Quotes About Renewal

Me gusta el viento. No sé por qué, pero cuando camino contra el viento parece que me borra cosas. Quiero decir: cosas que quiero borrar

la primavera es como un espejo pero el mío tiene una esquina rota / era inevitable no iba a conservarse enterito después de este quinquenio más bien nutrido / pero aun con una esquina rota el espejo sirve la primavera sirve

Creo que todos, los que estamos aquí y los que están en tantas otras partes, vivimos un desajuste. Unos más, otros menos, hacemos el esfuerzo por organizarnos, por empezar de nuevo, por poner un poco de orden en nuestros sentimientos, en nuestras relaciones, en nuestras nostalgias. Pero no bien nos descuidamos, reaparece el caos. Y cada recaída en el caos (perdoná la redundancia) es más caótica.

Qué es este exilio sino otro comienzo?

Pero si yo la pierdo un día [...], perdería con ella la última oportunidad de vivir, el último respiro del tiempo, porque si bien mi corazón ahora se siente generoso, alegre, renovado, sin ella volvería a ser un corazón definitivamente envejecido.

Qué lindo solcito!, ¿eh? Uno se siente como nuevo. Vienen ganas de cantar y todo".

Algunas noches vos me haces una caricia nueva, una caricia inédita, y fíjate que curioso, esa caricia nueva también sirve para revitalizar las viejas caricias, como si las contagiara de su novedad

You can make those promises with just as much passion the second time around. Such is the regenerative power of the human heart.

The demon bowed his head. "There are many kinds of Hunts. It is what defines us, renews us. It is the same for you, Hunter. We are born in blood, and we will die in blood, but in the interim, we must put fire to our veins and find new paths to tread upon." Tendrils of hair tapped his head. "Paths, up here.

All of us change. Everyone in this world, from birth to death, becomes someone new. Again and again, we are remade.

By no means was it the case that the church was entirely a spiritual wasteland in the fifteenth century. The Brethren of the Common Life, a movement of renewal in the Netherlands and northern Germany, spread twin ideals of godliness and human service through its schools, charities, and writings. The best-known writing was The Imitation of Christ, usually attributed to Thomas à Kempis (ca. 1380–1471).

If we repent, God always recycles our mistakes.

change of pace + change of place = change of perspective.

Going all in and all out for the All in All is both a death sentence and a life sentence. Your sinful nature, along with its selfish desires, is nailed to the cross. Then, and only then, does your true personality, your true potential, and your true purpose come alive. After all, God cannot resurrect what has not died. And that's why so many people are half alive. They haven't died to self yet.

Consecration is death to self. I know there is a fear that if we give more of ourselves to God, there will be less of us left, but it's the exact opposite. It's not until we die to self that we truly come alive. The more we give to God, the more we have and the more we become. It's only in losing our lives that we will really find them.

But remember this: without a crucifixion there can be no resurrection!

If you aren't hungry for God, you are full of yourself. That's why God cannot fill you with His Spirit. But if you will empty yourself, if you will die to self, you'll be a different person by the time you reach the last page of this book.

Confession breaks the power of canceled sin. It also heals the broken heart.

Faith is unlearning the senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive.

Faith is unlearning the senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive."-Mark Batterson Quote Read: 3/22/19

God can deliver in a day, no doubt. But you've got to back up that deliverance with daily habits that fortify your newfound freedom. If you don't, it'll be short lived. You'll end up right back where you started

When you confess your sin, it no longer defines you.

We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 CORINTHIANS 10:5

If you want God to do something new in you, you cannot keep doing the same old thing. You have to do something different.