Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.

I DECLARE God is going before me making crooked places straight. He has already lined up the right people, the right opportunities and solutions to problems I haven't had. No person, no sickness, no disappointment, can stop His plan. What he promised will come to pass.

Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all.

Seekers are offered clues all the time from the world of spirit. Ordinary people call these clues coincidences

While we wait for God to work for us, God is waiting to work through us.

I say to Israel, the Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as president of this Church to lead you astray. It is not in the program. It is not in the mind of God. If I were to attempt that the Lord would remove me out of my place, and so He will any other man who attempts to lead the children of men astray from the oracles of God and from their duty.

God has put people in your life on purpose, Don't live to get, live to give.

A lot of people just think that that's unreasonable or preposterous. But you know, if everybody chose to do it God's way, the world would be a lot better off.

Sometimes, God uses difficult people, like sandpaper, to rub the rough edges off us.

If we will but let our God and Father work His will with us, there can be no limit to His enlargement of our existence

God works through people. It’s not me.

Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God.

Nothing can be more consoling to the man of God, than the conviction that the Lord who made the world governs the world; and that every event, great and small, prosperous and adverse, is under the absolute disposal of Him who doth all things well, and who regulates all things for the good of his people.

When God overcomes our difficulties for us, we have the assurance that we are engaged in His work and not our own

God will hear His people at the beginning of their prayers if the condition of their heart is ready for it.

If we keep our eyes fixed on God alone, then truly he must work in us and nothing, neither the crowd nor any place can hinder him in this.

My voice belongs to me, from God. People will comment, "Your voice helped me through." Maybe it’s God in me, because I don’t take credit for that.

We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.

God uses his Word, people and circumstances to mold us. All three are indispensable for character development. God's word provides the truth we need to grow, God's people provide the support we need to grow, and circumstances provide the environment we need to grow.

All you need to find and accomplish God's purpose in your life is God's permission and approval--not anyone else's. When you get in step with Him, there will be a glow on your face that will make people wonder what you're up to.

I attribute my talent and my success to God, but I believe that the only way you can manifest what He has ordained for you is by being close to Him and by making it happen. But we have to stay close to Him in order to be an image of Him.

When God sends his angel to the soul it becomes the one who knows for sure.

Be an observer of providence; for God is showing you ever, by the way in which He leads you, whither He means to lead. Study your trials, your talents, the world's wants, and stand ready to serve God now, in whatever He brings to your hand.

Shoulders are from God and burdens too.

I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side.