Quotes About Devotion

If we think that serving God always leads to greater prosperity, we're selectively reading our Bibles.

The best way for me to live this out is to keep asking myself, 'What is my love for my wife costing me?' If the answer is 'nothing,' then I'm not loving my wife as Christ loved the church.

When you entered this relationship of marriage, you committed to keep moving toward your spouse. Any step back, any pause, any retreat, is an act of fraud. Learn to move toward the person God has given to you for the purpose of teaching you how to love.

How often do we Christians "take the Lord's name in vain" during our worship? It matters to God if we lie, even if we're singing, and even if everybody around us is singing the same thing. Music can make us feign a commitment that just isn't there, causing us to become callous, insincere believers.

Infatuation fills your eyes with what you're getting, but let the Bible fill your mind with what you're committing to give.

life is richest when you give each moment of each day to God with the prayer, "Let me receive your love and pour it out on these people so that I can represent you every minute of the day.

Paul urges us to pray continually (1 Thessalonians 5:17). This puts prayer on a far higher plane than mere intercession. It marks prayer as the heart of our devotion, the constant awareness of God's presence, our consistent submission to his will, and our frequent expressions of adoration and praise.

Lord, how can I love my spouse today like she [or he] has never been or ever will be loved?

response—"Lord, how can I love him [or her] today like he [or she] has never been loved?" The answer may be very practical: take over a chore, speak a word of encouragement, take care of something that needs fixing. Or it may be romantic, or over-the-top creative, or generous, or very simple.

But ask God to help you. Partner with him to build up and encourage the person with whom you've chosen to spend the rest of your life. Ask. "How can I love my spouse today like he [or she] has never been or ever will be loved?" When we focus on what we can do, it's amazing how little time we have left to become consumed by our disappointments.

BECOMING ONE — IN THE DEEPEST, MOST INTIMATE SENSE — TAKES TIME. IT TAKES AT LEAST THE SPAN OF A DECADE FOR THE SENSE OF INTIMACY TO REALLY DISPLAY ITSELF IN THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP.

When a girl marries, she exchanges the attentions of all the other men of her acquaintance for the inattention of just one. Helen Rowland

That old love was dead. But it represented my commitment before the Lord — the One before whom I said, 'Till death do us part.

2 Thessalonians 3:5: "May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.

Ascetics are "strict" only because they want to reserve a major portion of their lives for their passionate pursuit of God.

He's got an overall flair for the game. It looks to me like he really loves what he does and he can't wait to get up in the morning, go hit some balls and go play.

I am very old-fashioned about marriage. It is for life and I mean it. I always knew that when I met the right girl, the life I had before - being single, in a band, girls everywhere - would be over.

For Better or for Best

Range after range of mountains. Year after year after year. I am still in love.

I am not really wicked. Love me, and you will see!

I love a lot of things, and I'm pretty much obsessive about most things I do, whether it be gardening, or architecture, or music. I'd be an obsessive hairdresser.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it

I fear God and respect God and love God.

Single Mind: If I love you with all my heart, she said, what will you give me? & then she stopped & said I didn't have to answer that because she was going to do it anyway.