Quotes About Spirituality

Jesus is revealed in the changed lives of His beloved children.

Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! Philippians 4:4, NLT

God, renew my spiritual eyes to see you walk before me and beside me as I turn to you in every situation of life. Thank you for being truly present in my worship of you!

True happiness, true peace is only found in seeking God with all our heart. When we love God and His Word, we are able to walk with integrity and a quiet calm that defies everything happening all around us. There

David teaches us that we worship God before, during, and after our battles.

The question for each of us is one of housekeeping. Are there attitudes or actions we have allowed to take root in our life that are keeping us from the pursuit of holiness?

when, for example, he met Martin Luther King, Jr., he was startled to discover a very different kind of Christianity. "I knew," he says, "I was in the presence of a holy person. Not just his good work but his very being was a source of great inspiration for me. And others, less well known, have made me feel that Lord Jesus is still here with us" (Nhat Hanh, 1995, pp. 5, 6). Through

The danger can be that just as we have sought to control our environment, with both its advances and its increased pace, we may seek to control spirituality by making its pursuit or its simplicity the point, rather than its effectiveness in meeting human need.

These images may be well motivated, but they still lack the personal contact with a living God that fuels and solidifies religious expression and life.

In sum, our book is a look at the tale of two stories and a consideration of whether one or the other story places us closer to the real Jesus, closer to our Creator, and, as a result, closer to ourselves.

Jesusanity is about a changed view of the world and others.

One factor is skepticism about institutional religion of all sorts

Daily life becomes a discipline of asking how one may move more squarely into the realm of God's reign and how one may welcome and receive it into the fabric of one's life this day more than ever before.

If it is all up to me to live a consistently whole and healthy spiritual life, then the dry bones of my dry soul will not live. If it is all up to preachers like you and me to keep a local congregation alive in community and ministry, then we may as well close the doors right now. If it is all up to you, me and all the other preachers alive today to bring about a moral revolution breaking the chains that bind us, then our world is doomed.

Heartache can be a flow of consciousness flying on the wings of love.

Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul.

I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience.

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality.

What was wrong with darkness? In the darkness of the Earth the Mother caused seeds to sprout. In the darkness of the womb a baby was conceived. In the darkness of the graves her Children returned to her.

Prayer is the key that unlocks all the storehouses of God's infinite grace and power.

Señor, enséñanos a orar".

Effective spiritual leaders value the power of prayer.

la oración contestada no es privilegio de los que tienen algún gran nombre o que pertenecen a alguna élite espiritual. Es la herencia de todos los que claman al Señor.

El perdón no sólo es beneficioso para nuestro bienestar físico y emocional, sino que es también tremendamente poderoso espiritualmente.