In the arena of adversity, the Scriptures teach us three essential truths about God—truths we must believe if we are to trust Him in adversity. They are: • God is completely sovereign. • God is infinite in wisdom. • God is perfect in love. Someone has expressed these three truths as they relate to us in this way: “God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.
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And th... MAICHEE SUMMER When I don't know where to turn, You always draw me near; when I start to feel alone, I can feel You... LISA MISCHELLE WOOD In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in His cosmic loneliness. ... KURT VONNEGUT JR. God abides in men" "God abides in men, These are men who are simple, they are f... CARYLL HOUSELANDER (You do not have to be shamed in my closeness. Family are the people who must never make you feel as... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER God has not given us the spirit of fear. He has given us the spirit of Love and a competent mind. ELLEN J. BARRIER Dad?" Jesus asked. "Yes son?" God replied. "Why does man have so many religions?" Jesus as... ANTHONY T. HINCKS How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. He was without any comforts of God — no feeling that God loved him — no feeling that God pi... ROBERT MURRAY MCCHEYNE Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't. But more than anything else, G... ALICE WALKER Jade: The Devil goes to God and says, "you think Job is your faithful servant, but if you took away ... NICK SPENCER God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the ... WILLIAM COWPER I’ve met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall behind him, and God... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Believe in God. Believe in Jesus Christ. Believe in the Scriptures. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of s... HENRIK IBSEN Jesus in the Temple of God in Jerusalem Matthew 21 12: AND JESUS WENT INTO THE... SWAMI DHYAN GITEN If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated." (Notebooks ) VOLTAIRE Where has God gone?” [the madman asked] “I shall tell you. We have killed him – you and I... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Love has helped me to know God, but in a very selfish way. I learned that if there is on... KHADIJA RUPA What does the Lord God requires of us: To love what is good. To do justice. To do wha... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA What do you believe in?’ asked David. ‘I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else i... JOHN CONNOLLY Sending out the Disciples Luke 10 1: AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED O... SWAMI DHYAN GITEN To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us e... THOMAS MERTON My heart goes out to Nick, ... He was looking forward to starting practice with us in October, ... JEFF BZDELIK The warrior of light has learned that God uses solitude to teach us how to live with other peop... PAULO COELHO What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. ... JOHN PIPER Tell me something. Do you believe in God?' Snow darted an apprehensive glance in my direc... STANISłAW LEM I am that I am a Goddess, a God entitled to the deepest and most beautiful sensations RAMON RAVENSWOOD A mother's love is like an island In life's ocean vast and wide, A peaceful, quiet shelter HELEN STEINER RICE The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took hi... BRENNAN MANNING God has made us as pawns... when he is bored of playing with us on the playground he just remove us.... DEYTH BANGER A person who goes in search of God is wasting his time. He can walk a thousand roads and join many r... PAULO COELHO The only ghosts, I believe, who creep into this world, are dead young mothers, returned to see... J.M. BARRIE Pray each morning and each night. Talk to God and be polite. Tell Him what you're grateful... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH The Son of God perishes that we may not perish. He rises that we may rise. Tha... DAVID HOLDSWORTH Man's inhumanity to man will continue as long as man loves God more than he loves his fellow man. Th... JOSEPH LEWIS He who stands by his heart has God in him. Our conscience is what unites us with God. SUZY KASSEM WHAT IS TRUTH? Truth is not a thing Or a concept. It is as multidimensional SUZY KASSEM Life is but a Weaving” (the Tapestry Poem) “My life is but a weaving Between my ... CORRIE TEN BOOM He knows all my thoughts. He knows all I’ve ever done and He loves me all the same. KAMAND KOJOURI And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God,... ANONYMOUS Sermon of the Mounts Matthew 5 AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES, HE WENT UP INTO THE ... SWAMI DHYAN GITEN R.I.P. Jerry Lewis You made us laugh in life. Now you have a chance to make God and all o... ANTHONY T. HINCKS Dad?" Jesus asked. "Yes, son?" God asked. "Why do people get sick?" Jesus asked. "Whe... ANTHONY T. HINCKS Far from seeking to justify, as does the Church, the necessity of torments and afflictio... JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS Another version of the “Prosperity Gospel” or “Name It and Claim It” teaching has to do with... ERIC METAXAS Dad?" Jesus said. "Yes son. What is it?" God replied. "Why have you left the stars turned ... ANTHONY T. HINCKS That is the reality of the times that we are in. It's where we are. These are our times. God grant u... DAVID HORTON The most wonderful thing of all about the cross is that it reveals the love of God to us. It is not ... D. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES So are you going to tell me why Ronowski pulled you into the break room when we got back today?” G... A.E. VIA It is dangerous for us to allow our difficulties to reside in the forefront of our thinking. Rather,... CHARLES F. STANLEY Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; HENRY VAN DYKE Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman--a rope over an abyss. A dan... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Omnipotent-benevolent simply means that God is all-powerful and well-meaning.' 'I understand th... DAN BROWN GOD IS EVERYTHING WE EVER NEEDED He is the arm that holds us up at our lowest point EUGINIA HERLIHY What a wise man knows is great, what a fool knows is little, and what God knows is infini... MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Go on, my dear," urges the snake. "Take one. Hear it? 'Pluck me,' it's saying. That big, shiny red o... DAVID MITCHELL Want something true? - I killed god... ... Hahaha, look your face... you... DEYTH BANGER Once upon a time there was a young prince who believed in all things but three. He did not believe i... JOHN FOWLES As soon as we are born we hide God in ourselves. We then spend our lives looking for Him<... KAMAND KOJOURI Naive people tend to generalize people as—-good, bad, kind, or evil based on their actions. Howeve... SHANNON L. ALDER The fatal flaw of human wisdom is that it promises that you can change your relationships without ne... PAUL DAVID TRIPP So, have we solved the secret of happiness? "I believe so," he said Are you go... MITCH ALBOM I am accountable. I am correctable. I am transformable. Presenting myself a living sa... CARLTON T. BROWN If we want hell, if we want heaven, they are ours. That's how love works. It... ROB BELL Our favorite games were killing. Our favorite books were death. It had been beaten into us... JOSEPH BATHANTI We're all diamonds in the rough until God gets His hands on us". ~R. Alan Woods [1984] R. ALAN WOODS Yes Yes when God created love he didn't help most when God created dogs He didn't h... CHARLES BUKOWSKI What's the deal? Why can't he look into my eyes when I have words of appreciation lined u... TANYA GAMBHIR Dad?" Jesus asked. "Yes, son?" God replied. "Why do birds sing?" Jesus asked. "Birds ... ANTHONY T. HINCKS More than being human, we need peace and love. More than being strong and capable, we nee... NURUDEEN USHAWU The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the pl... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE You know how it goes: at some point in your life, you fell in love with someone and... KAMAND KOJOURI Tell me, he said, "What is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are... JAMES BALDWIN He who doesn’t believe that God can do everything believes in a god who can do something! He who k... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affa... DALE CARNEGIE To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the Almighty, the Possessor of all power in He... ARTHUR W. PINK God and religion before every thing!' Dante cried. 'God and religion before the world.' ... JAMES JOYCE In strange ways hard to know gods come to men. Many a thing past hope they have fulfilled, EDITH HAMILTON In strange ways hard to know gods come to men. Many a thing past hope they have fulfilled, EDITH HAMILTON If He (God) is invisible, how does He know what He looks like?' "The Torah tells us He has made... NOAH GORDON The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the pla... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ...suddenly I was afraid of what Father would say. Afraid he would say, "There'll be someone else so... CORRIE TEN BOOM My not having what i desire mean two things: time is not yet ripe for me to have it or there is far ... STEPHEN EVANS HEREMESI The same God who loves us as we are also loves us to much to leave us as we are. Perhpas because we ... JOSEPH LANGFORD Leonardo believed his research had the potential to convert millions to a more spiritual life. ... DAN BROWN THREE BASIC TRUTHS Three things have a limited threshold: Time, pain, and death. SUZY KASSEM In Him we have . . . the forgiveness of sins . . . —Ephesians 1:7 Beware of the pleasan... OSWALD CHAMBERS Dad?" Jesus asked. "Yes, son?" God replied. "What came before colors?" Jesus asked. "... ANTHONY T. HINCKS The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head ... THOMAS AQUINAS See, the institutions and specialist, experts, you see. Yes, yes, experts, indeed. See, they wo... CRISTINA MARRERO Pure, unadulterated, consistent love for God and pure, unadulterated, consistent love for others is ... ELYSE M. FITZPATRICK This is a day of celebration! Today, we are divorcing the past and marrying the present. KAMAND KOJOURI Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign ... JERRY BRIDGES We are both preachers. He preached the teaching of Jesus Christ, and I preached my philosophy. ... KHALIL AL-SAKAKINI WORSHIP IS ACTION. Worship is not lazy, boring and sad. Worship is zealous, famous a... MAC CANOZA THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER The man in the corner Is dying with words He's crying... SUZY KASSEM
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WILLIAM BRIDGES We've got a couple of old heads in Andy Duncan and Mark Peters, but I'm probably the next oldest pla... DAVID BRIDGES But when I'm done with the job I can take it off pretty easy, it's like a suit of clothes, put on so... BEAU BRIDGES The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels. JEFF BRIDGES What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones th... JEFF BRIDGES I'm foremost an actor. I feel embarrassed being compared to the guys who really work at it. I fa... LLOYD BRIDGES I just find my creativity manifesting a bunch of different ways. JEFF BRIDGES Mania is a wonderful feeling. JEFF BRIDGES D.A.T.A. stands for desires, abilities, temperament and assets. . . . desires [may] include solving ... WILLIAM BRIDGES Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living. 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MADELINE BRIDGES I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates t... BEAU BRIDGES Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a pro... JEFF BRIDGES I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in curren... JEFF BRIDGES I look at the camera as sort of a missing link between motion picture photography and still photogra... JEFF BRIDGES If GOD had a milk carton, would your face be on it? CHUCK BRIDGES It's more than six years since my last hat-trick so it was sweet to get another one. I'm getting bac... MICHAEL BRIDGES Better than brothers. And on my driver's license, my Social Security card, everything. Most people w... U.Z. BRIDGES Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are... WILLIAM BRIDGES You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve... 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