Mahalia Jackson Quotes

Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.

To ascertain the Lord's will, we ought to use scriptural means. Prayer, the word of God, and His Spirit should be united together. We should go to the Lord repeatedly in prayer, and ask Him to teach us by His Spirit through His word.

It is my earnest desire to know the will of Providence in this matter. And if I can learn what is I will do it.

Sometimes God answers our questions with questions.

We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil.

The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

There are a lot of poems where I am questing for God. I don't think there is any finding of God.

I believe we must seek God's will, never presuming to identify it with our own program or power.

I don't seek the counsel of God. God doesn't speak to me on what I should or shouldn't do.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.

There's an old saying that God exists in your search for him. I just want you to understand that I ain't looking.

My life's goal is not to write books; my life's goal is to know God better today. The neat thing about a goal like that is you can achieve it. Faith is constant; it's a relationship.

They're desperately searching for meaning in their lives but they will not crack the Bible open.

Don't be discouraged if the answer to your prayer does not come immediately. Study, ponder, and pray, sincerely having faith, and live the commandments.

I hope to God that I know what I am doing.

In this Situation of this Assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find Political Truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not, hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our Understandings?

Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.

I don't believe in curses. I believe in God.

Each one prays to God according to his own light.

I have always been the kid who's asked 'Why?' In my faith, you're just supposed to have faith. But I was always like 'why?'

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

I did my best, and God did the rest.

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