Quotes about Safety

In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil.

The strongest Christian is unsafe among occasions to sin (519).

Only when we rest in God can we find the safety, the spaciousness, and the scary freedom to be who we are, all that we are, more than we are, and less than we are.

May the God of peace make you whole and holy, may you be kept safe in body, heart, and mind, and thus ready for the presence. God has called you and will not fail you" (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

If this inner and critical voice has kept you safe for many years as your inner voice of authority, you may end up not being able to hear the real voice of God.

More than anything else, the Spirit keeps us connected and safely inside an already existing flow, if we but allow it. We never "create" or earn the Spirit; we discover this inner abiding as we learn to draw upon our deepest inner life.

Abba is the word that Jesus used to connote safety and endearment. It is actually a child's word, closest to Papa or Daddy. But unfortunately, it suffers today from centuries of being heard (and used) inside patriarchal cultures, implicitly validating a hierarchical worldview.

Having the right equipment is often the difference between success and failure. To insert a screw, a carpenter doesn't use a knife. When you're under anesthesia, you don't want your surgeon using a chainsaw. A climber on Mount Everest won't use dollar store equipment. Professionals are picky about using the right equipment as they know it can be dangerous if they aren't. Life can be dangerous, too, so it's essential that you use the right equipment.

To pray only when in peril is to use safety belts only in heavy traffic.

The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

A ship will never sink if God is on it.