Bible and Theology on Providence

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Henry Ward Beecher
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- Providence
We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we think, if there is a God, he is in heaven, and not on earth.
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G. K. Chesterton
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- Progress
- Providence
Progress is Providence without God. That is, it is a theory that everything has always perpetually gone right by accident. It is a sort of atheistic optimism, based on an everlasting coincidence far m...
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John Flavel
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- Providence
Grace makes the promise and providence the payment.
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John Calvin
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- Providence
We ought to contemplate providence not as curious and fickle persons are wont to do but as a ground of confidence and excitement to prayer. When he informs us that the hairs of our head are all number...
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O God, your unfailing providence
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O God, your unfailing providence sustains the world we live in and the life we live: Watch over those, both night and day, who work while others sleep, and grant that we may never forget that our comm...
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Fate Is Blind, Providence Has Eyes
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Gillian Marchenko
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- Providence
Charles Spurgeon, the most popular preacher of nineteenth-century London, battled depression throughout his life. He said, “If God is in control, if his name is hallowed, then that means he is in cont...
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A. J. Cronin
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- Providence
We cannot measure Divine Providence by the yardstick of human mentality.
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Trusting In God’s Word & Providence
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Jeffrey Bilbro
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- Providence
- Meditation
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Psalm 1:null
In 1933, as Hitler’s Nazi party rose to power in Germany, the Jewish artist Marc Chagall painted Solitude. In the foreground, a seated man sits wrapped in a tallit, or prayer shawl. His right hand sup...
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B. B. Warfield
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- Providence
- Theology
A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly problems. It is almost equally true that a clear and full apprehension of the universal providence of God is the solution...
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Blaise Pascal
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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
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Augustus Toplady
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I infer that God's decrees, and the necessity of event flowing thence, neither destroy the true free-agency of men, nor render the commission of sin a jot less heinous. They neither force the huma...
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Augustine of Hippo
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Psalm 103:8, 1 John 4:16, Proverbs 3:5-6, Lamentations 3:22-23, Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28
Trust the past to God’s mercy, the present to God’s love and the future to God’s providence.
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Living out our Belief in the Sovereignty of God
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Wayne Stiles
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Galatians 5:22
Because the results of God’s sovereignty are delayed, waiting remains an act of faith. We believe results will occur one day. By waiting on God, we affirm our belief in his providence. We trust his ti...
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Prayer for the President of the United States and all in Civil Authority
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Psalm 33:12, Psalm 72:1-2, Matthew 22:21, Romans 13:1, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Proverbs 21:1, Jeremiah 29:7, 1 Peter 2:13-14, Titus 3:1-2
O Lord our Governor, whose glory is in all the world: We trust this nation to your merciful care, that, being guided by your Providence, we would live secure in your peace. Grant to the President of t...
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God of the common and of the uncommon.
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Richard Herman
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Colossians 3:17, Matthew 5:16, Psalm 34:18, Isaiah 43:18-19, James 5:14-15
God of the common and of the uncommon. You meet us in the ordinary routines of life–when we play and when we rest, while we work and while we worship. And You reveal yourself in the extraordinary, too...
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We praise and thank you, O Lord, that
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Psalm 119:103, Luke 22:19, Psalm 34:18, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Matthew 28:19-20, John 14:16-17, Matthew 6:9-13, Numbers 6:24-26, Matthew 25:36, Psalm 33:12, Romans 8:26, Acts 1:8, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, Acts 2:42
We praise and thank you, O Lord, that you have fed us with your Word [and at your table]. Grateful for your gifts and mindful of the communion of your saints, we offer to you our prayers for all pe...
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Enduring Our Sinful Behavior
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Carolyn Mahaney
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In her book, Feminine Appeal , Carolyn Mahaney pontificates on the relationship between God’s providence and the guilt we often experience as parents who often fall short in our parenting: We can ...
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Unlikely Providence
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Jerry Gifford
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- Providence
- Tragedy
“When the plane leveled off at 14,500 feet, Joan Murray took a deep breath and jumped out the door. The bank executive from Charlotte, North Carolina, was enjoying her free fall through the air until ...
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Charles Swindoll
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- Providence
Anything under God’s control is never out of control.
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Millard Erickson
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- Providence
- Divine Revelation
Inspiration presupposes a long process of God’s providential working with the author.
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Adapted from Psalm 16:5-7a
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Scott B. Bullock
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Psalm 16:5-7
The Lord is our chosen portion and our cup; you hold our lot. The lines have fallen for us in pleasant places; indeed, we have a beautiful inheritance. We will bless the Lord who gives us counsel.
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James Merritt
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Long before we were born, God was overseeing our future as well. We didn’t choose our ancestors; God did. God designates our identity, as he did with Jesus, so that we might fit into his plan for the ...
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T. F. Torrance
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- Providence
- Fulfillment
Jesus Christ was not only the fulfillment and embodiment of God’s righteous and holy Act…, but also the embodiment of our act of faith and trust and obedience toward God.
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Jack Hyles
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- Providence
I'd rather die in the will of God than to live outside of it.
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Timothy Keller
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- The Ascension of Christ
- Providence
He controls all things for the church, and therefore you can face the world with peace in your heart . . . he’s at the right hand of God as the executive director of history, directing everything for ...
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O Lord, Our Lord, how excellent is
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Richard Herman
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Romans 8:28, Psalm 8:1
O Lord, Our Lord, how excellent is Your Name in all the earth! When we are faithless – You are faithful. When we wander – You come after us. When we’re alone – You draw near to us. When we are caught ...
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John Calvin
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- Providence
Thus it is that we may patiently pass through this life with its misery, hunger, cold, contempt, reproaches, and other troubles – content with this one thing: that our King [Jesus] will never leave us...
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Heavenly Father, give us hearts that
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Allen Thompson
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Psalm 27:13-14, Isaiah 40:31, Philippians 4:6-7, Romans 8:28, James 1:2-4, 1 Peter 5:7, Lamentations 3:25-26, Psalm 37:7, Colossians 3:15, James 5:7-8
Heavenly Father, give us hearts that wait with faith. Build in us the assurance that you are at work and in control. Forgive us for our impatience, our uneasiness, and our wandering desires when we do...
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How Did I Get Here?
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John M. Perkins
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Ephesians 3:20
In John Perkins’ memoir, Dream with Me, the civil rights leader describes how a life lived with God can change very suddenly, and what was seemingly impossible can become possible: How in the world ...
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God Believes in You
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Ann Voskamp
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Jeremiah 31:3, John 3:16, Ephesians 2:4-5, Romans 8:38-39, 1 John 4:9-19
There was what an Orthodox Hasidic rabbi had said on a flight westward. He’d put his prayer shawl in the overhead compartment and sat down, sweeping aside the tassels dangling from his pockets. And so...