50 God Quotes to Inspire Your Faith
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Faith is a growing process, and in the Christian life, there are times when it is easy to have a lot of faith, and others when it is challenging. When those trying times arrive, it can be useful to have an arsenal of spiritual weapons.
Prayer, friendship, and the Word of God are powerful tools. Even wisdom from mature believers can build up someone’s faith in a time of need. Having a collection of verses and wise quotes about God can be a source of strength and encouragement.
Here are 50 quotes about God and Bible verses to inspire your faith.
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Quotes about God's Love
“But you, O God my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!” - Psalm 109:21
“God’s love never wears out.” - Rick Warren
“Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” - 1 John 4:8-10
“Long ago I came to the total assurance that God loves me, God knows where I am every second of every day, and God is bigger than any problem life's circumstances can throw at me.” - Charles Stanley
“Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever because he delights in steadfast love.” - Micah 7:18
“He says no in order that He may, in some way we cannot imagine, say yes. All His ways with us are merciful. His meaning is always love.” - Elizabeth Elliot
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” - John 3:16
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” - C. S. Lewis
“Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” - John 14:21
“God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.’” - Billy Graham
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Quotes to Remind You That God is Good
“The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.” Psalm 145:9
“For God is good - or rather, of all goodness He is the Fountainhead.” - Athsanasius of Alexandria
“No one is good except God alone.” - Mark 10:18b
“However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.” - John Calvin
“The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.” - Nahum 1:7
“What is ‘good?’ ‘Good’ is what God approves. We may ask then, why is what God approves good? We must answer, ‘Because He approves it.’ That is to say, there is no higher standard of goodness than God’s own character and His approval of whatever is consistent with that character.” - Wayne Grudeman
“You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.” - Nehemiah 9:20
“With the goodness of God to desire our highest welfare, the wisdom of God to plan it, and the power of God to achieve it, what do we lack? Surely we are the most favored of all creatures.” - A.W. Tozer
“The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ‘The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.’” - Exodus 34:6
“...the goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest needs.” - Julian of Norwich
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Quotes That Say "Thank You God"
“I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.” - Psalm 86:12
“The more I look at the times ‘thanks’ is mentioned in God's Word - the more I notice. . . This giving of thanks has nothing to do with my circumstances and everything to do with my God.” - Jenni Hunt
“I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus.” - 1 Corinthians 1:4
“Find time to thank God for all the blessings you receive on a day to day basis.” - Steven Johnson
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!” - Henry Ward Beecher
“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High.” - Psalm 50:14
“I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.” - Dolly Parton
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!” - Psalm 100:4
“Let us thank God for having called us to His holy faith. It is a great gift, and the number of those who thank God for it is small.” - Alphonsus Liguori
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Quotes about God's Plan
“The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” - Proverbs 16:9
“God is getting ready to move again and do something special, something new.” - Russell M. Stendal
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” - Ephesians 2:8-10
“As we get into the mind and plan of God, our faith will grow, and its power will be manifest in ourselves and those for whom we are believing.” - Andrew Murray
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” - Romans 8:28
“It’s not over, until the Lord says it’s over.” - T.D. Jakes
“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” - 2 Peter 3:9
“To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.” - William Carey
“That this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.” - Psalm 48:14
“Whether we are healed or not, God uses everything for some purpose, a greater purpose than we often can see.” - Wendell E. Mettey
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Quotes about Life
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” - Romans 12:2
“Our pathways often twist through stormy landscapes; but when we look back, we’ll see a thousand miles of miracles and answered prayers.” - David Jeremiah
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.” - Ecclesiastes 3:1-10
“Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.” - Oswald Chambers
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” - Psalms 1:1-2
“No matter how good things get in this world, it’s all Egypt! There will never be enough gold chains, fine linen, praise, adoration, or anything else to satisfy the yearning that God has placed in us. Only his presence in the Land of Promise will satisfy his people.” - Voddie Baucham Jr.
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.” - Romans 3:23-25
“As we journey through this life - through the easy times and the painful times - God is fashioning us into people who are like his Son, Jesus.” - Charles Stanley
“All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.” - John 1:3-4
“The best training is to learn to accept everything as it comes, as from Him whom our soul loves. The tests are always unexpected things, not great things that can be written up, but the common little rubs of life, silly little nothings, things you are ashamed of minding one scrap.” - Amy Carmichael
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Quotes about Trusting God
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” - Proverbs 3:5-6
“God’s silences are His answers. If we only take as answers those that are visible to our senses, we are in a very elementary condition of grace.” - Oswald Chambers
“Do not say, ‘I will repay evil’; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.” - Psalm 20:21
“If Jesus gives us a task or assigns us to a difficult season, every ounce of our experience is meant for our instruction and completion if only we'll let Him finish the work” - Beth Moore
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:6-7
“We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trusting doesn't come naturally. It's a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith.” - Chuck Swindoll
“And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.” - Psalm 9:10
“To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark - that is faith.” - Charles Spurgeon
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” - Psalm 20:7
“Pray and let God worry.” - Martin Luther
Within God’s Word, and from the minds of wise believers, comes uplifting truth that can replenish the soul and reinvigorate. Inspiration for courage, trust, and the drive to deepen your relationship with the Lord can help those spiritual obstacles seem less challenging, and help shine new light on faith, growing it in a positive direction.
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Bethany Verrett is a freelance writer who uses her passion for God, reading, and writing to glorify God. She and her husband have lived all over the country serving their Lord and Savior in ministry. She has a blog on graceandgrowing.com.