Quotes about Counsel

When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.

I have been asked the question, "Who do you go to for counsel, for spiritual guidance?' My answer: My wife, Ruth. She is the only one I completely confide in.

Preaching the whole council of God involves man's environment and physical being as well as his soul. There is no doubt that the church is in danger of getting off the main track and getting lost.

Young people, look to your Bible when thinking about any matter, including getting married.

I had liefer that thou shouldst strip the altar of the glorious Virgin, when our need demandeth it, than that thou shouldst attempt aught, be it but a little thing, against our vow of poverty and the observance of the Gospel. For the Blessed Virgin would be better pleased that her altar should be despoiled, and the counsel of the Holy Gospel perfectly fulfilled, than that her altar should be adorned, and the counsel given by her Son set aside.

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

The deepest life of nature is silent and obscure; so often the elements that move and mould society are the results of the sister's counsel and the mother's prayer.

'You better do a lot of praying' is good counsel for all of the Lord's servants, new or seasoned. It is what His wise servants do. They pray. The disciples of Jesus Christ when He lived on the earth noticed that about Him.

To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. —JEREMIAH 6:10 NASB

That where a woman reigneth and papistes beare authoritie, that there must nedes Satan be president of the counsel.

God's decrees are called His "counsel" to signify they are consummately wise. They are called God's "will" to show He was under no control, but acted according to His own pleasure.

His counsel or decree was the ground of His foreknowledge. So again in Rom. 8:29. That verse opens with the word "for," which tells us to look back to what immediately precedes. What, then, does the previous verse say? This: "All things work together for good to them...who are the called according to His purpose." Thus God's foreknowledge is based upon His "purpose" or decree (see Psa 2:7).