--- title: "13 Extraordinary God Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 13 Extraordinary God quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Extraordinary God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/tim-scott-10898_difference_i-m-an-ordinary-guy-serving-an-extraordi_560170.jpg" --- > [I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God - and that makes the difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-scott/i-m-an-ordinary-guy-serving-an-extraordinary-god-and-that-makes-the/) [Tim Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/tim-scott-10898_difference_i-m-an-ordinary-guy-serving-an-extraordi_560170.jpg) > [When life seems tough, Remember that you have one extraordinary God to count on! He will never leave you!!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utsukushii/when-life-seems-tough-remember-that-you-have-one-extraordinary-god-to/) [Utsukushii](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utsukushii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/utsukushii-284973_god_when-life-seems-tough-remember-that-you_411136.jpg) > [“I refuse to be an ordinary man. You say, “Why do you?” Because I have an extraordinary God who makes extraordinary people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smith-wigglesworth/i-refuse-to-be-an-ordinary-man-you-say-why-do-you-because-i-have-an/) [Smith Wigglesworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smith-wigglesworth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/smith-wigglesworth-3559_extraordinary_i-refuse-to-be-an-ordinary-man-you-say-w_842687.png) > [“One ordinary woman connected to an extraordinary God can make a difference”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-farrel/one-ordinary-woman-connected-to-an-extraordinary-god-can-make-a/) [Pam Farrel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-farrel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/pam-farrel-44586_extraordinary_one-ordinary-woman-connected-to-an-extra_2550516.jpg) > [“An ordinary woman who makes herself available to an extraordinary God can do amazing things for God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george/an-ordinary-woman-who-makes-herself-available-to-an-extraordinary-god/) [Elizabeth George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/elizabeth-george-1393_amazing_an-ordinary-woman-who-makes-herself-avai_3017447.jpg) > [“Ordinary people who walk with an extraordinary God of grace and power, really can make a difference in other as yet unreached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-paterson/ordinary-people-who-walk-with-an-extraordinary-god-of-grace-and-power/) [Ross Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-paterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/ross-paterson-47373_extraordinary_ordinary-people-who-walk-with-an-extraor_163347.jpg) > [Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/forgive-me-for-being-so-ordinary-while-claiming-to-know-so/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/jim-elliot-7510_extraordinary_forgive-me-for-being-so-ordinary-while-c_1363464.jpg) > [There is nothing special about Tim Scott. I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God and that makes the difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-scott/there-is-nothing-special-about-tim-scott-i-m-an-ordinary-guy-serving/) [Tim Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/tim-scott-10898_about_there-is-nothing-special-about-tim-scott_1597197.jpg) > [Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/among-irrational-animals-the-love-of-the-offspring-and-of-the-parents/) [Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-basil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/saint-basil-4281_animal_among-irrational-animals-the-love-of-the_2922263.png) > [We have an extraordinary God. God is a mighty God, but this God needs you. When someone is hungry, bread doesn't come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/we-have-an-extraordinary-god-god-is-a-mighty-god-but-this-god-needs/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/desmond-tutu-442_bread_we-have-an-extraordinary-god-god-is-a-mi_173654.jpg) > [The way sometimes we preach we make out that God is waiting eagerly to catch us out. It's not that way at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/the-way-sometimes-we-preach-we-make-out-that-god-is-waiting-eagerly/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/desmond-tutu-442_extraordinary_the-way-sometimes-we-preach-we-make-out_772270.jpg) > [“When we take your person into account, you who are a young maiden, to whom God gives the strength and power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-de-pizan/when-we-take-your-person-into-account-you-who-are-a-young-maiden-to/) [Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-de-pizan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/christine-de-pizan-13257_courage_when-we-take-your-person-into-account-yo_1181304.jpg) > [“too often we look for the Spirit in the extraordinary when God has promised to be present in the ordinary.5”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-k-a-smith/too-often-we-look-for-the-spirit-in-the-extraordinary-when-god-has/) [James K.A. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-k-a-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/james-k-a-smith-11405_god-promised_too-often-we-look-for-the-spirit-in-the_48563.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extraordinary-god/#itemlist", "name": "Extraordinary God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God - and that makes the difference.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Scott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-scott/i-m-an-ordinary-guy-serving-an-extraordinary-god-and-that-makes-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/tim-scott-10898_difference_i-m-an-ordinary-guy-serving-an-extraordi_560170.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/tim-scott-10898_difference_i-m-an-ordinary-guy-serving-an-extraordi_560170.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/tim-scott-10898_difference_i-m-an-ordinary-guy-serving-an-extraordi_560170.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God - and that makes the difference.” — Tim Scott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When life seems tough, Remember that you have one extraordinary God to count on! 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