Quotes About Spirituality

Who is there?" asks God. "It is I." "Go away," God says… Later… "Who is there?" asks God. "It is Thou." "Enter," replies God.

LIFE'S MAJOR PURSUIT IS NOT KNOWING SELF . . . BUT KNOWING GOD. . . . UNLESS GOD IS THE MAJOR PURSUIT OF OUR LIVES, ALL OTHER PURSUITS ARE DEAD-END STREETS, INCLUDING TRYING TO KNOW OURSELVES.

A wrong view of God leads inevitably to a failure to enjoy and grow in His grace. Failure to appreciate His love, His kindness and generous heart leads eventually to a life which bears no fruit and makes no progress. The lesson is clear: if you would grow in grace, learn what grace is. Taste and see that the Lord is good. —SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON (1948–), Scottish preacher and theologian

Father, teach me to live in the abundance of your promises instead of in my evaluation of my circumstances.

GOD, thank you for good friends who will speak the truth that is like soothing medicine. I don't always want to hear what people have to say, Lord, but help me not to refuse it since it is good for me. I want my life to reflect uncompromising faith. Empower me by your Spirit to take active steps to live a life without compromise.

THE BETTER YOU BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH GOD, THE LESS TENSIONS YOU FEEL AND THE MORE PEACE YOU POSSESS. Charles

The woven belt once worn around the waist by both men and women symbolized the participation of individuals in society, their place in the community, and the agreement to be, quite literally, bound by its rules. When the reverse was practised, taking off one's belt signified a readiness to enter the realm of the spirits. For women, the power could be amplified by unbraiding their hair, as mentioned above.

There is no coincidences. Every event we experience and every person we meet has intentionally been put in our path to help raise our level of consciousness.

My CD Tuning In: Listening to the Voice of Your Soul— this will teach you to go within to access your own wisdom using a 10-, 20-, and 30-minute guided-meditation process.

Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church.

At the most one could say that his chi or ... personal god was good. But the Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his chi says yes also. Okonkwo said yes very strongly; so his chi agreed.

Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

A man could not rise beyond the destiny of his chi

That night the Mother of the Spirits walked the length and breadth of the clan, weeping for her murdered son. It was a terrible night. Not even the oldest man in Umuofia had ever heard such a strange and fearful sound, and it was never to be heard again. It seemed as if the very soul of the tribe wept for a great evil that was coming—its own death.

If we want to see God as he longs for us to see him, we must look at Jesus very closely.

Satan is a liar, and depression is his cell phone. Next time he calls, hang up!

Sharon claims "God told me this," and Marcus

I have heard it argued that prayer does not change God's mind; rather, it changes us." "The act." "Yes, the act." "I will ponder that idea.

That is where love and lamentation chance upon one another, and that is where we find God.

Water that's not moving becomes stagnant. And if there's not someone pouring into you, the pitcher gets dusty. A person is most satisfied and most useful when she is both giving and receiving. In marriage. In life. In friendship. With God too.

And then a wave of peace washed over her and told her it wasn't where she lived that mattered, but that she was walking with Him.

I try not to be religious. That sounds stuck-up. Like you just follow rules. I read somebody once who said religion is man's way to God. We make a list to follow that makes us good people in our own eyes, but we don't take into account what God wants.

Most people made it more complicated than it really was, she thought. They looked for a formula or a mathematical equation. And believed that if you didn't do every step right, you didn't get what you were praying for. She knew nothing could be further from the truth because prayer was about relationship. Prayer was talking and listening and being excited to spend time with someone who loves you. She