Quotes About Spirituality

which of course leads to experiencing more of His blessings). Although fasting is voluntary, it was considered a normal part of a believer's life in New Testament times. Notice that Jesus did not say "if " we fast, the Father will see and reward us but "when" we fast. Fasting is for those

Cuando Dios se dispone a hacer algo nuevo con su pueblo, siempre lo pone a orar".2 El Espíritu Santo establecerá una cultura de oración en todo el Cuerpo de Cristo antes de que Jesús regrese.

It is not enough to desire to pray; we must resolutely stay with it. We must fight for our prayer lives because they will not develop on their own.

1. Set a schedule for regular prayer times. A schedule establishes when you will pray. 2. Make a prayer list. A prayer list helps you to focus on what to pray. 3. Cultivate a right view of God. A right view of God causes you to want to pray.

The Lord calls each one of His children, no matter what his occupation—lawyer, doctor, maintenance man, carpenter, accountant, athlete, musician, teacher, homeschooling mom, and so on—to have a real prayer life.

We will all be far better spouses, parents, and leaders as we take time to grow in prayer.

We will never be completely satisfied by our achievements, skills, wealth, fame, pleasures, or possessions. Why? Because the human heart was created to need more than what is available to us in the natural realm. Only the eternal, supernatural God can fill our longings.

Beloved, our private times of prayer and our public prayer meetings may not move us, but they move the angels, and more importantly, they move the heart of God. Never measure your prayers by what you feel; when we pray in agreement with God's will, our "weak prayers" move the heart of God even if they do not move ours.

Being a person of prayer is the most important calling in one's life.

Jesus does not want us to walk in a false humility that minimizes how much He enjoys loving us or how much He wants us to enjoy being loved by Him.

Prayer is not about informing or persuading God but about connecting with Him in relationship. He is looking for conversation and dialogue with

Prayer was as fundamental an element in the life of Jesus as breathing. He inhaled his Father's presence so he could exhale his Father's will.

Discipleship isn't a random assortment of facts and propositions and behaviors, discipleship is something that is you to the core and is completely incarnated in you.

Most of us have become quite good at the church thing. And yet, disciples are the only thing that Jesus cares about, and it's the only number that Jesus is counting.

As John Piper puts it, "For people who are passing through the dark night of the soul, turnaround will come because God brings unwavering lovers of Christ into their lives who do not give up on them."24

Effective discipleship builds the church, not the other way around. We need to understand the church as the effect of discipleship and not the cause.

As kingdom workers, our job is to learn to discern the season of each person's soul.

The model for prayer taught us by Jesus is shallow enough for a baby to bathe in and deep enough for elephants to swim through.

I am going to give from every corner of my soul.

Religion needs spirituality. Spirituality does not need religion.

To the naked eye death appears random. To the spiritually inclined it appears ordained.

There are angels who dare not tread where you've trod and who find your courage utterly breathtaking.

Dot 1: Time and space (and therefore matter) are illusionary.

Why see life with only your eyes, when your heart has double-secret, interdimensional, X-ray vision?