Quotes about Understanding

Make God's Word your Sourcebook.

The prayer we know as "The Lord's Prayer" came from the Lord Jesus in direct response to His disciples' request: "Lord, teach us to pray." It has always fascinated me that they never asked Jesus to teach them to preach. They never asked Him to teach them to give or to witness. Perhaps, like us, the disciples were often at a loss when it came to communicating with the Almighty.

I have avoided giving offence to intelligent Arabs, who have pressed me, asking if I believed in Mohamad by saying, "No I do not: I am a child of Jesus bin Miriam," avoiding anything offensive in my tone, and often adding that Mohamad found their forefathers bowing down to trees and stones, and did good to them by forbidding idolatry, and teaching the worship of the only One God. This, they all know, and it pleases them to have it recognised.

Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.

Before you judge someone else, stop and think about all that God has forgiven you for.

A comprehended god is no god.

Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking.

What you pray for reflects what you believe about God.

Knowing God is more important than knowing about God.

If you seek answers you won't find them, but if you seek God, the answers will find you.

Most people do not let the Word of God get in the way of what they believe.

Divinity is in its omniscience and omnipotence like a wheel, a circle, a whole, that can neither be understood, nor divided, nor begun nor ended.