{"id":7828,"date":"2016-08-16T23:44:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T04:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/godswill\/"},"modified":"2016-08-16T23:44:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T04:44:27","slug":"godswill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/godswill\/","title":{"rendered":"GOD\u2019S\nWILL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>The will of God will never take you where the grace of God cannot keep you.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Author unknown<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>A man\u2019s heart is right when he wills what God wills.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Thomas Aquinas<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>When I vacillated about my decision to serve the Lord my God, it was I who willed, and I who willed not, and nobody else. I was fighting against myself. All you asked was that I cease to want what I willed, and begin to want what you willed.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Augustine of Hippo<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Though the sky fall, let Thy will be done.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Thomas Browne<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>The ground of discrimination that exists among men is the sovereign will of God and that alone; but the ground of damnation to which the reprobate are consigned is sin and sin alone.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>John Calvin<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>In doing [God\u2019s] will we find our peace.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Dante<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>The end of life is not to deny self, nor to be true, nor to keep the Ten Commandments \u2013 it is simply to do God\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Henry Drummond<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Inside the will of God there is no failure. Outside the will of God there is no success.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Benard Edinger<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>If I want only pure water, what does it matter to me whether it be brought in a vase of gold or of glass? What is it to me whether the will of God be presented to me in tribulation or consolation, since I desire and seek only the Divine will?<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Francis de Sales<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>The whole science of the saints consists in finding out and following God\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Isidore of Seville<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>You are to think of yourself as only existing in this world to do God\u2019s will. To think that you are your own is as absurd as to think you are self-created. It as an obvious first principle that you belong completely to God.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>William Law<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, \u201cThy will be done,\u201d and those to whom God says, \u201cAll right, then, have it your way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>C.S. Lewis<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Rule. Hold this as a fixed verity, that that is best which God wills.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Joseph Symonds<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>The center of God\u2019s will is our only safety.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Betsie ten Boom<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The will of God will never take you where the grace of God cannot keep you. Author unknown A man\u2019s heart is right when he wills what God wills. Thomas Aquinas When I vacillated about my decision to serve the Lord my God, it was I who willed, and I who willed not, and nobody &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/godswill\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GOD\u2019S<br \/>\nWILL&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}