Quotes About Devotion

But what if, instead of spending all of our energy making plans for God, we spent that energy seeking God?

if you give all of yourself to God, you can ask and expect that God will give all of Himself to you because that's precisely what He wants to do. We have not because we ask not, and we ask not because we're not all in!

We need to study the Word of God diligently. But we don't need to know more. We need to do more with what we know. At the end of the day, God will not say, "Well thought, Intellectual," or "Well said, Orator." There is only one commendation: "Well done, good and faithful servant!

If your deepest feelings are reserved for something other than Almighty God, then that something other is an emotional idol... if you get more excited about material things than the simple yet profound fact that your sin was nailed to the cross by the sinless Son of God, then you're bowing down to Tammuz.

Put your Isaac on the altar! Then, and only then, will you see what God can do. He cannot give back what you do not give up. But if you surrender yourself to Him, He will provide the ram in the thicket.

Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.4

La razón por la que Dios no responde a nuestras oraciones, no es que no estemos orando con suficiente fervor; en la mayoría de los casos, la razón es que no estamos dispuestos a hacer todo el trabajo que sea necesario.

Orar con fervor es algo que va mucho más allá de decir palabras: es sangre, sudor y lágrimas.

The Bible wasn't meant merely to be read. It was meant to be prayed through, meditated on, and lived out. If all you do is read it, all you've done is audit the Word of God. And you don't get credit for an audit. You've simply been educated beyond the level of your obedience.

The Bible wasn't meant to be read; it was meant to be prayed. Start reading, and God will start speaking. And that's when you need to stop reading and start praying.

El mundo no ha visto todavía lo que Dios es capaz de hacer por, a través de, dentro de y por medio del hombre que se consagre plena y totalmente a él». ¿Por qué ese hombre no puedes ser tú? Todos

praise is a higher dimension of faith.

La oración no es algo que tengamos que hacer con los ojos cerrados; nosotros oramos con los ojos bien abiertos. La oración no es una serie de palabras que comienza con un «Amado Jesús» y termina con un «Amén».

La distancia más corta entre tú y Dios es la misma que hay entre tus rodillas y el suelo.

Señor del universo, juro ante tu gran nombre que no me voy a mover de este círculo hasta que les hayas mostrado tu misericordia a estos tus hijos».

The Bible isn't meant to be read reactively. It is meant to be prayed proactively.

We need to work like it depends on us, but we also need to pray like it depends on God. That's what consecration is all about. It's letting God do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. And that's how God gets all the glory. Consecration is a complete surrender to the lordship of Jesus Christ. We relinquish everything to God - our time, talent, and treasure. It's a complete divestiture. But the exchange rate is unbelievable.

God trusts most those who know Him best, and those who know Him best are those who have spent the most time with Him.

It's no coincidence that being watchful and prayerful are coupled by the apostle Paul in his letter to the Colossians: "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." The word watchful is a throwback to the ancient watchmen whose job it was to sit on the city walls and scan the horizon for attacking armies or trading caravans. They saw sooner and further than anyone else. Prayer opens our spiritual eyes so we see sooner and further.

Playing the man means playing hard—giving God everything you've got. It's leaving it all out on the court. The gold standard is Colossians 3:23, which says, Whatever you do, work at it with all of your heart, as working for the Lord. A literal translation could read: "Do it like your life depends on it." In other words, give it everything you've got. Don't just make a living. Make a life.

When I was in college, I wanted to be Joshua. Every time there was an altar call, I responded. Why? Because I didn't want to leave whatever gift God wanted to give me at the altar.

the shortest pencil is longer than the longest memory. That's why I keep a prayer journal. Next to my Bible, nothing is more sacred to me than my journal.

The size of prayers depends on the size of our God. And if God knows no limits, then neither should our prayers.

Soñar es una forma de orar, y orar es una forma de soñar. Mientras más ores, más grandes se volverán tus sueños. Y mientras más grandes se vuelvan tus sueños, más tendrás que orar. En ese proceso de trazar unos círculos de oración cada vez mayores, se amplía la esfera de la gloria de Dios.