John Newton Quotes

Don't let circumstances distress you. Rather, look for the will of God for your life to be revealed in and through those circumstances.

I have a friend, a pastor, who applied with me and 419 other people for 25 seats on a special advisory board. Though I believed she was infinitely more qualified than me, she wasn't selected and I was. When I saw her at her church weeks later, I asked her how she felt about the decision. While disappointment, self-doubt and defeat would have been normal reactions to the Board's decision, my friend said she felt great. 'How come?' I asked. She said with a smile, 'I just figured God had something better in store for me.'

The Bible says that all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. I believe that. Because I've seen it all work.

Indeed, there is nothing like suffering to remind us how much we need God. What good news that His purpose and plan for our lives moves in a different direction from ours!

God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.

We may be in the dark about what God is *doing*, but we are not in the dark about God.

There are no 'if's' in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety - let us pray that we may always know it!

Be patient. God is using today's difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow. He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.

Hope is a decision we make, a choice to believe that God can take the adversity, the disappointment, the heartache, and the pain of our journeys and use these to accomplish his purposes.

If you follow the will of God, you know that in spite of all the terrible things that happen to you, you will never lose a final refuge. You know that the foundation of the world is love, so that even when no human being can or will help you, you may go on, trusting in the One that loves you.

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.

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

Just take one step at a time, trusting that God still has a plan for you, and He will make the best out of your situation.

You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life.

God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.

I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway.

Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in moving mountains - if moving mountains accomplishes God's purposes and is in accordance with His will.

I believe, whatever God does, he does it for the good. I always try to look at life like that.

God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored.

I believe with all my heart that God is not done with America yet.

I'm a woman of faith. And I really believe that if I say, 'God, this is what I want,' He says, 'I'll give you your desires, as long as they line up with My will.'

People have to realize that God has blessed me with power. He hasn't got me this far for no reason. I feel like God has a plan for me in this sport. That's how I have came up this fast.

You have faith in God, and know he has a plan for me.

God do everything for a reason.