Quotes About Spirituality

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The sedentary life is the very sin against the Holy Spirit.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, . . . the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.

Donald Coggan's wisdom: "When true preaching takes place, the main actor is not the preacher, nor the congregation, but the Holy Spirit."15

Anytime our sermons become confessional, they become more powerful.

The third question, "What do they know about God?" has for its answer, "Pretty much nothing.

New converts keep old converts alive and reminiscent of their own wonderful moments of conversion.

Still, most people need more information on how to become conformed to the image of Christ than they do on how to be converted.

All of this talking about being image-driven was not a new idea. Jesus himself told lots of stories, and his sermons were full of images—image-driven, to be precise.

She cautioned her prosperous friends to live united to God's will. She also stressed that there is goodness in material possessions, for God wishes us to live in the joy of his gifts. But she also cautioned us that we must not love these gifts in such a way that, instead of our possessing them, they begin to possess us.

In a religion where logic alone rules, there is no power.

To God obscenity is not uncovered flesh. It is exposed intention. Nakedness is just a state of heart.

Imagination must constantly run on a new track or it becomes lifeless. A living imagination is essential to prayer.

Great sermon theses are powerful acids that etch themselves on the "have-tos" of the speaker. They are rarely written down. They don't need to be. They have already been written boldly on the preacher's soul.

Teach me the wilderness simplicity. Help me to point to you, honestly and joyously, as the threshold of all that really matters.

Jesus always quickens artistic and literary imagination.

we cannot make believers. Believers make themselves by voluntarily coming to faith, one at a time.

Never lose the awe and wonder of having a personal God get personally involved in your life.

In all the religions and philosophies of the world, a follower can follow the teachings of its founder without having a relationship with that founder. But not so with Jesus Christ.

Prayer is like any other kind of communication. There are times when meaning is shared, but there is no real excitement. At other times, though, the mood is so pregnant with joy it's impossible to forget.

Do you want to sing and play psalms? Then not only must your voice sing God's praises but your actions must keep in tune with your voice.