Quotes About Devotion

What the Church needs today is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use—men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men—men of prayer.1

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. — Rumi (C. 1207 C.E.-1273 C.E.), Sufi poet

Because God's promises extended to Abraham's house, he was to devote all that he had to the Lord by use of the covenant sign. This meant that all who were part of Abraham's household in that ancient society were to be devoted to God by circumcision-sons, dependent relatives, and servants (Gen. 17:23; cf. Ex. 12:43-48).

But if baptism will not make our children Christians, then why should we administer the covenant sign and seal to them? The most important answer is that we baptize because God makes promises to believers and to their children. In baptism we honor God by marking out and acting on the promises that reflect his grace both in blessing parents who act in devotion to God and in blessing the child being devoted to him in covenantal faith.

It is important to remember, however, that baptism is not merely a sign of God's grace-it is also a seal. Baptism does not simply signify what Christ has done, nor does it only demonstrate the parents' devotion. Baptism is also God's own continuing, visible pledge to his church that he will fulfill his covenant promises to those who place their faith in him.

The God, who is greater than God, has only one thing on Her mind, and that is to drop, endlessly, rose petals on our heads. Behold the One who can't take His eyes off of you. Marinate in the vastness of that.

Christ's incarnation challenges us to be servants of God and others. In Philippians 2:7, Paul said Christ "emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature." A slave or servant is consumed with the desires of those he serves. Likewise, instead of living for himself and his comfort, Christ sought to sacrificially serve God and others with his life.

A man has to find a good woman, and when he finds her he has to win her love. then he has to earn her respect. then he has to cherish her trust. and then he has to, like, go on doing that for as long as they live. Until they both die. That's what it's all about. That's the most important thing in the world. That's what a man is, Yaar. A man is truly a man when he wins the love of a good woman, earns her respect, and keeps her trust. Until you do that, you're not a man.

So he stalked her again. Love makes hunters of us all.

Where would I be if not for your wild heart? I ask this not from love, but selfishly— how could I live? How could I make my art?

Love is what I sought. "Hunger," they called it.

I look for people who're passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely.

I'm a heathen when it comes to marriage.

He is my fate. He's my soul mate. He pervades my whole existence. So, of course, I often ignore him.

Clasp my love around your neck, Wear my heart on your finger. My soul will be your pendant: I live to adorn you — You're the precious one.

She's so in love with me, she doesn't know anything. That's why she's in love with me.

My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one.

Ela está tão apaixonada por mim que não quer saber de mais nada. É por isso que está apaixonada por mim.

La Puce Puces, amis, amantes même, Qu'ils sont cruels ceux qui nous aiment! Tout notre sang coule pour eux. Les bien-aimés sont malheureux.

The more a man gazes on what he loves, the more he sets fire to his heart and bastes it with bacon fat.

As long as you remember the person who loved you, and whom you still love, then you're making love endure.

A rare, deep and passionate love.

You only really deserve love if you give your whole body and soul to it, throwing yourself in and risking everything.

Nu pot decat sa-ti promit ca voi fi mereu aici pentru tine, mereu, indiferent ce s-ar intampla. La bucurie si la necaz in bogatie si in saracie Cat timp ma vei dori Eu voi fi aici