Quotes about Acceptance
Accept each other just as Christ has accepted you; then God will be glorified.
— Rick Warren
If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change.
— Kathleen Norris
Stop resisting your problems so furiously in your mind. Stop struggling to solve them. If you do that, a great sense of peace followed by a great sense of power will come to you.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Only the Lord Jesus can redeem the soul that is steeped in guilt and shame. This baggage weighs us down until we accept Jesus' gift-the gift that liberates souls from sin's power.
— Billy Graham
It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds; for nothing in itself possesses the power to form our judgements.
— Marcus Aurelius
God's word is unpredictable in its power... The Church has to accept this unruly freedom of the word, which accomplishes what it wills in ways that surpass our calculations and ways of thinking.
— Pope Francis
The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom!
— Francis de Sales
God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.
— Lou Holtz
Some of the qualities of # God must be merged into us before our # prayers can be fit for His acceptance.
— Oswald Chambers
Our lives laid down in war and peace may not Be found acceptable in Heaven's sight. And that they may be is the only prayer Worth praying. May my sacrifice Be found acceptable in Heaven's sight.
— Robert Frost
Our prayers must not be efforts to bend God to our will but to yield ourselves to His.
— Catherine Marshall
When the opposite of your prayer occurs, your prayer hasn't been ignored; it's been considered & refused for your ultimate good.
— CS Lewis