Quotes About Reflection

My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life.

Get into the habit of saying, "Speak, Lord," and life will become a romance (1 Samuel 3:9). Every time circumstances press in on you, say, "Speak, Lord," and make time to listen.

O Lord, explore down to the deepest springs of my spirit where Thy Spirit works, and read my deepest prayers I cannot pray in expression. Lord, touch my body, it is Thy temple, shine out in and through it, O Lord.

To be shallow is not a sign of being wicked, nor is shallowness a sign that there are no deeps; the ocean has a shore.

Christian work can actually be a means of diverting a person's focus away from Jesus Christ.

We look for God to exhibit Himself to His children, but God only exhibits Himself in His children.

Determinedly take no one seriously but God, and the first person you find you have to leave severely alone as being the greatest fraud you have ever known, is yourself.

Prayer is not getting things from God. That is a most initial stage; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God: I tell Him what I know He knows in order that I may get to know it as He does.

I must take time to worship the One whose name I bear.

It is at the risk of our own soul's welfare that we get caught up in practical busy-work

Lord, for the days of the past holiday I praise and thank Thee, for my lying fallow to Thy grace; for the many prayers that have surrounded me like an atmosphere of heaven.

We are not made for brilliant moments, but we have to walk in the light of them in ordinary ways.

As we grow in the Christian life, it becomes simpler to us, because we are less inclined to say, "I wonder why God allowed this or that?" And we begin to see that the compelling purpose of God lies behind everything in life, and that God is divinely shaping us into oneness with that purpose.

Are you learning to listen to God before you speak, or are you saying things and then trying to make God's Word fit what you have said?

Let your memory have its way with you. It is a minister of God bringing its rebuke and sorrow to you. God will turn what might have been into a wonderful lesson of growth for the future.

Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry. We are always in such a frantic hurry.

Beware of building your faith on experience, or your life will not ring true and will only sound the note of a critical spirit.

And I will suffer great humiliation once I come to acknowledge and understand that I have not really been concerned about realizing Jesus Christ Himself, but only concerned with knowing what He has done for me.

Nothing touches our lives but it is God Himself speaking. Do we discern His hand or only mere occurrence?

If not, that is why I become discouraged. Discouragement is disillusioned self-love, and self-love may be love for my devotion to Jesus—not love for Jesus Himself.

Is God having His way with me, and are people beginning to see God in my life more and more? Be serious in your commitment to God and gladly leave everything else alone. Literally put God first in your life.

It is impossible to carry on your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.

When God brings a time of waiting, and appears to be unresponsive, don't fill it with busyness, just wait.

When "important" individuals go away we are sad, until we see that they are meant to go, so that only one thing is left for us to do—to look into the face of God for ourselves.