Goodness Of God Quotes

“Guidance, like all God's acts of blessing under the covenant of grace, is a sovereign act. Not merely does God will to guide us in the sense of showing us his way, that we may tread it; he wills also to guide us in the more fundamental sense of ensuring that, whatever happens, whatever mistakes we may make, we shall come safely home. Slippings and strayings there will be, no doubt, but the everlasting arms are beneath us; we shall be caught, rescued, restored. This is God's promise; this is how good he is.”
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God

“Never give up hope. All things are working for your good. One day, you'll look back on everything you've been through and thank God for it.”
― Germany Kent

“Do you think Jesus came to deliver us from the punishment of our sins? He would not have moved a step for that. The terrible thing is to be bad, and all punishment is to help to deliver us from it, nor will it cease till we have given up being bad. God will have us good; and Jesus works out the will of his father.”
― George MacDonald, Donal Grant

“This is part of the infinite goodness of God, that He should allow evil to exist, and out of it produce good.”
― Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica Book I

“Though I am able to do nothing else in this life, except only seek, my life seeming to others a vie manquee, yet it will not be so, because what I seek is the goodness of God that waters the dry places. And water overflows from one dry patch to another, and so you cannot be selfish in digging for it.”
― Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water

“Every pain and every fear, yes, every doubt is a cry after God. What mother refuses to go to her child because he is only crying, not calling her by name!”
― George MacDonald, Donal Grant

“~ The Foolish Fool ~

I can tell the world I am Good,
I can wear religious clothing show the world I am Good,
I can pray 5 times prayers to convince people in the world I am Good,
I can perform pilgrimage to holy places to be known by others I am Good,
I can feed the poor to feed my ego and feel I am Good,
I can hide my own sin call, people, sinners behind and become delusional that I am Good,
I can wear a sheep mask being a wolf expecting the Shepard to consider that I am Good,
I can fool the whole world to believe in me I am Good,
But in reality, I fooled myself by proving to people, not God that I am Good.”
― Aiyaz Uddin, The Inward Journey

“You were caught, convicted but not condemned.

All good days don’t lead to material blessings and all bad days don’t lead to eternal condemnation.”
― Karim L. Currey

“Pleasure is good in itself, and great pleasures are to be particularly valued, for they are signs of the goodness of God. The best pleasures are shared. Yet it is not necessary to our human flourishing that we have any of them in particular. The traditional Christian teaching is that the goodness of sexual union lies in marriage, but one who does not experience this good has no more a diminishment of human flourishing than a person who never jumps out of an airplane.

To speak broadly, all pleasures should be understood as ways of binding people together....”
― Victor Lee Austin, Friendship: The Heart of Being Human

“The tenth commandment forbids coveting because doing so denies the goodness of God. Jesus speaks against hoarding because doing so denies the goodness of God. Coveting implies a lack in God's present provision and hoarding anticipates a lack in God's good provision in the future. Neither mind-set will translate into generosity. Generosity flourishes only when we do not fear loss.”
― Jen Wilkin, In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

“Lord, you are so good, and your love holds everything together.”
― Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

“Have you ever experienced something in your life you never thought would touch you or your family? Have you ever felt like, ‘God! I thought we were friends, you and me? I thought you loved me. You don’t even seem to be acting according to You Word!’ …I have.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“We may say, ‘God works all things together or good.’ But if we are not waiting with expectation for our ashes to turn to beauty, this remains head knowledge—not a reflection of our faith in a God who works the impossible on our behalf, simply because He loves us.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“Holding an expectation of God actually honors Him. A heart of faith-filled expectation says, ‘I know You are good. I know You are all-powerful. I know You are a loving Father and a faithful friend, and I anticipate You being just that.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“My focus had to be on God and who He is, not on the enemy and what he was doing. Darkness feeds on attention and fear, and I wasn't going to offer it any nourishment.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“When you are going through a dark time, one side effect can be to forget the power and the goodness of God. When God isn’t doing what you think He should, it is easy to focus on the problem, and it suddenly becomes larger than the solution—which is God Himself.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“We have often mistaken the seasons of ease in our lives for God’s blessing. God has blessed us, but what we don’t understand is that sometimes He is blessing us even more when everything appears to be falling apart at the seams.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“God pushes us to offense—without explanation—and asks us the same question Jesus asked His disciples, ‘Do you also want to go away?’ And then we have a choice. We either believe or we don’t. We either let Him be God, or we put Him in a box.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“We reduce our theology of God to match the “facts” of our circumstances, instead of the truth of who He is. In our hearts, we have tamed the Lion and cut off His mane.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer

“God doesn’t see as man sees. It is a facet of His character to see people in light of who they will become, not in light of their past or even their present.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer

“As we know Him (intimately), sin loses its grip on us. Our love for Him deepens, and serving Him becomes a great joy and fulfillment, not a drudgery birthed out of performance.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“The spiritual DNA of who God created us to be resides in us before we walk in any of it.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“Is it worth the sacrifice? Is it worth the cost? There was a time I told the Lord to “pick someone else. This is too hard!” I’m so thankful He turned a deaf ear.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“So how can God take something tragic in our lives and bring good from it? The answer isn’t found so much in the ‘how,’ but in the ‘Who.’ The answer is found in who God is. It is found in His character. It is found in the essence of His presence, in the fragrance of His being. …It is found in a love so encompassing—so extravagant—we have not the mind to comprehend it.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“It is a weapon of spiritual warfare to rejoice in the Lord, in full confidence of what God will produce from your darkness, and in the face of insurmountable evidence to the contrary.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“Any place where my heart believes I have more love, compassion or mercy than God, I have elevated myself above Him and am believing a lie. And any place where I have placed limits on His love and power, I have humanized Him and reduced Him to what my mind can comprehend.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“Ask Him for wisdom to understand what is actually the enemy at work in your life versus what is simply God allowing you to be buffeted and trained for your destiny.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“No one is meant to fight a war against the enemy in vain. God delights in granting our request for redemptive spoils of our spiritual warfare.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“We are not meant to come through our battles as merely survivors. We are meant to come off the battlefield as victors, and to lead others out to victory, as well.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“In God’s justice system, it is the battle with the lions, bears, and the giants of the land that equips us to be kings.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft