John Wesley Quotes

I want to be a good steward and make sure what's in my heart is what God wants, and then once it's done and released, at that point it's up to God and what he does on the back end.

Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.

We are to yield to the authority God has in place, and look to Him to find out what He would have us to do about those things that are concerning to us.

God can show you just what you need to give, even if you don't know exactly why you're giving it. That's why we should always seek God and prepare to give Him our very best.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.

God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.

As always, I am receptive to whatever doors God may open.

I always ask God if it is his will, and if so, then let it be. Whatever comes out of it I will accept it. That's the message I got and that's why I'm here at Hull.

You pray for things, and you know, we all have our wishlists, but I've learned to pray for whatever's in your will.

There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking His guidance of it, or insult Him by taking it into our own hands.

Spread out your petition before God, and then say, "Thy will, not mine, be done." The sweetest lesson I have learned in God's school is to let the Lord choose for me.

The power of prayer is like turning on a light as it illuminates God's purpose for our lives. There is no greater connection to knowing His will other than the word.

Prayer doesn't bend God's arm but it's guaranteed to bend our hearts toward His will. Worry less. Pray more.

Leadership is an act of submission to God. To be a leader means listening to all kinds of people and situations. Out of that listening, we are hoping to discern the mind of God as best we can. This is the price of leadership - it's an act of sacrifice. So leadership is part and parcel of the work of submission to God.

It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It is possible when there is great faith and love and the absence of contention.

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.