Quotes About Spirituality

The creative power of redemption comes through the preaching of the gospel, but never because of the personality of the preacher. 

it is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy.'" 1 Peter 1:16     We must continually remind ourselves of the purpose of life. We are not destined to happiness, nor to health, but to holiness.

My vision of God is dependent upon the condition of my character. My character determines whether or not truth can even be revealed to me.

To be surrendered to God is of more value than our personal holiness.

The Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends." As a saved soul, the real business of your life is intercessory prayer. Whatever circumstances God may place you in, always pray immediately that His atonement may be recognized and as fully understood in the lives of others as it has been in yours. Pray for your friends now , and pray for those with whom you come in contact now .

Never let your common sense become so prominent and forceful that it pushes the Son of God to one side.

Prayer imparts the power to walk and not faint, and the lasting remembrance of our lives is of the Lord, not of us.

The Sermon on the Mount is not an ideal, it is a statement of what will happen in me when Jesus Christ has altered my disposition and put in a disposition like His own. Jesus Christ is the only One Who can fulfil the Sermon on the Mount.

huffed. I get huffed because I have a peculiar person to live with. Just think how disagreeable I have been to God!

A warning which needs to be repeated is that "the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches," and the lust for other things, will choke out the life of God in us (Matthew 13:22).

O Lord, unto Thee do I come that I might find grace to praise and worship Thee aright. Lord, lift up the light of Thy countenance upon us; send power and majestic grace.

He is there to present the gospel of God.

The reason for prayer is intimacy of relation with our Father.

No one enters into the experience of entire sanctification without going through a "white funeral" - the burial of the old life

Life without war is impossible in the natural or the supernatural realm. It is a fact that there is a continuing struggle in the physical, mental, moral, and spiritual areas of life.

We somehow have the idea that a person called to the ministry is called to be different and above other people. But according to Jesus Christ, he is called to be a 'doormat' for others--called to be their spiritual leader, but never their superior.

You cannot bring your friend to the point of seeing; God must do it. Have you seen Jesus? If so, you will want others to see Him too. "And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either" (Mark 16:13). When you see Him, you must tell, even if they don't believe.

First John 3:9 does not mean that we cannot sin; it means that if we obey the life of God in us, we need not sin.

It is actually more important to be broken bread and poured-out wine in the area of intercession than in our personal contact with others.

Sanctification is an impartation, not an imitation. Imitation is something altogether different.

Never live on your memories of past experiences, but let the Word of God always be living and active in you.

Get into the habit of saying, "Speak, Lord," and life will become a romance. Every time circumstances press, say, "Speak, Lord," and make time to listen. Chastening is more than a means of discipline, it is meant to get me to the place of saying, "Speak, Lord.

Staleness is an indication that something in out lives is out of step with God.

Then we will exclaim, "He has been here all the time!" At critical moments in our lives it is necessary to ask God for guidance, but it should be unnecessary to be constantly saying, "Oh, Lord, direct me in this, and in that." Of course He will, and in fact, He is doing it already!