God S Sovereignty Quotes

“You start to live when you commit your life to cause higher than yourself. You must learn to depend on divine power for the fulfillment of a higher calling.”
― Lailah GiftyAkita

“God sovereignly decreed that man should be free to exercise moral choice, and man from the beginning has fulfilled that decree by making his choice between good and evil. When he chooses to do evil, he does not thereby countervail the sovereign will of God but fulfills it, inasmuch as the eternal decree decided not which choice the man should make but that he should be free to make it. If in His absolute freedom God has willed to give man limited freedom, who is there to stay His hand or say, 'What doest thou?' Man’s will is free because God is sovereign. A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy

“A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so.”
― A.W. Tozer

“Men are not generally sufficiently aware of the distinction between the law of God and his purpose; they are apt to suppose, that as the temper of the sinner is contrary to the one, so the outrages of the sinner are able to defeat the other; than which nothing can be more false.”
― John Witherspoon

“Providence then - and this is what is most important to grasp - is not the same thing as a universal teleology. To believe in divine and unfailing providence is not to burden one's conscience with the need to see every event in this world not only as an occasion for God's grace, but as a positive determination of God's will whereby he brings to pass a comprehensive design that, in the absence of any single one of these events, would not have been possible. It may seem that this is to draw only the finest of logical distinction, one so fine indeed as to amount to little more than a sophistry. Some theologians - Calvin, for instance - have denied that the distinction between what God wills and what he permits has any meaning at all. And certainly there is no unanimity in the history of Christian exegesis on this matter. Certain classic Western interpretations of Paul's treatment of the hardening of Pharaoh's heart and of the hardened heart of Israel in Romans 9 have taken it as a clear statement of God's immediate determination of his creatures' wills. But in the Eastern Christian tradition, and in the thought of many of the greatest Western theologians, the same argument has often been understood to assert no more than that God in either case allowed a prior corruption of the will to run its course, or even - like a mire in the light of the sun - to harden the outpouring of God's fiery mercy, and always for the sake of a greater good that will perhaps redound even to the benefit of the sinner. One might read Christ's answer to his disciples' question regarding why a man had been born blind - 'that the works of God should be made manifest in him' (John 9:3) - either as a refutation or as a confirmation of the distinction between divine will and permission. When all is said and done, however, not only is the distinction neither illogical nor slight; it is an absolute necessity if - setting aside, as we should, all other judgments as superstitious, stochastic, and secondary - we are to be guided by the full character of what is revealed of God in Christ. For, after all, if it is from Christ that we are to learn how God relates himself to sin, suffering, evil, and death, it would seem that he provides us little evidence of anything other than a regal, relentless, and miraculous enmity: sin he forgives, suffering he heals, evil he casts out, and death he conquers. And absolutely nowhere does Christ act as if any of these things are part of the eternal work or purposes of God.”
― David Bentley Hart, The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?

“God decided to create a world where free will was more important than no one ever getting hurt. There must be something stunningly beautiful and remarkable about free will that only God can truly grasp, because God hates, literally abhors, evil, yet He created a world where evil could happen if people chose it.”
― Dee Henderson

“The four sprang forward affrighted. No hand had ever been laid upon them except in love; they had been nurtured ever so tenderly; and as they grew, their confidence in man became a lesson to men beautiful to see. What should such dainty natures do under such indignity but leap as from death? Forward they sprang as with one impulse, and forward leaped the car. Past question, every experience is serviceable to us. Where got Ben-Hur the large hand and mighty grip which helped him now so well? Where but from the oar with which so long he fought the sea? And what was this spring of the floor under his feet to the dizzy eccentric lurch with which in the old time the trembling ship yielded to the beat of staggering billows, drunk with their power? So he kept his place, and gave the four free rein, and called to them in soothing voice, trying merely to guide them round the dangerous turn; and before the fever of the people began to abate, he had back the mastery.”
― Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

“God's timing is magnificent.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Granted, God is sovereign and can speak as he pleases—through a proof text, a poem, or Balaam’s donkey. But we do not regularly seek out donkeys to tell us how to live.”
― Craig S. Keener, Gift and Giver

“Sometimes it’s about knowing people, all of the time, it’s about knowing God!”
― Chinonye J. Chidolue

“We may not always understand the why. But we can trust the Who.”
― Jennifer Spredemann

“God is lovingly guiding our lives, and we can be confident of His authority over any situation we may face. He never allows anything to happen without a reason.”
― Teresa Santoski, Prayers for Oppa: From K-pop to J-pop, A Devotional for Performers & their Fans

“WE COMMENTED TO Corrie about the practicalness of the things she recalled, how her memories seemed to throw a spotlight on problems and decisions we faced here and now. "But," she said, "this is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for a future that only He can see.”
― Elizabeth Sherrill, The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

“But what kind of society will we have if our responsibilities are set by man, and not by God?”
― John Witherspoon

“In order for us to be on the right side of history, our existence and transformation—rather than our destruction—need to glorify God.”
― Brian S. Holmes, The Empowered Christian Road Map: A Guide for Evangelicals: 8 Key Principles for Unswerving Faith, Laser-Focused Direction, and a Life Driven by Purpose and Action

“In these moments of waiting, questioning, searching, or restlessness, God is not concerned with giving us "the answer" or the ending...God is more concerned with the journey...It's not about the result, it's about the wrestling.”
― Rebecca Greenfield, RAW: Inner Workings of a Reawakened Soul

“[T]he single answer to the ‘whys’ in life is God’s sovereignty.”
― Norma Gail, Land of My Dreams

“God is a supreme being.
God is a great God of wonders.
God is love and life
God is faithful to His promises.
God is all powerful and mighty.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“God is powerful.
God is mighty.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“[For the genuine believer] There are moments in life when God's pursuit of us seems like that of a persistent mosquito, constantly buzzing around our heads and causing us pain, and we are utterly powerless to shake him off.”
― Ian M. Duguid

“Every day is divine.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“The Creator is Sovereign Lord.
We are Sovereign being.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“The glorious riches of God are inexhaustible.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“I do not hail myself as an atheist, for I am not an atheist. In fact, I have met God, felt God and even lived in God, same as the prophets of human history. But mark you, humanism cannot be compromised because of some doctrines presented as God’s command. In the domain of transcendence, all commands received by the mind, are created by the mind itself. They manifest as divine revelations, but in reality, they are revelations rising from the mind itself. And as such, they have potential to be both good and evil.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Principia Humanitas

“Enough of problems,' Anu said, lifting her teacup to her lips. 'We shall focus on God's goodness. Nothing good or bad happens to us but what it first passes through the Father's hand.”
― Colleen Coble, Beyond a Doubt

“Think big. Pray bigger. Grace is at work for you in ways you're too human to understand.”
― Andrena Sawyer

“Understanding and submitting to God’s sovereignty strengthens us, comforts us and instills in us a heart of rest and worship.”
― Prasanth Jonathan

“It is a mercy that our lives are not left for us to plan, but that our Father chooses for us; else might we sometimes turn away from our best blessings, and put from us the choicest and loveliest gifts of His providence.”
― Susannah Spurgeon

“God's sovereignty does not diminish His fatherly love, nor does His love diminish His sovereignty”
― Prasanth Jonathan

“God's sovereignty assures us that He is in control, while His fatherly love assures us of His deep care and affection for us as His children”
― Prasanth Jonathan