Relationship With God Quotes

“It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty life is unfinished.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary

“It's not the law of religion nor the principles of morality that define our highways and pathways to God; only by the Grace of God are we led and drawn, to God. It is His grace that conquers a multitude of flaws and in that grace, there is only favor. Favor is not achieved; favor is received.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Such is my relationship with God: on my gigantic canvass of life, I am the one throwing all of the brightly-colored paints, creating genuine splatters, authentic whirlpools of color, beautiful patterns, wonderful streaks and stains and wild accents; God is the one with the paintbrush who stands beside my canvass filling all the intricate and amazing details in between the whirlpools and the streaks! We're happy together!”
― C. JoyBell C.

“I was asked by a concerned church-goer: "Is your relationship with God okay?" and I answered "My relationship with God is far better than yours. You have to be in a certain place, with a certain group of people, pray at certain days of the week, read the Bible at certain times of the day; all in order to have a relationship with God. But I am with God from the moment I wake up, to the moment I fall asleep at night, I am with God wherever on this earth that I wander to, and whosoever I may be with! I may be sitting on the subway, and I am with God. I can assure you that I am closer to God than you are.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“I had struggled so hard and so long that I had simply exhausted myself, only to find that God had all the time in the world to wait for me to allow Him to free me.”
― Michelle McKinney Hammond

“What woman would not appreciate a God who becomes her attorney, assumes her case, requires no fee, and wins her the victory?”
― T.D. Jakes, The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord

“Spiritual pain is when you can’t stand another moment not knowing the real truth, and when you finally do know you can’t let go.”
― Shannon l. Alder

“No more quickly can a person rob you of your joy and peace than when that individual succeeds at making you feel like you're less than worthy of God as compared to his/her own self. The old adage "You're on your way to hell, and I'm on my way to heaven" spoken or implied to another, is the most predominantly effective way to make someone feel better about himself; and he doesn't even have to prove he's better in this life on earth because now he can just say "Wait 'til I'm looking down at you while you're in hell!" But don't be robbed of your joy and peace, individuals or groups of people like that don't know where God is; He is a whisper-distance away from you, is all.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Anybody who says "I know how to get to God and you don't, do this and do that and go here and go there" is going to become 1. very powerful and 2. very rich. The simple truth is, if I am with God, no less can you be with God at the same time as I am.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“The aim is to love God because the pure heart loves loving God and because the true mind knows He deserves it. Unlike the accusations and beliefs of the critics and skeptics, it is neither an obligation of duty; nor a fear of damnation; nor a wish for power; nor a desire to appear more righteous than others; nor because God needs it; but because through all love, truth, reason, faith, honesty, and joy in and beyond oneself and the universe, He is worthy.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“We don't get ready to meet God, as much as we meet God to get ready. God meets everyone exactly where they are at.”
― timothy g cameron

“God wants to be known by you, and you can know as much about Him as you have the appetite and desire to know.”
― Louie Giglio, Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind...

“Prayer is our reliance on God and the lack of prayer shows our independence from God. "If weak in prayer, we are weak everywhere. A sinning man stops praying, a praying man stops sinning." (Leonard Ravenhill)”
― Greg Gordon, Principles for the Gathering of Believers Under the Headship of Jesus Christ

“The most dangerous situation for a child in regard to matters of religion:
The most dangerous is not that the father or the educator is a freethinker, or even a hypocrite. No, the most dangerous is if he is a pious, God-fearing man, and the child is intimately and deeply sure of it, but nevertheless senses that deep down in his father’s soul there is a hidden disquiet, as though fear of God and piety still were powerless to give peace. The real danger lies in the fact that on this point the child is almost compelled to draw a conclusion about God, namely that, after all, God is not infinitely loving.”
― Soren Kierkegaard , The Diary Of Soren Kierkegaard

“The most dangerous situation for a child in regard to matters of religion:
The most dangerous is not that the father or the educator is a freethinker, or even a hypocrite. No, the most dangerous is if he is a pious, God-fearing man, and the child is intimately and deeply sure of it, but nevertheless senses that deep down in his father’s soul there is a hidden disquiet, as though fear of God and piety still were powerless to give peace. The real danger lies in the fact that on this point the child is almost compelled to draw a conclusion about God, namely that, after all, God is not infinitely loving.”
― Soren Kierkegaard, The Diary Of Soren Kierkegaard

“There is a big difference between somebody who knows the Bible and somebody who knows the Author of the Bible. There is a big difference between somebody who studies the Bible for theological purposes and somebody who studies the Bible because he loves God.”
― Matt Drayer, Magnify the Lord: A Challenge to the Nominal Christian

“Religion may give you something to believe in, and even something to do. But in the end it is not enough. We do not need 'something' as desperately as we need 'Someone.' We need more than religion. We need Christ - Christ within us, the hope of glory. We need more than religion. We need a living relationship with the Son of God - a daily communion, a close walk, a life of love.”
― Elmo Stoll, Give Me This Mountain

“...to understand and explore interpersonal relationships, we must do so in the context of our relationship with God. We were made by Him and for Him. The root of all conflict is our departure from God, and the resolution of all conflict must build from peace with God.”
― John Coblentz, Getting Along with People God's Way

“...the fire doesn't burn you, it forges you. God, the consuming fire, is not about burning you, but about burning away everything that isn't you!”
― Ryan Stevenson, Eye of the Storm: Experiencing God When You Can't See Him

“Your relationship with God is the thing the enemy fears most, knowing it alone has the power to crush his evil kingdom.”
― Susanne Whitlock, Engaging the God Who Sees You: God Wants You As His Own

“To receive God's love, we must let Him love us. We must abandon every effort to keep Him at a distance or every effort to control the way He touches and transforms us. We have to let Him come close--into the deepest parts of who we are--and change everything with His love.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“How different could my relationship with God have been if I had not been overcome by shame, embarrassment, and anger?”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“Howard Ensign had joined the Congregational church after their revival and would testify at prayer meeting every Wednesday night. It seemed to me that the things between one and God should be between him and God like loving ones mother. One didn't go around saying, 'I love my mother, she has been so good to me.' One just loved her and did things that she liked one to do.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography

“Prayer is a communication tool which strengthens your relationship with God.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man

“Theology is basically the study of the nature of God. A Christian faith that all-out rejects theology is showing not much else other than pride by false humility - as though one's personal relationship with God is closer than that of any other persons, writings, or anything outside of their own experience, and as they interpret that experience. This is often a side-stepping of true obedience to God: How are you wholly and obediently, honestly seeking His will if you are not willing to dig deeper? And how do you genuinely love someone you do not care to know more about? Our Father is everlasting, His history is worthy, His past is vast and His character is real. A sincere theology is not a trap to be avoided, but rather a gift to be opened.”
― Criss Jami

“But such deep fellowship with God and others can't be microwaved. It takes time. And when we carve out the time, we're rewarded with the relational fellowship for which we were made. We find ourselves loving to carve out the time to focus on our relationship, rather than having to do so. Duty gives way to delight.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“We don't have to wait until the work is done to rest with God. Our personal sense of accomplishment isn't what we bring to God; it's what we're meant to get from him.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“Our bodies get tired, so we sleep. If I refuse sleep on the basis that I need to train for a marathon, I will fail to run a marathon, because my body needs rest in order to train. So why would we think it should be all that different with our souls? When our souls are tired, why wouldn't we rest? Jesus seems to have made a habit of this. Are we a bit more spiritually fit than the Lord?”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“Developing a relationship with God is similar to riding a bike, the easier it becomes to maintain your balance and stay on track”
― Manuel Corazzari

“Developing a relationship with God is similar to riding a bike, the more you move forward, the easier it becomes to maintain your balance and stay on track”
― Manuel Corazzari