Ethan Allen Quotes

Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

This, I thought, is what is meant by 'thy will be done' in the Lord's Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God's will may not be the same. It means there's a good possibility that you won't get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer.

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, 'God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?'

Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.

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.

The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.

Man proposes, but God disposes.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

It's in God's hands.

Now, whether my not asking for good things to happen to me is subconsciously intended to win me brownie points with God is something I can't answer. But I do feel the need to give thanks and also not to feel hypocritical by asking for things when I have doubts that God would answer me.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

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

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.

What God hath wrought?

I don't believe in curses. I believe in God.

I trust in God, and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that, and there's nothing I can do about that.

Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.

You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.

I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.