John Flavel Quotes

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

I believe God will make a way.

Don't seek opportunity. Seek God and opportunity will seek you.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows.

God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.

I had hoped God would be neutral.

I got to that desperate place where nobody could help me but God.

I believe God has a path for me. He's always had a path for me, and I've always been in the right place at the right time - not because of my efforts, but because of my preparation and because of the guides that I have, the mentors that I have, the spiritual walkers that I've had all my life.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

God loves to bring good out of bad. He loves to turn crucifixions into resurrections. Every obstacle is an opportunity. Every problem has potential. Every crisis is an opportunity for ministry. Every hurt God wants to use for His glory.

Every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. Each can spell either salvation or doom.

God does not play dice.

Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, 'Why didn't God do something? Where was God when all those people died?'

I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.

I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great.

I have so much confidence in the reality of Jesus that I feel no pressure to try to make people act or be a certain way. I'm banking everything on the fact that God actually changes people.

I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if you walked through it, you'd be happier than you are.'

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

When God decides its time, I guess he'll come for us.

God always takes the simplest way.

I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.

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

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.