Quotes About Renewal

This is what reading is like to me. It's finding a spring in the midst of a barren land. Just when I think I might up and die of thirst, I stumble onto this fresh, cold water, and I'm suddenly given this new life because I can-and do-drink to my heart's content.

As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, similarly, the fire of Self-knowledge reduces all Karma to ashes.

Meditation is a process of getting rid of the whole past, of getting rid of all diseases, of getting rid of all the pus that has gathered in you. It is painful, but it is cleansing, and there is no other way to cleanse you.

Like as our outworn garments we discard, And other new ones don; So doth the Soul these bodies doff when marred And others new put on.

Though your sins are like scarlet, They will be made as white as snow; Though they are as red as crimson cloth, They will become like wool.

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

You're never too old, never too bad, never too late and never too sick to start from the scratch once again.

Never too old, never too sick, never too bad to start again.

We're organisms; we're conceived, we're born, we live, we die, and we decay. But as we decay we feed the world of the living: plants and bugs and bacteria.

Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all of us working together. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed sense of obligation, a new sense of duty, a new season of service...

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

I've come to believe that a good cry is like a car wash for the soul

The evidence of salvation is living a life of transformation.

Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.

Future strong is letting go of what no longer serves you. Quickly.

As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past.

Faith does not come from our understanding. It comes from the heart. We do not believe because we understand; we understand because we believe (see Heb. 11:6). We'll know when our mind is truly renewed, because the impossible will look logical.

Having a renewed mind is often not an issue of whether or not someone is going to heaven, but of how much of heaven he or she wants in his or her life right now. Jesus urged us to do an about-face in our

The only way to consistently do Kingdom works is to view reality from God's perspective. That's what the Bible means when it talks about renewing our minds. The battle is in the mind. The mind is the essential tool in bringing Kingdom reality to the problems and crises people face. God has made it to be the gatekeeper of the supernatural.

Re" means to go back. "Pent" is like the penthouse, the top floor of a building. Repent, then, means to go back to God's perspective on reality.

2 Corinthians 10:15—…bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

Renewing the mind becomes possible when we remember, record, review, and remind ourselves and God of what He has done in the past, and of our obedience. It is a sure way to solidify your identity in Him, and to mold your mind so it conforms to the mind of Christ.

But if you don't change the way you think, you'll never be able to apprehend the Kingdom power that is available.

He was saying that when our minds are renewed, we will see the Kingdom displayed and proven as He did in His earthly ministry. That's what it means to "see" the Kingdom of Heaven. Our souls long to see such things. We have inside of us an unrelenting hunger to watch the Kingdom break into this realm—and not just to watch but to participate, to become the connecting point and gateway for God's power.