Quotes on Providence
God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
(William Cowper)
The longer I live, the more faith I have in providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of providence. (Jeremiah Day)
God’s providences often seem to contradict his purposes, even when they are serving them. (Matthew Henry)
Everything that happens to me can help me along in my Christian life. (E. Stanley Jones)
God’s government will never fail in any part of the world, in any event of life, or in any tumult of the nations. (William S. Plumer)
Providence is a Christian’s diary but not his Bible. (Thomas Watson)
God is in the facts of history as truly as he is i the march of the seasons, the revolutions of the planets, or the architecture of the worlds. (John Lanahan)
All real evil is averted from the people of God, or is so controlled as in the end to do them good. (William S. Plumer)
Providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation. (Richard Sibbes)
There is never a panic in heaven. (W. Ian Thomas)
God is to be trusted when his providences seem to run contrary to his promises. (Thomas Watson)
We turn to God when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them. (Charles C. West)
Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face(William Cowper)
By going a few minutes sooner or later, by stopping to speak with a friend on the corner, by meeting this man or that, or by turning down this street instead of the other, we may let slip some impending evil, by which the whole current of our lives would have been changed. There is no possible solution to the dark enigma, but the one word “Providence.” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
God needs no props for his stars and planets. He hangs them on nothing. So, in the working of God’s providence, the unseen is prop enough for the seen. (A.H. Strong)
We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to his glory and our own advantage. (John Newton)
We are immortal until our work on earth is done. (George Whitefield)