Quotes About Devotion

El amor es un éxtasis;nos saca de nosotros mismos

Oración ha de ser el comer, y el beber, y el pasearse, y el jugar, y el leer, y el escribir, y el conversar, y hasta el dormir, y rezo todo, y nuestra vida un continuo y mudo «¡hágase tu voluntad!», y un incesante «¡venga a nos el tu reino!» , no ya pronunciados, mas ni aun pensados siquiera, sino vividos.

L'amore, con il solo amare, e senza operare null'altro, compie un'eroica fatica.

y amaba a esta su idolatrada España, tan calumniada cuanto desconocida de no pocos de sus hijos;

Y agrega que no puede haber mentalidad mas simple y mas córnea que la de un aficionado

Tanr?m seni sevmeye meyilli oluÅŸumun nedeni (...) Gök olmasayd? bile seni severdim ve cehennem olmasayd? bile senden korkard?m.

Que mais de grandioso poderá levar você da vida?" A resposta é esta: deixei aqui a minha vida; que mais de grandioso poderia eu dar a El-Rei?

Vra sa zica ti-i sot? — Da, mi-i sot. — S-acuma umbli dupa dansul? — Ce sa fac? Daca nu umbla el dupa mine, umblu eu dupa dansul.

from the Latin verb amare, "to love," referred to a person who loved what he was doing. Similarly a "dilettante," from the Latin delectare, "to find delight in

Flow – the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.

Mutta paadutin sydämeni kuulemasta näitä ääniä, sillä rakastin häntä, vaikka hän oli hullu, ja kenties rakastin häntä juuri hänen hulluutensa tähden, sillä hänen hulluutensa oli kauniimpi kuin muiden ihmisten viisaus.

Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut yourself in alone with God, to pray to Him in secret. Let this be your chief object in prayer: to realize the presence of your heavenly Father.1 —ANDREW MURRAY

which of course leads to experiencing more of His blessings). Although fasting is voluntary, it was considered a normal part of a believer's life in New Testament times. Notice that Jesus did not say "if " we fast, the Father will see and reward us but "when" we fast. Fasting is for those

The Lord wants much more from His people than for them to be His workforce. He longs to have relationship with those who love Him and to partner with them in accomplishing His purposes.

I really like the heart of Mary of Bethany. She was not an apostle. She was never famous, never wrote a book, never did a conference and never said much. Her passionate love was in secret—she just loved the Lord ferociously in secret.

Prayer is far more boring and difficult if we seek to live one part of our lives as if it belonged to God and another part as if it belonged to us.

It is not enough to desire to pray; we must resolutely stay with it. We must fight for our prayer lives because they will not develop on their own.

1. Set a schedule for regular prayer times. A schedule establishes when you will pray. 2. Make a prayer list. A prayer list helps you to focus on what to pray. 3. Cultivate a right view of God. A right view of God causes you to want to pray.

Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the King and keep it.1 —CORRIE TEN BOOM

Being a person of prayer is the most important calling in one's life.

Jesus does not want us to walk in a false humility that minimizes how much He enjoys loving us or how much He wants us to enjoy being loved by Him.

Prayer was as fundamental an element in the life of Jesus as breathing. He inhaled his Father's presence so he could exhale his Father's will.

To his dog, every man is Napolean; hence the constant popularity of dogs.' ALDOUS HUXLEY

Dog: A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship." AMBROSE BIERCE (1842