Quotes About Spirituality

The truth is — you are as close to God as you choose to be.

Without God life makes no sense. Repeating

C.S. Lewis: «Todo lo que no sea eterno es eternamente inútil».

God gives us the grace and power to have a relationship with him.

Today we often feel we must "get away" from our daily routine in order to worship God, but that is only because we haven't learned to practice his presence all the time. Brother Lawrence found it easy to worship God through the common tasks of life; he didn't have to go away for special spiritual retreats.

Jesus has not promised to build your ministry; he has promised to build his church.

Todo acto en nuestras vidas toca alguna cuerda que vibrará en la eternidad.

Every time you forget that character is one of God's purposes for your life, you will become frustrated by your circumstances. You'll wonder, "Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time?" One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult!

Paulo disse: "Antigamente eu pensava que todas essas coisas eram muito importantes, mas agora as considero sem valor algum, por causa do que Cristo

The biblical word for personal change is repentance.

Para ser un discípulo robusto de Jesús, alimentarte de la Palabra de Dios debe ser tu prioridad.

God says there is a direct relationship between how I use my money and the quality of my spiritual life. How I manage my money ("worldly wealth") determines how much God can trust me with spiritual blessings ("true riches").

There is an inborn urge in each person to worship. If we don't worship God we will find something else to worship, whether it be a job, a family, money, a sport, or even ourselves.

Sin Dios, la vida no tiene propósito; y sin propósito, la vida no tiene significado.

Tolerating is the gift from God to women!

How can I keep my soul in me, so that it doesn't touch your soul? How can I raise it high enough, past you, to other things?

Dieses ist das erste Vorgefühl des Ewigen: Zeit haben zur Liebe.

Eines ist, die Geliebte zu singen. Ein anderes, wehe, jenen verborgenen schuldigen Fluß-Gott des Bluts.

It was all this, I think, that made me begin to have doubts about religion and even about God. If this person, I kept telling myself, was one of God's chosen salesmen on earth, then there must be something very wrong about the whole business.

Times change. God doesn't, but times do. We learn and grow, and the world around us shifts, and the Christian faith is alive only when it is listening, morphing, innovating, letting go of whatever has gotten in the way of Jesus and embracing whatever will help us be more and more the people God wants us to be.

If it is true, if it is beautiful, if it is honorable, if it is right, then claim it. Because it is from God. And you belong to God.

To elevate abstract doctrines and dogmas over living, breathing, embodied experiences of God's love and grace, then, is going the wrong direction. It's taking flesh and turning it back into words.

We shape our God, and then our God shapes us.

Jesus is supracultural. He is present within all cultures, and yet outside of all cultures. He is for all people, and yet he refuses to be co-opted or owned by any one culture. That includes any Christian culture. Any denomination. Any church. Any theological system. We can point to him, name him, follow him, discuss him, honor him, and believe in him—but we cannot claim him to be ours any more than he's anyone else's.