Quotes About Spirituality

The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick.

Christ-followers contract malaria, bury children & battle addictions & as a result, face fears. Its not the absence of storms that sets us apart. It's whom we discover in the storm; an unstirred Christ.

What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, I Can. You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

In the Chinese language the word for righteousness is a combination of two characters, the figure of a lamb and a person. The lamb is on top, covering the person. Whenever God looks down at you, this is what he sees: the perfect Lamb of God covering you.

But prayer isn't asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right.

There are times when God sends thunder to stir us. There are times when God sends blessings to lure us. But then there are times when God sends nothing but silence as he honors us with the freedom to choose where we spend eternity.

You are never more like Jesus than when you pray for others.

Contrary to what we'd hope, good people aren't exempt from violence. Murderers don't give the godly a pass. Rapists don't vet victims according to spiritual résumés. The bloodthirsty and wicked don't skip over the heavenbound. We aren't insulated. But neither are we intimidated. Jesus has a word or two about this brutal world: "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul" (Matt. 10:28).

Christ-followers contract malaria, bury children, and battle addictions, and, as a result, face fears. It's not the absence of storms that sets us apart. It's whom we discover in the storm: an unstirred Christ.

I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don't be troubled or afraid. —JOHN 14: 27 NLT

Money gone. Expectations dashed. Friends vanished. Who's left? God is.

Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.

Upper-room futility. A little bit of faith but very little fire.

Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. ROMANS 12:2 NLT

The path to peace is paved with prayer.

The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity. [ 1 John 2:17 MSG

We have been taught that the Christian life is a life of peace, and when we don't have peace, we assume the problem lies within us.

There is no separation. There is no chasm between you and the heavens. There is no divider, no veil between you and God's love.

When he finally confessed his immorality, he made only one request of God: Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me (Ps. 51:11).

David knew what mattered most. The presence of God. He begged God for it.

The right heart with the wrong ritual is better than the wrong heart with the right ritual. Some

When God sends signs, be faithful. Let them lead you to Scripture. As Scripture directs, be humble. Let it lead you to worship. And

God's goal for you is wholeness.