Quotes About Worldly

Second.—The Christian is to walk singularly, not after the world's guise, Rom. 12:2. We are commanded not to be conformed to this world, that is, not to accommodate ourselves to the corrupt customs of the world.

We are grown debauched in our judgments, and corrupt in our principles; no wonder then if carnal in our joys.

Unhappy man he, that hath no surer portion than what this variable world will afford him. The

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.

If I am seeking everything that can delight my senses, and regale my appetites; spending my time and fortune in pleasures, in diversions, and worldly enjoyments; a stranger to watchings, fastings, prayers, and mortification; how can it be said that I am working out my salvation with fear and trembling?

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.

It is good for me to be afflicted that I may die wholly to this world and all that is in it.

If you live in a society like ours, in which people seldom object if they hear someone taking the Lord's name in vain but are outraged if they see a pregnant woman smoking, then you are living in a world that values the worldly more than the divine.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the

It is important, however, for spiritual leaders not to emulate worldly models of leadership but to provide a model of servant leadership as Jesus taught (Matthew 20:25–28).

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.

The devil loves it when we say we believe then prioritize everything in our lives ahead of God.

The blessing of God enriches the soul for eternity while that given by the world enriches the body temporarily.

If you profess to be a Christian, yet find full satisfaction in worldly pleasures and pursuits, your profession is false.

Clear the mind of all worldly things. If you can't control your mind, how will you realize God?

Set not your heart upon the world, since God hath not made it your portion.

To a worldly man, a God-intoxicated person will appear mad and he will laugh at him, But to the God-intoxicated man, the worldly appear insane, foolish, misled, blind.

But the sons of this world have not God; they have only each other, and they walk holding to each other and looking to one another for assurance like frightened children.

We don't realise how much the world has affected us. We put God in the background.

I'm a worldly angel, meaning I've adjusted to the ways of the world, even though I am a child of God. I wouldn't consider myself a Christian rapper, but if we were Christian rappers, we would kill.

A high regard for the things of this world always signals a lowering regard for God.

God loves and delights to cross worldly proverbs and worldly craft.

God is good but not safe, and the urge for safe art is often a worldly temptation away from goodness.