Quotes about Understanding

Years ago my friend Alan Groff shared this definition: "love is the accurate estimate and the adequate supply of another person's need.

Some things cannot be perceived with the five senses; they can only be conceived by the Holy Spirit. Some things cannot be deduced via deductive reasoning; they can only be imagined by the Holy Spirit. Some things cannot be learned by logic; they can only be revealed by the Holy Spirit.

If you seek answers you won't find them, but if you seek God, the answers will find you.

What do you do when God's logic doesn't line up with yours? When the will of God doesn't add up? When you think you know better or know more than God?

God trusts most those who know Him best, and those who know Him best are those who have spent the most time with Him.

Before entertaining guests, Roosevelt would read up on whatever subject matter they might be interested in. This enabled him to become quite the conversationalist. And I would suggest that it was one way in which Roosevelt loved his neighbor as himself—he showed genuine interest in their interests.

Yes, the Bible is our sword. It's our best offense, our best defense. But when we misinterpret the truth, we're abusing the Bible.

True knowledge should not produce pride; it should produce humility...Because the more you know, the more you know how much you don't know.

We are overwhelmed with information and dying for wisdom.

We can't just know what we believe; we need to know why we believe what we believe.

This book attempts to provide such careful instruction so that we might understand and recover faithfulness to God's Word on something that is not essential for salvation but that is both important and necessary for obedience—what the local church is to be and to do.

People can creatively devise how to approach a mute God, but they must listen to a speaking God.