Quotes About Devotion

And, since the exile was the result of Israel's idolatry (no devout Jew would have contested the point, since the great prophets had made it so clear), what they needed was not just a new Passover, a new rescue from slavery to pagan tyrants. They needed forgiveness.

My fourth starting-point towards a fresh approach is to insist on some kind of lectio continua, both personally and publicly. There are, to be sure, many times and occasions when we need to choose special readings to suit a particular moment or challenge. But the church's staple diet ought to be to work through the books of the Bible on a more or less continuous loop.

Jesus's way of life is the path of self-giving love

the human calling to worship God and reflect him into his world.

your praying and your preaching should be of the same length. You don't want to find yourself limping, with one leg shorter than the other. God works as a result of prayer and faithfulness, not technique and cleverness. But

Saul had been absolutely right in his devotion to the One God, but absolutely wrong in his understanding of who that One God was and how his purposes would be fulfilled.

He had been absolutely right in his devotion to Israel and the Torah, but absolutely wrong in his view of Israel's vocation and identity and even in the meaning of the Torah itself.

You become like what you worship. When you gaze in awe, admiration, and wonder at something or someone, you begin to take on something of the character of the object of your worship.

When we begin to glimpse the reality of God, the natural reaction is to worship him. Not to have that reaction is a fairly sure sign that we haven't yet really understood who he is or what he's done.

Once a good friend like me, always a good friend like me.

On the journey towards the beloved, you live by dying at every step.

There is nothing that torments Satan more than the sight of a faithful in prayer.

All those who love know exactly the limit they're prepared to go to. They know exactly what is required.

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.".

You trying to make me crazy?" "Everyone needs a hobby.

He closed his eyes, dropping his forehead against hers. "You'll be the death of me, Elena." She smiled. "You need a little excitement in that boring old life of yours.

Love, he thought as he held her to his heart, was an agony beyond compare.

How can I be angry with the other half of my soul?" he asked, his tone so tender it tore little pieces out of her heart. "I have a temper, baby, and I know I fucking brood. But even if I act pissed, even if I snarl, it doesn't mean I love you any less. Your soul shines, Tally, and I'm so damn glad it shines for me.

She was his and he was hers. They had under-the-skin privileges.

Eternity would mean nothing without you. For no power on this earth would I trade my Elena.

Judd figured he must have done something right along the way. How else could a rebel arrow have earned the right to call this amazing woman his own? Even if it was a mistake, too damn bad. He was never giving her up.

Pack is built on the bonds of family, of mating, of love. You come first. You always will.

I saw wild, dangerous beauty. I saw devotion. I saw you .

I love you," she whispered. He stroked his hand down her back. "Yep, you do." "You're supposed to say it back," she said, pretending to be offended because the silliness kept the fear/hope at bay. "Why?" He scowled down at her. "You know you're my heartbeat.