God Instead Quotes

22 quotes by 19 authors

Prayer is often a temptation to bank on a miracle of God instead of on a moral issue, i.e., it is much easier to ask… — Oswald Chambers
If churches saw their mission in the same way, there is no telling what might happen. What if people were invited to come tell what… — Barbara Brown Taylor
Material possessions in themselves are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing, shelter and food. Yet if we refuse to share what… — Pope Benedict XVI
Oh the folly of any mind that would explain God before obeying Him! That would map out the character of God instead of crying, Lord,… — George MacDonald
Stop thinking about your difficulties, whatever they are, and start thinking about God instead. — Emmet Fox
It appears to me that men are trying to speak for God instead of letting God speak for himself. — Theodore M. Burton
When we say we begin with God, we begin with our idea of God, and our idea of God is not God. Instead, we ought… — E. Stanley Jones
Orthodoxy is idolatry if it means holding the 'correct opinions about God' - 'fundamentalism' is the most extreme and salient example of such idolatry -… — John D. Caputo
Mingled vanity and pride appear in this, that when miserable men do seek after God, instead of ascending higher than themselves as they ought to… — John Calvin
Spiritual lust causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God Himself who gives the answer. — Oswald Chambers
Spiritual lust--'I must have it at once'--causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God himself who gives the answer. Is today… — Oswald Chambers
The roadblocks to growth and joy come when we forget the bigness of God & instead make people bigger than He is. — Mary E. DeMuth
... for our sake loosing within Himself the bonds of bodily birth, He granted us through spiritual birth, according to our own volition, power to… — Maximus the Confessor
[T]he scripture worshippers put the writings ahead of God. Instead of interpreting God's actions in nature, for example, they interpret nature in the light of… — Sheri S. Tepper
Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would do if the stars only came out once every thousand years. No one would sleep that night,… — Paul Hawken
Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of… — Peter Kreeft
Authentic love is obviously something good. When we love we become most fully human. But people often consider themselves loving when actually they are possessive… — Pope Benedict XVI
Count your blessings instead of your troubles. Count your smiles instead of your tears. Count on GOD instead of others. — Anmol Andore
I rather take the long road with GOD instead of the Short road I learn more the long way,with patience,love,understanding... — FRENCHQUEEN
If you'll chase God instead of your dreams, all your dreams will come true. — Werley Nortreus

Who Wrote These God Instead Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 22 God Instead Quotes as follows: