Quotes about Will

When I consider my ministry, I think of the world. Anything less than that would not be worthy of Christ, nor of his will for my life.

Much of God's will for your life is already found in the Bible.

Contentment is an inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit-the whole soul, judgment, thoughts, will, affections and all are satisfied and quiet.

But the holiness of Jesus was more than simply the absence of actual sin. It was also a perfect conformity to the will of His Father.

Every sin we commit reinforces the habit of sinning and makes it easier to sin. In the previous chapter we discussed the importance of guarding our minds and emotions, since these faculties are the channels through which the various compelling forces reach our wills. But it is also important that we understand how our habits influence our wills.

We cannot categorize sin if we are to live a life of holiness. God will not let us get away with that kind of attitude.

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.

The so-called laws of nature are nothing more than the physical expression of the steady will of Christ.

God is in control; He is sovereign. He does whatever pleases Him and determines whether we can do what we have planned.

But God has not walked away from the day-to-day control of His creation. Certainly He has established physical laws by which He governs the forces of nature, but those laws continuously operate according to His sovereign will.

He permits, for reasons known only to Himself, people to act contrary to and in defiance of His revealed will. But He never permits them to act contrary to His sovereign will.

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