Quotes about God's Work

Flowers are sent to do God's work in unrevealed paths, and to diffuse influence by channels that we hardly suspect.

The work of God can only be carried on by the power of God. The church is a spiritual organism fighting spiritual battles: only spiritual power can make it perform as God ordained.

God wants the world to see what God can do with his purchased possessions. So he prunes you.

As Paul views the plan of salvation, he sets forth a mighty doxology in Romans 11:33—36. All he can do is praise God for all that He has done.

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.

It is only God who creates. Man merely rearranges.

Why are we worried!' Rolf said suddenly. 'This is God's work! He'll make a way for us.' And as if to prove his conviction, he started to sing.

God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you're going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.

The effort to untangle the human words from the divine seems not only futile to me but also unnecessary, since God works with what is. God uses whatever is usable in a life, both to speak and to act, and those who insist on fireworks in the sky may miss the electricity that sparks the human heart.

The psalmist's and the Christian's waiting and watching—that is, hoping—is based on the conviction that God is actively involved in his creation and vigorously at work in redemption.

Important in any community of faith is an ever-renewed expectation in what God is doing with our brothers and sisters in the faith. We refuse to label the others as one thing or another. We refuse to predict our brother's behavior, our sister's growth.