Quotes About Spirituality

the greater perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon Divine grace.

God wishes us to work gently, calmly, and lovingly with Him, asking Him to accept our work. By this continual attention to God, we will "resist the devil and cause him to flee" (James 4:7).

A little lifting up of the heart suffices. A little remembrance of GOD, one act of inward worship, though upon a march, and a sword in hand, are prayers, which, however short, are nevertheless very acceptable to GOD; and far from lessening a soldier's courage in occasions of danger, they best serve to fortify it. Let

That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for it, because his greatest business did not divert him from GOD.

Do not be satisfied with God's calling or His gifts in your life. Be satisfied with Jesus Christ Himself.

Please listen carefully. The key for experiencing the flow of God's living water in your life is … Obedience.

In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions, yet they live in a backslidden state.

All service ranks the same with God,-- With God, whose puppets, best and worst, Are we: there is no last nor first.

Evangelical spirituality focuses, subjectively, on the "with-God" life in all of its lived dimensions. It concerns the manner by which we live in communion with Christ in response to the Spirit in pursuit of holiness resulting in service to others.

When it comes to religion, the USA is now land of the freelancers" or "a greenhouse for spiritual sprouts."15

In a recent national survey, 24 percent of respondents identified themselves as "spiritual but not religious," meaning that nearly one-quarter of citizens surveyed have "combined diverse beliefs and practices into a personal faith that fits no standard definition.

Barna research demonstrates that only 52 percent of Christians are making some effort to grow spiritually, and many of these are inconsistent and achieve limited results.

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He who grows smaller and smaller in God's grand scheme of things, until he is invisible to all but himself.

Sluggish and sedentary peoples, such as the Ancient Egyptians-- with their concept of an afterlife journey through the Field of Reeds-- project on to the next world the journeys they failed to make in this one.

The Bushmen, who walk distances across the Kalahari, have no idea of the soul's survival in another world. 'When we die, we die,' they say. 'The wind blows away our foot prints, and that is the end of us.' Sluggish and sedentary peoples, such as the Ancient Egyptians – with their concept of an afterlife journey through the Field of Reeds – project on to the next world the journeys they failed to make in this one.

The spiritual teacher Gary Zukav has said, "When you find an addiction, do not be ashamed. Be joyful. You have found something that you have come to this Earth to heal. When you confront and heal an addiction, you are doing the deepest spiritual work that you can do on this Earth.

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As a young person I was taught that becoming a Christian meant that I had arrived. But trusting Christ as Savior is only the beginning of a lifelong process of spiritual transformation and training in discipleship. We begin the journey as spiritual infants, but God intends that we advance to spiritual adulthood.

The human will does not attain grace through freedom, but rather freedom through grace.

To every man of vision the clear Voice speaks; there is no great leadership where there is not a mystic.

Twelve-step programs have long stressed that the key is giving up any illusion of control—to admit that we're wrong, weak, or full of it, and then relinquish authority to a higher power.

the mystical. It is the power of all true science.

As long as I can remember I feel I have had this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. My brain becomes magnetized with this dominating force which I hold in my hand.