Quotes About Spirituality

Are we concentrating more on the kingdom of this world than on the kingdom that is not of this world?

We have not, it seems, the power to abstain from worship. Instead, we swallow the sweet poison, substituting lesser gods for God.

The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labour for', as Sir Thomas More expressed it. The inner voice of prayer expresses itself naturally in action, just as the inner voice of my brain guides all my bodily actions.

Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celebrate our journey toward heaven.

History is a test of faith, and the correct response to that test is persistent prayer.

Prayer means keeping company with God who is already present.

Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.

The temptation that Jesus resisted in the wildreness [a crown without a cross; worldly glory], many of us, His followers, still long for.

When I listened to public prayers in evangelical churches, I heard people telling God what to do, combined with thinly veiled hints on how others should behave. When

My publisher conducted a website poll, and of the 678 respondents only 23 felt satisfied with the time they were spending in prayer. That

To pray is to walk in the full light of God, and to say simply, without holding back, 'I am human and you are God.

We pray because we can't help it. The

We should leave a worship service asking ourselves not "What did I get out of it?" but rather "Was God pleased with what happened?

In other words, the proof of spiritual maturity is not how 'pure' you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Los israelitas dieron amplias pruebas de que podemos llegar a desear las señales sin desear en realidad a Dios.

Earth is crammed with heaven And every bush aflame with God But only those who see take off their shoes. —ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING

The deepest longings we feel on earth, as parents, as lovers, are mere flickers of the hungering desire God feels for us. It is a desire that cost him the Incarnation and the Crucifixion.

Prayer is an expression of who we are…. We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment.

sacrificial love is one of the most powerful weapons in the Christian's arsenal of grace.

The Bible schools us to pray with blistering honesty.

The proof of spiritual maturity, Tolstoy contended, is not how "pure" you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

No, the prayer is essential. I live on the prayers. They alone can strengthen me to fight despair and fatigue.

Unlike many television evangelists, the apostle Paul seemed to expect from the Christian life not health and wealth, but a measure of suffering. He told Timothy, "In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted" (2 Timothy 3:12).

metáfora terrenal tomada del mundo de los negocios. El Espíritu nos recuerda que estas desilusiones son temporales; que son el preludio de una vida eterna con Dios, quien estimó necesario restaurar el nexo espiritual