselves, not look to it from some other. Babes, perhaps, must have their food chewed for them by a nurse, but men may drink and eat of wisdom for themselves.

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Men, Nurse, Looks

Marion Zimmer Bradley (2001). “The Mists of Avalon”, p.317, Ballantine Books

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Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God's will.

Saint Francis de Sales

Hard Work, Heart, Balance

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One Harlem preacher likens us to the pink plastic spoons at Baskin Robbins: we give the world a foretaste of what lies ahead, the vision of the Biblical prophets. In a world gone astray we should be activity demonstrating here and now God's will for the planet.

Philip Yancey

Lying, Biblical, Giving

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Either we obey God's will who does not kill, or we make our own God's who allow us to make holy wars

Elias Chacour

War, Doe, Holy

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It is not God's will that you limp along in life believing that you are inadequate.

Louie Giglio

Believe, God's Will, Inadequate

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I think that sick people in Ankh-Morpork generally go to a vet. It's generally a better bet. There's more pressure on a vet to get it right. People say "it was god's will" when granny dies, but they get angry when they lose a cow.

Terry Pratchett

Thinking, People, Sick

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Prayer is a weapon, a mighty weapon in a terrible conflict. Our prayers are to be a continual, conscious, earnest effort of battle, the battle against whatever is not God's will.

Peter Forsyth

Prayer, Effort, Battle

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There's an element of realism to it. I immersed myself more in the subject as a young adult. Then I started to get involved with a lot of people that were involved in it, and they would just bring me along basically. And I learned and decided that my Christian charity, what I wanted to do to serve God's will, was to help people that were ensnared by the demonic.

Ralph Sarchie

Christian, People, Adults

Source: collider.com

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It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.

Lawrence Block

Waiting, World, Knowing God

Lawrence Block (1997). “Even the wicked: a Matthew Scudder novel”, Thorndike Pr

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God's will is clear about many things. We're to be holy. I like the metaphor that his Word is a lamp to our feet. A lamp may help guide my next one or two steps, but it's not a crystal ball into the future.

Craig Groeschel

Feet, Two, Next

Source: www.biblegateway.com

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A sober, devout man will interpret 'God's will' soberly and devoutly. A fanatic, with bloodshot mind, will interpret 'God's will' fanatically. Men of extreme, illogical views will interpret 'God's will' in eccentric fashion. Kindly, charitable, generous men will interpret 'God's will' according to their character.

E. Haldeman-Julius

Fashion, Character, Men

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Every person in the world, including yourself, will encounter various trials throughout life. Satan seeks to defeat you by tempting you to trust your own wisdom, to live according to your self-centered feelings, and to gratify the desires of your flesh. In contrast, God's will is for you to be an overwhelming conqueror in all of these tests for His honor and glory.

John C. Broger

Self, Feelings, Honor

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Just as God's will is creation and is called 'the world' so His intention is the salvation of men, and it is called 'the Church.'

Clement of Alexandria

Christian, Men, Church

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I randomly opened a Bible to the passages in Revelation about being lukewarm. I realized that I had been living lukewarm. I wanted the best of both worlds. I wanted to fit in. And there's nothing wrong with fitting in if it's within God's will, but I wasn't willing to sacrifice the things that I wanted. That's when my faith became real to me.

Matt Diaz

Real, Sacrifice, World

Source: www.beliefnet.com

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My desire is to strive toward perfection; to be as much in harmony with God's will as possible; to live up to the highest light I have. I'm still not perfect, of course, but I grow daily... I am able to do everything I am called to do, and I do know what I need to know to do my part in the Divine Plan. And I do experience the happiness of living in harmony with God's will for me.

Peace Pilgrim

Light, Perfect, Desire

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Humanity can only improve as people improve. When you have improved your life, you can inspire those around you to want to improve their lives. Remember that a few in harmony with God's will are more powerful than multitudes out of harmony.

Peace Pilgrim

Powerful, People, Inspire

Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.162, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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Penance is the willingness to undergo hardships for the achievement of a good purpose. I was willing. But when hardships came I found myself lifted above them. Instead of hardship, I found a wonderful sense of peace and joy and conviction that I was following God's will. Blessings instead of hardships are showered upon me.

Peace Pilgrim

Blessing, Achievement, Joy

Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.30, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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To appeal to God is to appeal to the action of universal love. Love never fails to come when we call to it, but it will always seem to fail us when our bidding is self-centered. The most powerful prayers are simply for God's will to be done, because God's will is healing for all living things.

Marianne Williamson

Prayer, Powerful, Healing

Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.100, Random House

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I just take one day at a time, pray, and know that whatever happens is God's will, so there's nothing I can do to change that.

Javon Ringer

One Day At A Time, Praying, Whatever Happens

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Through heaven and earth
God's will moves freely, and I follow it,
As color follows light. He overflows
The firmamental walls with deity,
Therefore with love; His lightnings go abroad,
His pity may do so, His angels must,
Whene'er He gives them charges.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Wall, Moving, Angel

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “The Poetical Works of”, p.28

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As we look into the future, we are going to need to be stronger and more responsible for our choices in a world where people "call evil good, and good evil." We do not choose wisely if we use our agency in opposition to God's will or to priesthood counsel. Tomorrow's blessings and opportunities depend on the choices we make today.

James E. Faust

Blessing, Opportunity, Agency

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The plan of spiritual evolution is marked not only by God's will that we move ever in the direction of love, nut also by another of God's creative principles: that humanity has free will. What that means is that in any given moment, it is our choice whether we move toward love or retreat from it. What is not love is fear. But in the larger scheme of things, there is a limit past which lovelessness cannot remain. Fear is not life-giving enough to sustain itself. We can move in the direction of fear only so long before it brings us to our knees, or to our end.

Marianne Williamson

Spiritual, Moving, Mean

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Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another. War springs from the love and loyalty which should be offered to God being applied to some God substitute, one of the most dangerous being nationalism.

Robert Runcie

Loyalty, Spring, War

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