Accepting God's Will Quotes

He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.

If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him.

Do you trust that God is for you even when He doesn’t give you what you asked for?

The trouble with us today, there are too many of us who put question marks instead of periods after what the Lord says. I want you to think about that. We shouldn't be concerned about why He said something, or whether or not it can be made so. Just trust the Lord. We don't try to find the answers or explanations. We shouldn't try to spend time explaining what the Lord didn't see fit to explain. We spend useless time.

God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.

Take the good with the evil, for ye all are pensioners of God, and none may choose or refuse the cup His wisdom mixeth.

You have to turn it around and say God still has a great plan for my life. I may not understand things that happen, but faith is all about trusting when you don't understand it.

It's good to have plans and dreams, but don't be surprised if God brings you somewhere else.

Freedom prospers only where the blessings of God are avidly sought, and humbly accepted.

I say this with care, but I wonder if a fierce, insistent desire for a miracle - even a physical healing - sometimes betrays a lack of faith rather than an abundance of it. When yearning for a miraculous resolution to a problem, do we make our loyalty to God contingent on whether he reveals himself yet again in the seen world?