Quotes about Acceptance
The great and merciful surprise is that we come to God, not by doing it right, but by doing it wrong.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives
- Jerry Bridges
Faith is the accepting of what God gives. Faith is the believing what God says. Faith is the trusting to what Jesus has done. Only do this and you are saved, as surely as you are alive!
- Charles Spurgeon
Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
The next time you feel rejection's sting, remember God's words to Samuel: "It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me." (1 Sam. 8:7)
- Beth Moore
God loves us; we need only to summon up the humility to allow ourselves to be loved.
- Pope Benedict XVI
Don't judge other people. For example, if you want God's anointing to be on you for parenting, you need to be careful not to criticize other parents.
- Joyce Meyer
It's good to suffer. Dont complain. Bear, bow, accept - and be grateful that God has made you suffer. For this makes you better than the people who are laughing and happy.
- Ayn Rand
It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good.
- CS Lewis
God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out.
- Vance Havner
Our desire for approval can only truly be met by receiving God's acceptance and approval of us.
- Joyce Meyer
If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him.
- Oswald Chambers