Quotes About Guidance

He was Pinocchio to my Gepetto.

In Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone he goes so far as to claim that conscientious moral judgement cannot err. The voice of conscience, which is our internal moral judge, can serve as a 'guiding thread' (Leitfaden) in matters of doubt.

At his parents' graves] I've brought a young man -- a boy, actually -- to stay at the house. He's … lost his parents at roughly the same age that I … That I lost you. I don't know what will happen. I don't see myself as any sort of father figure. But … I think I can make a difference in his life.

This is how you honour God, that you can turn this way or that way, as God calls you to it.

Be sure of your call to every business you go about. Though it is the least business, be sure of your call to it; then, whatever you meet with, you may quiet your heart with this: I know I am where God would have me.

My focus was on trying to figure out what God wanted be to do next. Their (his parents') focus was on what I was doing for God at the moment.

Dad handed me his empty glass and patted my shoulder. "Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul." Then he picked up his work gloves, shook off the dirt, and headed for the garage. "Wait!" I started to follow him but stopped when he didn't answer or even turn. "I guess that's a no." From that day on, Dad spoke in nothing but Bible verses. It was like living inside a sermon.

Despite education and knowledge and experience, when you are the patient--suffering, confused, and despairing--it is very, very hard to take matters into your own hands. I was not a George Griffin, able to stand alone and challenge the prevailing assumptions. I needed an external voice, strong and determined, to guide me.

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He wants people to become true Christians by following him, not just doing what he said but letting him live in our lives.

If we are to trust God, we must learn to see that He is continuously at work in every aspect and every moment of our lives.

In all of our thoughts, all of our actions, in every part of our character, the ruling principle that motivates and guides us should be the desire to follow Christ in doing the will of the Father.

Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.

God had brought a "crooked" event into my life, and I became acutely aware that only He could straighten it. Could I trust God whether or not He

Sometimes, according to the Bible, God even moves in the hearts of some people to act stubbornly.

but rather that He works in His mysterious way through their wills to accomplish His purposes.

Do you need the good favor of a certain professor in order to get a good recommendation for a job? If that job is God's plan for you, God is able to and will move in the heart of that professor to give you a good recommendation.

God does have a purpose and a plan for you, and God has the power to carry out that plan.

Because we know God is directing our lives to an ultimate end and because we know He is sovereignly able to orchestrate the events of our lives toward that end, we can trust Him. We can commit to Him not only the ultimate outcome of our lives, but also all the intermediate events and circumstances that will bring us to that outcome.

Our duty, then, is to obey the "things revealed," that is, the will of God as revealed in Scripture for every area of life. Scripture

He will direct it according to His sovereign purpose for His glory and our good.

we are to establish our beliefs by the Bible, not by our experiences.

Proverbs 16:9—"In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps"—

God not only determines who governs, He also rules in the decisions that they make. Proverbs 16:33 says, "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD