Quotes About Receiving

He saw clearly, immediately, that the man didn't care about the gift's value, didn't care about the gift even, but cared profoundly for the act of receiving as though the gift were a tribute, a confirmation of his self, his being, his reality. He found no pleasure in what he was taking but in the act of taking itself.

But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.

Essere fotografo viaggiatore significa essere traghettatore di incontri e di emozioni. Amo la fotografia da ricevere, restituire e condividere.

We have to realize that we cannot earn or win anything from God through our own efforts. We must either receive it as a gift or do without it. The greatest spiritual blessing we receive is when we come to the knowledge that we are destitute. Until we get there, our Lord is powerless. He can do nothing for us as long as we think we are sufficient in and of ourselves. We must enter into His kingdom through the door of destitution.

As surely as we receive blessings from Him, He will pour out blessings through us. But whenever the blessings are not being poured out in the same measure they are received, there is a defect in our relationship with Him.

A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because we will not be simple. How can we maintain the simplicity of Jesus so that we may understand Him? By receiving His Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him, and obeying Him as He brings us the truth of His Word, life will become amazingly simple.

Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you . . ." (Acts 1:8)—not power as a gift from the Holy Spirit; the power is the Holy Spirit, not something that He gives us.

My faith leads me to everything I need to surmount my difficulties if I am open to receiving the gift. I trust that God will take care of me.

You make a living out of what you get and make a life out of what you give...

you get nothing with a fist that you can't get in multitudes with your hand open.

The gratitude of those who receive help is first and always gratitude for love and only afterwards gratitude for help.

If someone is giving us something, thats because were incapable of getting it for ourselves.

For although to give with grace Is the noblest act 'mongst men, To take back the gift again Is the basest of the base.

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.