Quotes About Devotion

But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

So then, this is how you should pray: ëOur Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ëWhatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,í

ëThese people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!”

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him.

Jesus declared, “ëLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.í

This is the first and greatest commandment.

a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.

By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”

Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.

So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.