"On Sunday morning, I’m not nervous… I can’t wait to tell what God wants me to say." ― Charles Stanley Topic(s): God More From Charles Stanley "If you tell God no because He won’t explain the reason He wants you to do something, you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him, all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit." "The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God." "You can’t tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God… So I think the distinction is that there’s a difference between the authority of a pastor and a Bible teacher." More In God "God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness."― Aldous Huxley "I don’t like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can’t do it."― Ernest Hemingway "God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: ‘Use me.’"― Rick Warren