Quotes About Spirituality

We have largely lost sight of the holiness and purity of God today. This is one reason why we tolerate sin so easily.

God's will is that we would be righteous in our living. God is holy, and the whole scheme of redemption has holiness for its goal.

Do not be content to skim through a chapter [of the Bible] merely to satisfy your conscience. Hide the Word of God in your heart.

Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate the Christian from the man of the world. In America, for example, churchgoing has become popular, but churchgoing may not necessarily be accompanied by genuine depth in prayer and Bible study or a change in lifestyle.

Nothing can alter the fact that God calls perversion sin.

Some day our journey through this life will be over and we will embark on another journey—one that will last forever.

I am still learning, for the Christian life is one of constant growth.

Do others see something of Christ in your life? Do they see a "family resemblance" to Him by the way you live?

God's goal isn't just to remove the bad things in our lives; He wants to replace them with good things. His plan is to remake us from within, by His Holy Spirit.

It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love." March 9, 1998 regarding Bill & Hillary Clinton Charisma News

Materialism may do what a foreign invader could never hope to achieve—materialism robs a nation of its spiritual strength.

The Bible teaches that we are to live in this world, but we are not to partake of the evils of the world. We are to be separated from the world of evil. When I face something in the world, I ask: "Does it violate any principle of Scripture? Does it take the keen edge off my Christian life? Can I ask God's blessing on it? Will it be a stumbling block to others? Would I like to be there, or reading that, or be watching that, if Christ should return at that time?

HOMEM - PRESENTE DE DEUS O homem tem duas grandes necessidades espirituais. Um é para o perdão. O outro é para o bem. Consciente ou inconscientemente, seu ser interior anseia por ambos.

Make it your goal to become more like Christ by refusing to let sin have its way, and pursuing instead that which is pure and good in the sight of God.

Can people tell from the emphasis we attach to material things whether we have set our affection on things above, or whether we are primarily attached to this world?

In our world, we give most of our attention to satisfying the appetites of the body and practically none to the soul. Consequently we are one-sided. We become fat physically and materially, while spiritually we are lean, weak, and anemic. The soul actually demands as much attention as the body. It demands fellowship and communion with God.

We should begin the day with the Bible, and as it comes to a close let the Word speak its wisdom to our souls. Let it be the Staff of Life upon which our spirit is nourished. Let it be the Sword of the Spirit which cuts away the evil of our lives and fashions us in His image and likeness.

Men cannot help that it is their nature to respond to the lewd, the salacious, and the vile. They will have difficulty doing otherwise until they are born again.

The church does not prey on the lost; it prays for the perishing.

Are you willing to follow [Christ] with a disciplined mind and tongue?

We live in a hostile world that constantly seeks to pull us away from God.

I've known the thrill of winning a tough ball game and of winning a golf match on the last hole. But to me the biggest thrill is to win the big one—the spiritual battle of life.

We see ourselves as self-sufficient, self-important, and self-sustaining. God sees us as dependent, self-centered, and self-deceived.

God's purpose for us is that we ought to be conformed to the image of His Son. The world may exert its pressure to deform us, but we are told to "be transformed" [Romans 12:2 NIV].