Quotes About Spirituality

Prayer turns us into first-class noticers. It helps us see what God wants us to notice. The more you pray, the more you notice; the less you pray, the less you notice. It's as simple as that. Let me explain how

If your deepest feelings are reserved for something other than Almighty God, then that something other is an emotional idol... if you get more excited about material things than the simple yet profound fact that your sin was nailed to the cross by the sinless Son of God, then you're bowing down to Tammuz.

We all want to spend eternity with God. We just don't want to spend time with Him.

but thinkers and feelers relate to God differently. So do introverts and extroverts. And that goes for all sixteen personality types in the Myers-Briggs matrix, all nine Enneagram types, and all four DISC profiles.

Well-developed faith results in well-defined prayers, and well-defined prayers result in well-defined answers.

Preaching may move the hearts of men, but praying moves the heart of God. And that's where revival comes from.

We usually focus on what we're doing or where we're going, but God's primary concern is who we're becoming in the process.

Prayer is priming. Prayer puts us in a spiritual frame of mind. Prayer helps us see and seize the God-ordained opportunities that are all around us all the time.

Orar con fervor es algo que va mucho más allá de decir palabras: es sangre, sudor y lágrimas.

Who you become is determined by how you pray.

La oración consiste en pedirle a Dios que haga algo, tiempo futuro; la alabanza consiste en creer que Dios ya lo ha hecho, tiempo pasado.

The Bible wasn't meant merely to be read. It was meant to be prayed through, meditated on, and lived out. If all you do is read it, all you've done is audit the Word of God. And you don't get credit for an audit. You've simply been educated beyond the level of your obedience.

The same is true spiritually. Until kids get into the driver's seat, they won't know how to get anywhere. What do I mean? You can pray for them their entire lives, but if you never let them pray, they're just along for the ride. They won't know how to get anywhere in prayer.

Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.

Preaching may move the hearts of men, but praying moves the heart of God.

If you want to hear His comforting voice, you have to listen to His convicting voice.

Una de las razones por las cuales mucha gente no siente intimidad con Dios, es que no tienen un ritmo diario con él; tienen un ritmo semanal. ¿Funcionaría algo así con tu cónyuge y tus hijos? Pues en la familia de Dios tampoco funciona. Necesitamos establecer un ritmo diario a fin de tener una relación diaria con Dios. La mejor manera de hacerlo es comenzando el día en oración.

The Bible wasn't meant to be read; it was meant to be prayed. Start reading, and God will start speaking. And that's when you need to stop reading and start praying.

Our prayers don't die when we do. God answers them forever.

God is big enough. He's big enough to speak through doors and dreams and people. He's close enough to speak through desires and promptings and pain.

How much happier you would be, how much more of you there would be, if the hammer of a higher God could smash your small cosmos. G.K. CHESTERTON

praise is a higher dimension of faith.

No busques respuestas; busca a Dios. Y las respuestas te buscarán a ti.

You don't become a praying parent by default. You do it by design, by desire, by discipline. Spiritual disciplines take sheer determination, but if you determine to circle your children in prayer, you will shape their destinies, just like Susanna Wesley shaped the destinies of her children. Your prayers will live on in their lives long after you die. Your prayers for your children are the greatest legacy you can leave.