Quotes About Devotion

Prayer is not an option but a necessity.

The best way to pray is to open the Bible and pray Scripture back to the Lord, claiming His promises and asking that He strengthen and guide [us] in obeying His Word.

We are not free to pick and choose the parts of the Bible we want to believe or obey. God has given us all of it, and we should be obedient to all of it.

Prayer is the companion of Bible study.

Far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you" (1 Samuel 12:23). Never stop praying, no matter how dark or how hopeless it may seem. Ask the Lord to help you pray that all you ask may be for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the power of prayer.

Oh, that we would be people who would say, "Our God will deliver us, but if not, we still refuse to worship the things of this world.

Our world needs to be touched by Christians who are Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, and Spirit-empowered.

Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment; being a Christian is the work of a lifetime.

Too many people want to have one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom of God, and it is like straddling a fence. You are not happy either way. Declare yourself for Christ.

We cannot ask forgiveness over and over again for our sins, and then return to our sins, expecting God to forgive us. We must turn from our practice of sin as best we know how, and turn to Christ by faith as our Lord and Savior.

To take up your cross means to associate yourself with Christ and to share His rejection. It means you take a stand for Christ even though people make fun of you, persecute you—or even kill you!

Authentic Christian living has its own order of priority in our lives: God first, others second, self third.

All believers are called to be holy in mind, body, and spirit (1 Peter 1:15).

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.

Remember: He WANTS your fellowship, and He has done everything possible to make it a reality. He has forgiven your sins, at the cost of His own dear Son. He has given you His Word, and the priceless privilege of prayer and worship.

I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover.

There is nothing in the world I wouldn't do for (Bob) Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn't do for me...We spend our lives doing nothing for each other.

Happy is love or friendship when returned-- The lovers whose pure flames have equal burned.

Love actually is a great act of the will. It's when I say, "I desire your good, not for my sake but for yours". To love is to break out of the black hole of the ego and say, "My life is about you".

If you don't love what you're building, if you're not an avid user yourself, then you will most likely fail even if you're doing everything else right.

I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in.

And if trust is the first requisite for making a friend, faithfulness is the first requisite for keeping him.

Religious meditation, when set up as an end, not as an exercise towards an end, can issue only with all the more highly gifted minds in transcendental reverie, but with the great majority in devout torpor and pious monotony.