Quotes About Spirituality

Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy." —MATTHEW 6:9 NLT

Day after day I sat with the truth of Psalm 23, letting it burrow its way into my soul. From 1 Peter 5:8, I knew that a major tactic of the Devil was to prowl around my life. So maybe I couldn't stop the Devil from prowling around my table, but in Jesus' name I definitely did have the choice whether I allowed the Enemy to sit down.

The great significance of the altar was and always has been that it was the place where God and the worshiper met.

Prayer is the most direct expression of the religious consciousness.

Sin separates man from God, and that means death, for it is only in communion with the living God that man can truly live.

Jak to wyrazi? Carl Jung: "Pogód? si? ze swoim smutkiem, bowiem w nim wzro?nie twoja dusza".

Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.

No people ever did or ever can attain a worthy civilization by the satisfaction merely of material needs . . .

And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation.

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. (Acts 17:26-28)

True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.

El verdadero fin de las operaciones de la alquimia, que acaso son residuos de una ciencia muy antigua perteneciente a una civilización desaparecida, es la transformación del propio alquimista, su ascenso a un estado de conciencia superior.

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

understanding the excitement that drove this religion requires that we consider always the perspectives of the faithful.

For all their differences, holy rollers and Ghost Dancers had much in common. Americans who took up holiness sought to free the spirit by lifting the heavy hand of scientific rationalism and engaging emotionally with Christ . . . Parallel ideas circulated in the Ghost Dance, which advanced bodily healing and cultural resurgence through spirit intervention.

I've accepted Christ as my Savior.

There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not," Dr. Graham said. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

I decided then that while I'd continue telling my story to whoever would listen. Rather than preach I'd just plant the seed, live an impeccable life so people could see the difference in me, and let God grant the increase. It was all in His hands now—as it had always been.

Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved," so I took Him at His word, begged for His pardon, and asked Jesus to come into my life.

For the first time in my life the beautiful story made clear sense. I began to cry, overwhelmed by the emotion. For many years the Bible had been a mystery to me, but now it was an open book. This was the clincher: how could I suddenly understand the Bible when I never could before? How often had I picked it up and put it down because I couldn't make heads or tails of what it was all about? But with the Holy Spirit as my interpreter, the meanings were obvious.

businesses were closed on Sundays,

I never behold them [the heavens filled with stars] that I do not feel I am looking in the face of God. I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.- Abraham Lincoln