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Psalm 46:10 · WEB
10"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."
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Stanley Hauerwas on Communal Stillness - Anabaptist (Psalm 46:10)
"The church gathers in silence together—communal stillness, shared knowing. We are still before God as a body, not just individuals. In corporate silence we learn that God is God and we are His people
A.W. Tozer on Knowing God's Presence - Pentecostal (Psalm 46:10)
"Be still—quiet your soul, silence the noise, enter His presence. And KNOW—experience, encounter, feel His reality! This is not head knowledge but heart-knowing. In the stillness, the Spirit speaks; i
J. Vernon McGee on Stillness Amid Prophetic Turmoil - Dispensational (Psalm 46:10)
"Psalm 46 describes world upheaval—nations rage, kingdoms fall. Sound familiar? But God says: Be still. Despite prophetic turmoil, we can rest because God controls history. He will be exalted when Chr
Charles Spurgeon on Personal Stillness - Baptist (Psalm 46:10)
"Be still, my soul—you, personally, in your situation. Know that HE is God—the God who sees you, knows you, loves you. In your stillness before Him, you will find what striving could never give: the k
John Calvin on God's Sovereign Rest - Reformed (Psalm 46:10)
"'Be still and know that I am God'—this is not suggestion but sovereign command. God will be exalted whether nations cooperate or not. Our stillness acknowledges His sovereignty; our knowing rests in
Rowan Williams on Attentive Stillness - Anglican (Psalm 46:10)
"Stillness is not emptiness but attention. 'Be still and know'—attend to reality, to God's presence woven through all things. In contemplative stillness, we see what busyness blinds us to: God present
Oscar Romero on Stillness That Sustains Struggle - Liberation (Psalm 46:10)
"'Be still' is not call to passivity but to deep knowing—knowing God is on the side of justice, knowing the struggle is His. In stillness we are renewed for the fight. The activist who never rests bur
Martin Luther on Letting God Be God - Lutheran (Psalm 46:10)
"'Be still'—let God be God! Our striving says we must do what only God can do. Our anxiety says God cannot be trusted. Stillness is faith's posture: God works while we rest. 'A mighty fortress is our
Howard Thurman on Stillness for the Storm-Tossed - Black Church (Psalm 46:10)
"In the midst of life's tempests—and Black folk know tempests—God speaks: Be still. Not passive resignation but profound trust. In the eye of the hurricane, there is calm. God is the still point in th
A.W. Tozer on Holy Stillness - Traditional (Psalm 46:10)
"Be still—cease striving, stop struggling, quit your frantic activity. And KNOW—not guess, not hope, but know with certainty—that I am God. In the stillness we discover what busyness obscures: God is
E. Stanley Jones on Active Stillness - Wesleyan (Psalm 46:10)
"Stillness is not inactivity but receptivity—active openness to God. We choose to be still; we decide to know. Grace meets us in the stillness, but we must position ourselves there. This is spiritual
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on Hesychastic Stillness - Orthodox (Psalm 46:10)
"'Be still'—this is hesychia, the sacred stillness of the heart. In hesychasm, through the Jesus Prayer, we descend from the mind into the heart and there encounter the living God. 'Know that I am God
St. Teresa of Ávila on Contemplative Stillness - Catholic (Psalm 46:10)
"In the interior castle of the soul, stillness awaits. 'Be still and know'—this is the prayer of quiet, the contemplative rest in God's presence. Through silence and solitude, we enter deeper rooms of
Tim Keller on Stillness Before Sending - Missional (Psalm 46:10)
"Before we are sent, we must be still. Before we act, we must know. Mission without stillness becomes activism; knowing without sending becomes pietism. The missionary who knows God in the stillness c
Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Christ in the Stillness - Christocentric (Psalm 46:10)
"Be still and know—and what do we know? We know Christ. He is the revelation of God; in Him we see who God is. Stillness before Christ, meditation on His word, contemplation of His cross—here we know