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100 Inspirational God Quotes
1. “God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress.” – Kelly Clarkson
2. “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.” – Joan Rivers
3. “Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.” – Joyce Meyer
4. “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” – Reinhold Niebuhr
5. “Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.” – Hans Christian Andersen
6. “Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
7. “Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God's way of moving you in another direction.” – Oprah Winfrey
8. “Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.” – Francine Rivers
10. “Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.” – Criss Jami
11. “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” – Corrie Ten Boom
12. “I don't stand for black man's side, I don't stand for white man's side, I stand for God's side.” – Bob Marley
13. “We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” – C.S. Lewis
14. “Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.” – Martin Luther
15. “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” – Soren Kierkegaard
16. “Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.” – Socrates
17. “God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing” -. C. S. Lewis
18. “God made you a masterpiece – be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.” – Joel Osteen
19. “God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.” – Pope Francis
20. “I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.” – A. R. Rahman
21. “Every day is a gift from God. There's no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.” – Joel Osteen
22. “God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?” – William Arthur Ward
23. “Pray, and let God worry.” – Martin Luther
24. “God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.” – Desmond Tutu
26. “God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.” – Billy Graham
27. “Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” – Saint Augustine
28. “We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.” – C.S. Lewis
29. “Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.” – Ben Carson
30. “Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.” – Robert H. Schuller
31. “I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.” – Jim Valvano
32. “If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.” – Elbert Hubbard
34. “I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.” – DMX
35. “Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
36. “I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors.” – Joel Osteen
38. “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.” – Jesus Christ
39. “Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.” – Will Smith
40. “Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
42. “God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.” – Arthur Young
43. “Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.” – Lawrence Welk
44. “God gives us relatives; thank God, we can choose our friends.” – Addison Mizner
45. “Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.” – Garrison Keillor
46. “You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
47. “God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.” – Jim Elliot
48. “No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!” – T.D. Jakes
49. “God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.” – Elbert Hubbard
50. “Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius
51. “Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” – Leo Buscaglia
52. “God already knows what we're made of, but perhaps He wants us to learn what we're made of. I think we would all agree that we learn more from our tough times than from our easy times.” – John Bytheway
53. “I'm blessed and I thank God for every day for everything that happens for me.” – Lil Wayne
54. “I am blessed to have so many great things in my life – family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.” – Lil' Kim
55. “God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations, but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process, and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all, suffering will cease.” – Bernie Siegel
56. “I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts… He gave me courage and faith in myself.” – Loretta Young
57. “God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.” – Chanakya
58. “God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” – Voltaire
59. “When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.” – Joel Osteen
60. “So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don't listen very well. I'm very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don't let anything stand in my way.” – Chantal Sutherland
61. “Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
62. “Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.” – Prince
63. “You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.” – Swami Vivekananda
64. “God always strives together with those who strive.” – Aeschylus
65. “We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.” – Mother Teresa
66. “Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” – John Wooden
67. “Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time.” – Lex Luger
68. “After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world.” – Christian Dior
69. “I do believe that God blessed me in life with a wonderful family, a successful career, and a loving marriage, and remain thankful for that blessing.” – Bonnie Tyler
70. “I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.” – Joyce Meyer
71. “Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.” – Soren Kierkegaard
72. “When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.” – F. Sionil Jose
74. “Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, ‘I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you… If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be.” – Joel Osteen
75. “Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.” – Madonna Ciccone
76. “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” – William Shakespeare
77. “Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you're supposed to be.” – Joel Osteen
78. “The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.” – Maya Angelou
79. “First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.” – Oksana Baiul
80. “To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.” – Nancy Reagan
81. “Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.” – Rumi
82. “Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.” – Swami Vivekananda
83. “God's mercy is fresh and new every morning.” – Joyce Meyer
84. “I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He's given you… but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things… he's not a small God; this God is incredible.” – Joel Osteen
85. “I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.” – Robert Baden-Powell
86. “I know why I am here and my only real focused goal is to live each day to the fullest and to try and honor God and be an encouragement to others. What the future holds is firmly in God's hands, and I am very happy about that!” – Ken Hensley
87. “For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.” – Martin Luther
88. “When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me”. – Erma Bombeck
89. “Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped.” – Charles Stanley
90. “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” – Rudyard Kipling
91. “Anything under God's control is never out of control.” – Charles R. Swindoll
92. “My philosophy is: Life is hard, but God is good. Try not to confuse the two.” – Anne F. Beiler
93. “I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.” – Pat Buckley
94. “In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.” – Leo Tolstoy
95. “Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.” – Elvis Presley
96. “God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don't have to be Einstein, but Einstein was mentally tough. He believed what he believed. And he worked out things. And he argued with people who disagreed with him. But I'm sure he didn't call everybody jerks.” – Clint Eastwood
97. “Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.” – Beyonce Knowles
98. “If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.” – Mel Brooks
99. “Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.” – Kelsey Grammer
100. “It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. This is a design of God that I appreciate and cherish.” – Steve Maraboli
• Man has to start with something and then develop it - he cannot ever make anything from nothing, only God can do that and call forth the creation. Margaret Weston, How Do I Know God?
Inspirational Quotes
• Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog. Philip Yancey
Famous
• There is nothing you could ever do that would change the way God feels about you. John Burke, Imagine Heaven Devotional
Feeling
• God is love. God proved His love not by His need of us, but by His giving to us. T. D. Jakes, Hope for Every Moment
God's Love
• A high view of God and a low view of man affects how a church views salvation, not principally for the sake of man, but for the glory of God. Jeffrey D. Johnson, The Church: Why Bother?
Church
• So at least let me briefly state that the Bible is not man's best thoughts about God, but rather-and there is ample evidence-the Bible is in fact God's thoughts on paper. Michael Fabarez, Raising Men, Not Boys Quotes About God's Word The Bible
• Many people forget - or don't even know - that our God is also the magnificent Creator of marriage. June Hunt, Marriage: To Have and to Hold
Marriage
• The connection you share with Father God matters more than any other relationship you have. Tasha K Douglas, My Beautiful Daughter
Relationship
• "The 'otherness' of God is mind boggling. It is incomprehensible for us. He is so unlike us that it should inspire wonder and awe - and yet He became like us to rescue our souls. It is good for us to meditate on His greatness, knowing that we will never fully understand Him." Michael Garland, The Lifted Veil
Greatness
• "When you decide to spend time with God in prayer and studying His word, patience and energy are paramount here as well." Pauline Creeden, 101 Faith Notes
Time
• "He is the same God, yesterday, today, and forever. He is our heavenly Father who is merciful, kind, and full of compassion." Vincent KMC, One Book: Where Do We Go From Here?
Compassion
• "Whether it is the big picture of God that is distorted, or little tidbits of Him that have been twisted over the years, we need to make sure our definition of God is in line with Scripture." Michelle Lynn Brown, The Trampled Rose Devotional
Words of Encouragement
• Don't blame God for the suffering in this world! Blame human beings for personally choosing the path leading to heartache and sorrow. Robert H. Schuller
Blame
• "God allows rejection to come into our lives so that we may have the painful privilege of sharing in the fellowship of Christ's sufferings." Frank Viola, God's Favorite Place on Earth
Pain
• Value what you have and who you are. God didn't make you purely to receive and experience problems. Faith Starr, Stop Self-Sabotaging and Shift your Paradigm to Success
Experience
• People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. Jesus, Matthew 4:4
Quotes About God's Word The Bible
• God's word is tailor-made for gray-slush days. It sends a beam of light through the fog. It signals safety when we fear we'll never make it through. Charles R. Swindoll, Great Attitudes for Graduates!
Fear
• Every Christian would agree that a man's spiritual health is exactly proportional to his love for God. C. S. Lewis, Preparing for Easter
Spiritual
• I think God puts ideas of desire, faith, love, joy and peace in the subconscious mind, even if they sometimes they get trampled on by those negative thoughts of fear, pride, jealousy, greed or hate. Richard Massafra, The Invisible Marriage Counselor
Ideas
• God knows your heart and is not concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. Jeanette Duby, Bridge to Grace
Attitude
• Even though God gave mankind through the power of choice the ability to apply and accept wisdom and knowledge, He also gave us the choice whether to accept His ways along with wisdom and knowledge. Carol Bright, Determined Means
Choices
• Do not be thinking of how little you have to bring God, but of how much He wants to give you. Andrew Murray, Lord, Teach Us To Pray
Quote of The Day
• If we could understand how near God is to us, and how easy it is to "practice His Presence" how different our lives would be! It seems that we are too busy doing things FOR Him, to do things WITH Him. James W. Goll, The Lost Art of Practicing His Presence
Practice
Jesus
• But when our Lord shed his blood on the cross, He did not cry vengeance!! Instead He cried: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23: 34). Mathew Sunny, The Blessed Christian Walk
Easter
• One must be open to receiving God's Word and the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. This is what it means to have 'ears to hear.' Dan Delzell, What Would Jesus Say to Churches Today?
Open Minded
• We are finite beings, and God is infinitely greater than any thoughts we can contain about divine reality in our wondrous but tiny minds. Miroslav Volf, Free of Charge
Inspirational Messages
• You can't understand why the road doesn't get easier, why God doesn't remove the stones and straighten the path. If God did that, you might never get to the top, because the bumps are what you can climb on. Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bumps Are What You Climb On
Obstacles
• There's never a day that goes by that I don't think about God. More than thinking, I experience the presence of God in most of my waking moments. Wayne Dyer, 21 Days to Master Success and Inner Peace
Thinking
• When people are expecting God to bring revival in the way they have known in the past but it actually comes in a totally different form, it seems easy for them to reject it. David Herzog, Living in the Glory Every Day
Inspirational Sayings
• When we finally see what God has called us to do, we can look back and realize that our past is the key to unlocking the 'door' to our purpose. E'yen A Gardner, Chosen One
Purpose
• By creating the Holy Spirit, God provided a way to bring His Voice to each of His children as they went out into the world so that they could always remember the Truth of Who and What they are. DavidPaul Doyle; Doyle, Candace, The Voice for Love
Children
• The Preaching of the gospel is a great opportunity to share with the people of God some wonderful and enriching insights that shed a tremendous light unveiling the truths of God. Dr Joseph R Rogers Sr, Christmas Sermons S
Opportunity
• The Christmas color of red isn't random; it is the color of the blood that flowed from the wounds of Jesus Christ as He died for the sins of the world, making available to you the greatest gift you could ever receive in a billion times a billion years. Greg Laurie, Red The Color of Christmas
Christmas
• There are two kinds of people in this world - those who are made of the essence of God and KNOW that they are one with this Essence and those who are made of the essence of God but do not know it. Lateef Terrell Warnick, Know Thyself
Positive
• In our trials and failures, God desires to draw us closer to him through his Word, prayer, and the saints. Gregory Brown, Philippians: Pursuing Spiritual Maturity
Failure
• All through Scripture the heavens are associated with the dwelling place of God, and it is clear that we should seek to dwell where God dwells. Gerald Flurry, Daniel Unlocks Revelation
Heaven
• God chose Mary for many reasons, but many are left wondering why He picked a women as young, poor, and vulnerable as Mary. Perhaps it was to demonstrate that God sees everyone as equals, and there is no class distinction when it comes to Kingdom matters. Sarah Lawrence, Mary Mother Of Jesus
Encouraging
• Living for God requires that we yield our thoughts to Him. Meaning every thought should be filtered through the Father. Lynn R. Davis, I Am Positive
Inspirational Quotes about Life
• God's messengers come in all sizes, all colors, and all ages - male and female. We're all called to the ministry of reconciliation. Nan Jones, The Perils of a Pastor's Wife
Diversity
• Too often we rush into God's presence and ask for things, without first pausing to worship Him. Josh Hunt, The Great Books -- Knowing God
Daily Inspiration
• In order to become all God wants us to be, we have to free ourselves from any unrealistic expectations we have placed on ourselves. Jason E. Royle, Jesus vs. Santa
Freedom
• Praying for a long time, using many words or repetition doesn't mean we are more likely to get God's attention. I really don't know why we feel that God will hear us more clearly like that. This Scripture makes it clear that it's not about words, length or repetition, because God knows anyway. Rob White, Teach us to Pray
Prayer
• The final words of the Savior were words of His human needs; He hung on the cross to save others, the greatest commitment indeed. Greta Zwaan, Christ's Journey
Commitment
• You should be courageous, not because of who you are and what you've done, but because of who God is and what He has done! Wayne A. Mack, Courage: Fighting Fear with Fear
Courage
• Whatever I may know about God, I won't really know God personally until I spend time with Him and depend on Him. Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today
Trust God
• O thou, by whom we come to God,
the Life, the Truth, the Way;
the path of prayer thyself hast trod:
Lord, teach us how to pray!
James Montgomery, The Soul's Sincere Desire
Prayer Poems
• God said that when we have His joy that our joy would be full or leveled up, in other words that His joy will satisfy us. Sahne Callahan, Joy Through Presence
Joy
• We have been wired for success - living in God's image and walking in His divine characteristics - but we have been programmed for failure! James B. Richards, Wired for Success, Programmed for Failure
Success
• The vehicle for gaining intimacy with God as a Christian is regular communication with God. We are to listen to God as he speaks to us through his Word, and we are to respond to God with our honest thoughts, feelings, and decisions. Dr. Gary Chapman, Now You're Speaking My Language
Communication
• God's word is not just to be heard and repeated; it is to be breathed, lived, and emulated with each action. Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
Action
• At Bethlehem God struck a blow to liberate the world from sin and death. And his front line soldier was a tiny baby boy. Ray Pritchard, Joy to the World!
Death
• As children of God, we need genuine compassion for others, even those with whom we may not necessarily be able to relate or with whom we don't have shared experience. Shari Howerton, Breaking the Chains
Compassion
• With the help of the Holy Spirit you can then evaluate not only the things of man but also the things of God - not just the how but the why. Brian Johnston, Windows to Faith
Faith
• Man approaches God most nearly when he is in one sense least like God. For what can be more unlike than fullness and need, sovereignty and humility, righteousness and penitence, limitless power and a cry for help? C. S. Lewis, Preparing for Easter
Easter Poems
• The motion of God will help you to choose to create rather than react. Debra Ann, Messaging
• Jesus's command to follow him is a command to align our loves and longings with his - to want what God wants, to desire what God desires, to hunger and thirst after God and crave a world where he is all in all -a vision encapsulated by the shorthand "the kingdom of God." James K. A. Smith, You Are What You Love
Vision
• The truth is that God is the source of all goodness and good things: "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above." (James 1:17, NASB). Kevin Gerald, Good Things
God Is Good
• People say that God doesn't speak directly to us, but I know that if you want to hear what God is saying to you, all you have to do is ask. Jodi Arndt, Little Moments Big God
Christian Quotes about Life
• We're influenced by the preachers and sermons we hear. God speaks to us through them. Rob Westbrook, Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors
Influence
• God my light, let my candle burn.
So all can see and live and learn.
Lord, never let me hide this flame.
So I can be with you in Jesus's name.
Jason Kirk Bartley, God My Light
Poems of Faith
• When Paul speaks about the gospel of God, he is not saying that it is a message about God, but that it is a message that belongs to God. R.C.Sproul, What is the Great Commission?
Top 10 God Quotes
• So don't blame God for disasters - wars are not started by Him;
Blame the leaders of nations, those who have made life so grim.
Greta Zwaan, In The Trenches
Veterans Day Poems