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Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.
- GK Chesterton
The slightest outward or inward departure from absolute mathematical parallelism with God's revealed will and character constitutes a sin, and at once makes us guilty in God's sight.
- JC Ryle
The human will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless soul, Can hew the way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene.
- James Allen
Mind is the master-power that moulds and makes.
- James Allen
I believe, with abiding conviction, that this people-nurtured by their deep faith, tutored by their hard lessons, moved by their high aspirations-have the will to meet the trials that these times impose.
- Lyndon B. Johnson
It's easy to have faith when we get everything we want from God, everything we pray for. But when we don't, we have to decide if we want His will or our own. We can't manipulate God by a display of faith or by our actions. Only idols can be manipulated. God is sovereign, and He will do what He do what He wills, for His purpose. And those purposes are often hidden
- Lynn Austin
We want to make our own plans and then pray, 'My will be done, if you please Massa Jesus, in earth, as it is in my plans.' You got to put your life in Jesus' hands. Trust that in the end, whatever happens, He still in control.
- Lynn Austin
let Him run things the way He knows best, according to His will. Trust Him, Missy. Trust that everything you done for Him and everything you gave up for Him has a purpose. God will give it all meaning in the end.
- Lynn Austin
Have you ever dared to ask this? Have you ever dared to say to God, Lord, whatever Your will for my life is, that is what I want? Believing God is not for the weak at heart. It's only for those who want to discover the rich blessings of walking close enough to God to hear the constant drumming of His heartbeat.
- Lysa TerKeurst
doesn't it all come down to that? Trust. Trading our will for "Thy will," because we know He will.
- Lysa TerKeurst
when we operate according to God's Word, we operate according to God's will.
- Lysa TerKeurst
What if those deep desires in our hearts are telling us the truth, revealing to us the life we were meant to live? God gave us eyes so that we might see; he gave us ears that we might hear; he gave us will that we might choose, and he gave us hearts that we might live. The way we handle the heart is everything.
- John Eldredge