Quotes About Devotion

Jesus] asked [His followers] to count the cost carefully, lest they should turn back when they met with suffering and privation. He told His followers that the world would hate them.

Christ's nail-pierced hands are beautiful beyond measure, for they tell us of His love and His willingness to save us regardless of the cost.

Do not be content to skim through a chapter [of the Bible] merely to satisfy your conscience. Hide the Word of God in your heart.

God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar.

How often do you cave in to the pressures of the crowd, seeking the approval of others instead of the approval of God? We all like to be liked—but that can be a very dangerous thing. Make it your goal to live for Christ and be faithful to Him, regardless of what the crowd demands.

The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.

We glorify Christ when we live for God—trusting, loving, and obeying Him.

Everything we do should glorify God!

Are you willing to follow [Christ] with a disciplined mind and tongue?

We live in a hostile world that constantly seeks to pull us away from God.

Submission . . . involves getting rid of everything which hinders God's control over our lives.

Christ's church is a place to grow people up in the Lord, not to enhance our leisure time.

Prayer serves a dual purpose; the blessing of man and the glory of God.

Our voices, our service, and our abilities are to be employed, primarily, for the glory of God.

We glorify God by living lives that honor Him.

Many people are willing to have Jesus as part of their lives—as long as it doesn't cost them anything. They may even profess faith in Jesus and join a church. But Jesus to them is almost like an insurance policy—something they obtain and then forget about until they die. What keeps you from being His disciple?

The Bible lists in Hebrews 11 the heroes of the faith . . .who were tortured, imprisoned, stoned, torn apart, and killed by the sword. They didn't wear designer jeans but went about in animal skins, destitute and tormented.

Nothing will help us grow spiritually more than spending time alone with God every day, reading His Word and praying. Time alone with God is essential to our spiritual welfare.

I look upon it as a lost day when I have not had a good time over the Word of God.

Sin diverts some. Pleasure diverts others. Social service and "religious" activity divert others. We are told to be occupied with Jesus Christ Himself.

If there are any tears shed in heaven, they will be over the fact that we prayed so little.

In the morning, prayer is the key that opens to us the treasures of God's mercies and blessings; in the evening, it is the key that shuts us up under His protection and safeguard.

He who prays as he ought, will endeavor to live as he prays.

Sometimes I'm asked to list the most important steps in preparing for an evangelistic mission, and my reply is always the same: prayer . . . prayer . . . prayer.