Quotes about Counsel

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

When a husband makes difficult decisions, he should do so with the full counsel of his wife.

12By Silvanus, our faithful brother (as I consider him), I have written to you briefly, to counsel and testify that this is the true grace [the undeserved favor] of God. Stand firm in it!

By all means, turn to wise and trusted friends in your moments of need. And don't be afraid to express your full gamut of emotions—David shows us that God wants us to come before Him with full honesty, even when we have doubts or feel anger. But my brothers and sisters, most of all turn to God in worship, in prayer, and in eagerly seeking Him and His counsel in the Word of God.

The vermin explain their sin with sanctimonious language like, "We've prayed about it and sought counsel, and we feel it's the right thing to do." Don't let it down on them that to the Enemy what they feel is inconsequential. His moral laws don't give a rip about how any of them feel. The sludgebags have no more power to vote them in and out of existence than they have power to revoke the law of gravity.

Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.

I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own bosom.

The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.

If you need counsel, start with the One who is both Counselor and King - the One who is the source of both wisdom and power.