Quotes About Godliness

One could never be sure with Oliver. Ambition and godliness, self-interest and the higher cause, the base metal entwined with the gold.

Jesus never asked us to go on the cross with him and he did not die for your sins. That premise is faulty because Christ is deathless and you have no sins. Instead, he lives for your innocence. He is the model of a man who recognized his innate divinity, the same godliness you own. He does not want you to emulate his crucifixion. He wants you to magnify his resurrection. You don't need to experience crucifixion to gain resurrection. There are easier ways to get to heaven.

But godliness with contentment is great gain' (v.6)—there is the glory and excellence of it; as if to suggest that godliness were not gain except contentment be with it.

How then can we deal with our tendency toward worldliness? It is *not* by determining that we will not be worldly, but by committing ourselves to becoming more godly.

Our goal in the pursuit of godliness should be to grow more in our conscious awareness that every moment of our lives is lived in the presence of God; that we are responsible to Him and dependent on Him. This goal would include a growing desire to please Him and glorify Him in the most ordinary activities of life. Of

James Hufstetler is again helpful to us when he said, "You will never really enjoy other people, you will never have stable emotions, you will never lead a life of godly contentment, you will never conquer jealousy and love others as you should until you thank God for making you the way he did."[ 3]

for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness" (1 Timothy 2:2). Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:6)

I'd given up Catholicism in my teens but something of it stays with me. I try to create the perfect sentence - that's as close to godliness as I can get.

Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory. – 1 Timothy 3:16

Believers are inclined to attribute their spiritual successes to their godliness when it would be more accurate to connect them with God's faithfulness.

Prayerful people become godly people, for prayerfulness with God cultivates godliness in all of life.

No one coasts into Christlikeness. Any progress in godliness requires Spirit-filled effort and purpose.

The word discipline has disappeared from our minds, our mouths, our pulpits, and our culture. We hardly know what discipline means in modern American society. And yet, there is no other way to attain godliness; discipline is the path to godliness. JAY ADAMS

From biblical times to our time, godly people have always been spiritually disciplined people.

Godliness requires disciplined worship.

Sixth, the Spiritual Disciplines are means, not ends. The end—that is, the purpose of practicing the Disciplines—is godliness.

The contemporary sluggard won't go to places he should go (such as church), saying, "It's too dangerous out there on the highways!" Or he might say, "If I discipline my time for the purpose of godliness, I might miss important things on TV or the Internet, or become so busy I won't get enough rest!" And he plops down on the couch or rolls back over in bed.

God expects us to use the walkie-talkie of prayer because that is the means He has ordained not only for godliness, but also for the spiritual warfare between His kingdom and the kingdom of His Enemy. To abandon prayer is to fight the battle with our own resources at best, and to lose interest in the battle at worst.

La piedad requiere una adoración disciplinada.

Worship empowers serving; serving expresses worship. Godliness requires a disciplined balance between the two.

So the Spiritual Disciplines are those personal and interpersonal activities given by God in the Bible as the sufficient means believers in Jesus Christ are to use in the Spirit-filled, gospel-driven pursuit of godliness, that is, closeness to Christ and conformity to Christ.

And in my own pastoral and personal Christian experience, I can say that I've never known a man or woman who came to spiritual maturity except through discipline. Godliness comes through discipline.

God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.