Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God.
Topics: Prayer, Trust Source: Trusting God, 1988, p. 81.
Pride, in relation to other people, is comparing ourselves with others and seeing ourselves as superior to them in some way - whether it be in character, conduct, or achievement.
God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with His will for you. And His will is always directed to our good.
Topics: Providence Source: Trusting God, 1988, p. 71.
God's providence is His constant care for and His absolute rule over all His creation for His own glory and the good of His people.
Topics: Providence Source: Trusting God, 1988, p. 25.
It seems we will allow God to anywhere except upon His throne ruling His universe according to His good pleasure and His Sovereign will.
Topics: Providence Source: Trusting God, 1988, p. 36.
Nothing can be more consoling to the man of God, than the conviction that the Lord who made the world governs the world; and that every event, great and small, prosperous and adverse, is under the absolute disposal of Him who doth all things well, and who regulates all things for the good of his people.
Topics: Providence Source: The Practice of Godliness, p. 214.
The sovereignty of God is often questioned because man does not understand what God is doing. Because He does not act as we think He should, we conclude He cannot act as we think He would.
Topics: Providence Source: Trusting God, 1988, p. 29.
This is the essence of God's sovereignty; His absolute independence to do as He pleases and His absolute control over the actions of all His creatures. No creature, person, or empire can either thwart His will or act outside the bounds of His will.
Topics: Providence Source: Trusting God, 1988, p. 36.
We may say that providence is God's orchestrating all events and circumstances in the universe for His glory and the good of His people.
Topics: Providence Source: The Providence of Jesus, Tabletalk, June 2008, p. 50,
We must not misconstrue God's sovereignty so as to make people mere puppets, so we must not press man's freedom to the point of limiting God's sovereignty.
Few things are as dishonoring to the cause of Christ as Christians quarreling among themselves. Yet we expel people from our fellowship for adultery, while we tolerate discord between ourselves and other believers. We have failed to understand and obey the biblical imperative to "make every effort to do what leads to peace."
Topics: Quarreling Source: The Practice of Godliness, p. 163.
Our reason, enlightened by the Holy Spirit through the Word of God, stands in the way of sin gaining mastery over us through our desires.
Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God.