Simon Greenleaf Quotes

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

Let us realize the state we are in. Let us learn what needs to be learnt. Religion and God demand it.

God takes attendance every day.

I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!

I want to take my focus off myself and focus on God. It's like setting your spiritual compass so no matter which way you turn during the day, whatever comes up, then my thoughts go back to Him and whatever He said that morning.

A 'real pastor' is not preaching of their own; they are speaking what God put in their heart by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is using them at that very moment to speak to the congregations situations -past, present, and future.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within Him do all spirits dwell. He is an abyss of individuality, the only infinite plenitude.

If you're going to vote for somebody because you think they have a great faith in God, you'd better be sure that God has faith in them.

God is in the details.

As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.

I know God's voice. I've seen God's hand. If the Lord is my helper, why should I be afraid?

Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.

There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where God is not.

I am responsible only to God and history.

God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.

God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whatever reason, we might have this low-level misery or uneasiness about whatever it is we've done or we're about to do. At times like this, it's wise to prayerfully consider whether we're offending God with our actions.

God is always in my life, and that's the most important thing to me.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks through the Bible.

It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church must unmask evil, rendering present the goodness of God, rendering present his truth, the truly infinite for which we are thirsty.

People see God every day, they just don't recognize him.

Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.