“Let us entrust our life to God, and may it be done as He wishes. Whatever the outcome may be for us, that’s the one that is for our good. For God does not want the perdition of man, but his Salvation.”
Saint Ieronymos of Aegina
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“In the measure that we pay attention and take care to carry out what we hear, God will always enlighten us and make us understand His Will.”
Saint Dorotheos of Gaza
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“Note the events of your Life. Everything has deep meaning. You don’t understand them now, but later much will be revealed…”
Saint Barsanuphius of Optina
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“O Lord teach me by the power of Your Holy Spirit the way in which I should walk.”
Saint Sophrony of Essex
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“When you wish deeply to act always according to the Will of God, He will reveal it to you. This is what He asks: He wants us to reach out our hand for His Grace, so that His Grace may guide us and His Holy Spirit may shine on us. And then, it is Paradise on Earth.”
Mother Gavrilia
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“May our love for the Sun, the Will of God, be as strong as the sunflower’s, so that even in days of hardship and sorrow we will continue to sail unerringly along the sea of life, following the directions of the barometer and compass of God’s Will that leads us to the safe haven of Eternity.”
Saint John Maximovich
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“Lord, I beg you, do not allow me ever to have my own will. Do Your own Will in me. However difficult it may seem to me, it will be easy because it will be Yours!”
Saint Gavrilia, the Ascetic of Love
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“I realised that we all worry about ourselves too much and that only he who leaves everything to the Will of God can feel truly joyous, light and peaceful.”
Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
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“What does it mean to take up your cross? It means the willing acceptance, at the hand of Providence, of every means of healing, bitter though it may be, that is offered. Do great catastrophies fall on you? Be obedient to God’s Will, as Noah was. Is sacrifice demanded of you? Give yourself into God’s hands with the same Faith as Abram had when he went to sacrifice his son. Is your property ruined? Do your children die suddenly? Suffer it all with patience, cleaving to God in your heart, as Job did. Do your friends forsake you, and you find yourself surrounded by enemies? Bear it all without grumbling, and with Faith that God’s help is at hand, as the Apostles did.”
Saint Nikolai Velimirovitch
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“When mind and heart are united in Prayer and the Soul is wholly concentrated in a single desire for God, then the heart grows warm and the Light of Christ begins to shine and fills the inward man with peace and joy. We should thank the Lord for everything and give ourselves up to His Will; we should also offer Him all our thoughts and words, and strive to make everything serve only His good pleasure.”
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
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“Not my own will, but that of my Lord.”
Saint Pachomios of Chios
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“For everything you think of doing, remember to say: ‘God willing.'”
Saint Paisios the Athonite
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“When the Soul is entirely given over to the Will of God, then the Lord Himself begins to guide her, and the Soul learns directly from God.”
Saint Silouan the Athonite
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“If one does something consistent with the Will of God, he will assuredly face temptation, since for every good that comes about, there is either a temptation that precedes it or a temptation that follows it. Nor, indeed, is there certainty that something is genuine and consistent with the Will of God, unless it has first been tested through temptations.”
Saint Dorotheos of Gaza
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“Those who hope in the Lord don’t set their hope on money or the amount of power they have, but are content with the help that God will give them. They’re full of faith and love, they live in the courage of their clear conscience, they stand before the Heavenly Father as His children and call for His Kingdom to come on Earth and His Will to be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.”
Saint Nektarios of Aegina
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“A lofty and sound Soul does not despair over misfortunes, of whatever sort they may be. Our life is as it were a house of temptations and trials; but we will not renounce the Lord for as long as He allows the tempter to remain with us and for as long as we must wait to be revived through patience and secure passionless!”
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
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“One who has a living Faith in God and who surrenders himself to God with self-renunciation, remains untroubled in all trials and temptations caused by evil spirits, and sees in the fiends only the blind tools of Divine Providence. Without paying any attention to them during trials caused by them, he surrenders himself entirely to the Will of God. Surrender to the Will of God is a calm, restful haven in all trials and afflictions.”
Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov
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“Here is the luminous teaching of our Saviour: Thy will be done (Matt. 6:10). Whoever sincerely says this Prayer leaves his own will, and puts all things in the Will of God. But the will inspired by the demons consists in self-justification and trust in ourselves, and then they easily subject a man who receives this sort of thought.”
Saint Barsanuphius the Great
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“‘Thy Will be done’ Why need we ask this? Because we often err in our wished; but God unerringly, and incomparably more than we ourselves, wishes for us all that is good, and is ever ready to bestow it, unless He be prevented by our wilfulness and obstinacy.”
Saint Philaret of Moscow
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“You should know… that when you submit yourself to the Power and Love of God, you will comprehend that everything – listen well, EVERYTHING, in capital letters – is done either because God wills it or because God permits it. There is no third version! Therefore, since God wills it, I accept it with all my heart; since God permits it, again I accept it with the same joy. For He has His reasons… Never dare ask ‘Why?’ NEVER!”
Mother Gavrilia
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“If through fear of God you cut off your own will – inexplicably, for you do not know how this happens – God will give you His Will. You will keep it indelibly in your heart, opening the eyes of your mind so that you recognize it; and you will be given the strength to fulfill it. The Grace of the Holy Spirit operates these things: without it, nothing is accomplished.”
Saint Symeon the New Theologian
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“The man who perseveres in purity of heart will have Christ Himself as teacher, the legislator of all purity, Who will teach His Will to him in secret.”
Saint Hesychios of Jerusalem
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“The Saints submitted to whatever God sent them, with childlike simplicity, “That’s the way You want it. Let Your Will be done.””
Saint Amphilochios Makris of Patmos
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“He who falls, falls by his own will; and he who stands, stands by God’s Will.”
Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
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“This alone, O Lord: Enlighten me to know Thy Will, and grant me the strength to perform it. Woe is me, the foul and impure one.”
Saint Pachomios of Chios
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“From this day forth from this very hour and this very minute, let us love God above all and seek to accomplish His Holy Will.”
Saint Herman of Alaska
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“No, Lord, I am not worthy of such a question. It is more proper for me to say to my Lord, “Lord, what do You Command me to do?” For it is not my will that should be done by You, but rather let Your Will be my unchangeable law, so that I may always follow it. Lord, tell me what to do.”
Saint John Maximovitch
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“Do not put your plans before God’s plans.”
Saint Paisios the Athonite
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“If you wish to fulfill the Will of God, everything necessary is ready for you.”
Saint Onouphrios the Great
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“You never need to ask the Lord for anything Earthly. He knows better than us what is good for us. Always Pray: ‘I give, O Lord, myself, my children, and my friends and family over to Thy Holy Will.’”
Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa
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“If three men meet, of whom the first preserves interior peace, and the second gives thanks to God in illness, and the third serves with a pure mind, these three are doing the same work.”
Saint Poemen the Great
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“O Merciful Lord, teach us all by Thy Holy Spirit to live according to Thy Will that we may everyone of us in Thy Light know Thee, the True God, for without Thy Light we cannot comprehend the fulness of Thy love. Enlighten us by Thy Grace, and Thy Grace will kindle our hearts to love of Thee.”
Saint Silouan the Athonite
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“For when we say, “Thy Will be done,” and surrender ourselves completely to God, then God’s Will is truly accomplished. But on the one hand we say, “Thy Will be done,”and on the other hand we continue insisting on our own will. What, then, is God supposed to do in such a case?”
Saint Paisios the Athonite
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“Leave things to the Will of God. The more we pursue something, the more it runs away from us. What is required is patience, faith and composure. If it is for our good, He will give us what we require when we require it”
Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia
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“If through fear of God you cutoff your own will – inexplicably, for you do not know how this happens – God will give you His Will. You will keep it indelibly in your heart, opening the eyes of your mind so that you recognize it; and you will be given the strength to fulfill it. The Grace of the Holy Spirit operates these things: without it, nothing is accomplished.”
Saint Symeon the New Theologian
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“Let us make a vow that from this day, from this hour, from this minute we shall strive to love God above all else and to fulfill His Holy Will!”
Saint Herman of Alaska
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“Entrust all to His Holy Will.”
Saint Theophan the Recluse
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“We become a reflection of Heaven by saying: ‘Thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven’.”
Saint Gavrilia, the Ascetic of Love
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“We should ask God everyday to break our will and make it His, so that we may become as He wants us to be.”
Saint Gavrilia, the Ascetic of Love
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“We must not ‘surrender’ to His Will. This is what soldiers do. We, who are His Children, must offer Him our own will along with all our being – in whatever pitiful state we may be – and tell him: “Lord, take all my faults and imperfections and set them right.””
Saint Gavrilia, the Ascetic of Love
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Someone asked Mother Gavrilia, what does God want me to do? She replied “God is not interested in where you are or what you do… He is interested only in the quality and quantity of the love you give. Nothing else. Nothing else.”
Saint Gavrilia, the Ascetic of Love
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“Where there is attunement to the Will of God, there there is Prayer.”
Saint Gavrilia, the Ascetic of Love
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“God works in Eternity. Not in the hurry of our temporary life. Everything will happen as and when He wants.”
Saint Gavrilia, the Ascetic of Love
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“True hope seeks the Kingdom of God alone and is convinced that everything Earthly that is necessary for this transitory life will unfailingly be given. The heart cannot have peace until it acquires this hope. This hope pacifies it fully and brings joy to it. The most Holy lips of the Saviour spoke about this very hope: “Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).”
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
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“The Lord has given the Holy Spirit upon the Earth, and in whomsoever He dwells, that one feels Paradise within himself. You might say: why hasn’t this happened to me? Because you have not given yourself over to the Will of God, but you live according to yourself. Look at the one who loves his own will. He never has peace in himself and is always displeased with something. But whoever has given himself over to God’s Will perfectly has pure Prayer. His Soul loves the Lord, and everything is acceptable and good to him.”
Saint Silouan the Athonite
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“We should so train ourselves that the mind, as it were, swims in the law of the Lord by which we must guide and rule our life.”
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
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“Knowing the Will of God is one of the most delicate and complicated matter of our lives, especially for those who are trying to find it through Prayer. For although His Will is revealed according to thy words: “Ask, seek, knock, and it shall be given to you” yet it requires patience, trials, temptations and [ascetic] experience, to extinguish man’s own will and passions that cannot withstand the inexpressible tenderness and sensitivity of Divine Grace.”
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
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