Quotes About Devotion

I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.

Christian faith, which is at its heart about self-giving—God's self-giving and human self-giving—and not about self-imposing.

Somehow, that "faith" was what God valued, and it soon became clear that faith was the best way for humans to express a love for God.

only love can summon a response of love, which is the one thing God wants from us and the reason he created us.

We have not, it seems, the power to abstain from worship. Instead, we swallow the sweet poison, substituting lesser gods for God.

God loves each one of us as if there was only one of us to love, said Augustine.

We should leave a worship service asking ourselves not "What did I get out of it?" but rather "Was God pleased with what happened?

Love one another Forgive one another Pray for one another Bear one another's burdens Be devoted to one another Regard one another as more important than yourself Do not speak against one another Do not judge one another Show tolerance for one another Be kind to one another Speak truth to one another Build up one another Comfort one another Care for one another Stimulate one another to love and good deeds

I wonder about the enormous energy being devoted these days to restoring morality to the United States. Are we concentrating more on the kingdom of this world than on the kingdom that is not of this world?

The Bible schools us to pray with blistering honesty.

15I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

Only Christianity dares to make God's love unconditional.

What would worship look like if we directed it more toward God than toward our own amusement?

According to Gallup polls, more Americans will pray this week than will exercise, drive a car, have sex, or go to work. Nine in ten of us pray regularly, and three out of four claim to pray every day. To

never live as though God does not exist." Or, stated positively, "Always live in awareness of God's existence.

Dios no le importa tanto que lo analicemos. Principalmente, lo que quiere es que lo amemos.

We'll stay true to God only if our love becomes a decision.

You have to have faith that you are doing God's will. Sometimes you will not understand. Sometimes you will doubt. But if you are doing God's will, you can't be wrong, you can't go wrong.

Loyaute me lie - Loyalty Binds Me

Either you have me or not at all. Either you love me or not at all. Either I am all yours or I am nobody's. I will have no half-measures with you.

I am marrying the finest man I have ever known." "It will cost you dear," he warns. "It would be worse to lose him.

For I am in love. For the first time in my life, utterly and completely, I have fallen in love, and I can not believe it myself.

But I want to be loved. I have always been loved. I want my husband to love me with a passion, like in a troubadour tale, like a knight.

Ah, my dear, you are a good wife. You are my beauty. You are my only love.