Quotes by Paul Gerhardt
Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676) — Kirchenlieddichter · Lutherisch · Deutschland
Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676) war ein deutscher lutherischer Theologe und Pfarrer in Mittenwalde, Berlin sowie Lübben. Er prägte mit Liedern wie „Befiehl du deine Wege“ das geistliche Gesangsgut, verlor jedoch 1667 im Berliner Kirchenstreit sein Amt, da er sich aus Bekenntnisgründen weigerte, das kurfürstliche Toleranzedikt gegenüber den Reformierten zu unterschreiben. Heute bieten seine Dichtungen Bibellesern eine seelsorgliche Sprache des Gottvertrauens inmitten existentieller Krisen und Leiderfahrungen.
Era: Reformation & Baroque
Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Hope & Confidence, Grace & Redemption, Joy & Gratitude, Grief & Comfort, Prayer & Silence, Peace & Rest
Quotes by Paul Gerhardt
Commit your ways and whatever grieves your heart to the most faithful care of him who governs heaven! He who gives paths, course, and way to clouds, air, and winds will also find a way for your foot to walk.
Paul Gerhardt
Go forth, my heart, and seek joy in this lovely summertime, in the gifts of your God. Behold the beauty of the gardens' adornment, and see how they have decked themselves for me and for you.
Paul Gerhardt
How often you have fallen into great distress through your own will, when your blinded mind mistook death for life. But he who loves us eternally sets right what we confuse, brings joy where we grieve ourselves, and leads us where we go astray.
Paul Gerhardt
Up, up, bid your pain and worries good night, let go what troubles and saddens the heart; for you are not the ruler who must govern everything—God sits in command and guides all things well!
Paul Gerhardt
When I must one day depart, do not depart from me! When I must suffer death, then stand in for me!
Paul Gerhardt
Is something lacking here and there? Do not lose heart! Let worry and grief fade away! He who has not denied me the greatest thing will surely find a way for the small.
Paul Gerhardt
You have loved me from ever and always, and drawn me toward yourself; before I had done any good, you were already well disposed toward me.
Paul Gerhardt
Everything lasts its own time, God's love for eternity.
Paul Gerhardt
He hears the sighs of your soul and the heart's silent lament, and what you may tell no one, you may boldly say to God.
Paul Gerhardt
The trees stand full of leaves, the earth covers its dust with a green garment; the narcissus and the tulip dress themselves far more beautifully than Solomon's silk.
Paul Gerhardt
When I had not yet been born, you were already born for me, and had chosen yourself entirely as mine, before I knew you. Before I was made by your hand, you had already considered within yourself how you would become mine.
Paul Gerhardt
Why then should I grieve? I still have Christ; who will take him from me? Who will rob me of the heaven that God's Son has already secured for me in faith?
Paul Gerhardt
Now all the forests rest, cattle, people, town and fields, the whole world sleeps; but you, my senses, up, up, you shall begin what pleases your Creator.
Paul Gerhardt
Be content and be still in the God of your life; in him rests the fullness of all joy, without him you toil in vain. He is your spring and your sun, shining brightly every day for your delight. Be content.
Paul Gerhardt
My guilt cannot weigh me down, for you have laid all my burden upon your own back.
Paul Gerhardt
Whatever evil you have done is all abolished; God's love takes captive the power and force of your sins.
Paul Gerhardt
Let him, let him act and rule, he is a wise prince and will conduct himself so that you will marvel, when he, as befits him, carries through with wondrous counsel the work that has troubled you.
Paul Gerhardt
I myself cannot and will not rest; the great deeds of the great God awaken all my senses; I sing along when everything sings, and let what resounds to the Most High flow from my heart.
Paul Gerhardt
Arise, my heart, sing and leap and be of good courage! Your God, the source of all things, is himself and remains your good.
Paul Gerhardt
He who gives the clouds, air, and winds their way, path, and course will also find a way where your foot may go.
Paul Gerhardt
Hope, oh poor soul, hope and do not despair! God will draw you out of the pit where sorrow torments you, with great mercy; only wait for the time, and you will already see the sun of the sweetest joy.
Paul Gerhardt
I stand at your manger here, O Jesus, my life; I come, bringing and giving you what you have given me. Take it, it is my spirit and mind, heart, soul and courage, take it all and let it please you.
Paul Gerhardt
Praised be your faithfulness, new every morning; praise be to the strong hands that turn away all heartache.
Paul Gerhardt
Why do you torment yourself in your mind and grieve day and night? Take your worry and cast it upon the one who made you.
Paul Gerhardt
Help graciously all the sick, give joyful thoughts to the deeply troubled souls tormented by melancholy.
Paul Gerhardt
God is full of love for you and faithful with his whole heart; when you make a wish, he examines well what kind of wish it is; if it is good for you, he grants it, if it would harm you, he says: No.
Paul Gerhardt
As long as a heart hopes and believes and remains steadfast in prayer, so long it is unconquered.
Paul Gerhardt
May he give us a joyful heart, refresh spirit and mind, and cast all anxiety, fear, worry, and pain into the depths of the sea.
Paul Gerhardt
You heal the wound of my heart with your sweet love, and keep misfortune from grieving me too deeply.
Paul Gerhardt
Whoever sits under the shelter of the Most High is very well covered; when everything thunders, crashes and flashes, his heart stays unafraid.
Paul Gerhardt
God has never yet failed in his governance; no, whatever he does or lets happen will come to a good end.
Paul Gerhardt
You need not be terrified before the guilt of your sins; no, Jesus wants to cover it with his love and grace.
Paul Gerhardt
Evening and morning are his cares, blessing and increasing, warding off misfortune are his works and deeds alone.
Paul Gerhardt
For that is God's title of honor: to help when the need is greatest. When you and I no longer feel him, he draws near to guide us well.
Paul Gerhardt
Say yes to my deeds, help counsel the best yourself; the beginning, middle and end, ah Lord, turn toward the best.
Paul Gerhardt
Good friends are like staffs, on which people's steps rely, so that the weak foot may rise when the body sinks to the ground.
Paul Gerhardt
Ah, I think, if you are so beautiful here and let it go so lovely for us on this poor earth: what then must it be beyond this world, there in the rich tent of heaven and golden castle!
Paul Gerhardt
You count how often a Christian weeps and what his sorrow is; no tear, however small, but you gather and keep it by.
Paul Gerhardt
Be the father of the forsaken, the counselor of the wandering, the gift of the unprovided, the wealth and possession of the poor.
Paul Gerhardt
No judgment frightens me, no calamity grieves me, for my Savior, who loves me, covers me with his wings.
Paul Gerhardt
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