Matthew Henry Quotes

It is true that we may desire much more. But let us use what we have, and God will give us more.

Contentment is realizing that God has already provided everything we need for our present happiness.

Truth is, I think, if God just gave us our daily bread, many of us would be angry. 'That's all you're going to give me? You're just going to give me enough to sustain me for today? What about tomorrow or next year or 10, 20, 30 years from now? I want to know that I'm set up.' And yet Jesus says just pray for your daily provisions.

O ye gods, grant unto me to have little and to want nothing.

God sendeth and giveth both mouth and meat.

Counting one thousand gifts, I discovered I could count on God.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

Blessed are those that nought expect, for they shall not be disappointed.

My life lesson is just to be patient and everything will fall in place. Most of what's happened in my life is not to do with me but good people and the way things happened. So I feel it's no use stressing over anything. Let things simply happen.

He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

By focusing too myopically on what we want God to do on our behalf, we may miss the significance of what he has already done.

Thank God for unanswered prayers.

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Open your arms as wide as you can to receive all the miracles with your name on them. Never forget that all you have is all you need.

Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise. Become a stranger to need of pity. Or if compassion be freely given out, take only enough. Stop short of the urge to plead, then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger than your own small heart or greater than a star. Tame wild disappointment with caress, unmoved and cold. Make of it a parka for your soul. Discover the reason why so tiny human midget exists at all, so scared and so unwise. But expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.

We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

Enjoy everything. Need nothing.

When God is all you have, then all you have, is all you need.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Everything is a blessing to me.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.