Quotes About God

meditaba en Hebreos 12:29: «Porque nuestro Dios es un fuego que todo lo consume».

Claro, no todos ellos son fáciles de orar —los salmos imprecatorios son más difíciles de usar en oración que el Salmo 23—, pero todos ellos son inspirados por Dios. Si te tomas 30 segundos para revisar cinco salmos cada día, no sería extraño que uno de ellos dé en el blanco con lo que estás buscando en tu corazón.

You might think of praying without ceasing as communicating with God on one line while also taking calls on another. Even while you are talking on the other line, you never lose your awareness of the need to return your attention to the Lord. So praying without ceasing means you never really stop conversing with God; you simply have frequent interruptions.

little input of God's Word results in little resemblance to God's Son.

But the main reason why the psalms work so well in prayer is that the very purpose God put them in his Word to us is for us to put them in our words to him.

Donde los sentimientos por Dios están muertos, la adoración está muerta»

Prayer involves communication in the spiritual realm. Many prayers are answered in ways that cannot be seen in the material realm. Many prayers are answered in ways different from what we asked. For a variety of reasons, after we open our eyes we do not always see tangible evidence of our prayers. When we are not vigilant, this tempts us to doubt the power of God through prayer.

So "come, let us worship" (Psalm 95:6) the one, true God who has ordained the Spiritual Discipline of worshiping Him—in public, in the family, and in private—as one of the most bountiful means of receiving the grace to grow in Christlikeness. For as we grow in the worship of God, we grow in the likeness of Christ.

Cualquiera que mida su progreso en ser como Cristo solamente en términos del crecimiento de su comunión con Dios está haciendo una medición incompleta. La madurez espiritual también incluye el crecimiento en la fraternidad con los hijos de Dios.

La mente de Dios y la Palabra de Dios son mucho más amplias que nuestras propias perspectivas y Él nos llevará a través de la Biblia para orar con entendimiento por cosas que están mucho más allá de las mismas cosas de siempre.

algunos que fracasan en practicar las Disciplinas las descuidan simplemente porque no las desean, y no las desean porque no tienen hambre de Dios. No conocen a Dios, por lo que los medios divinos para experimentar y disfrutar a Dios personalmente no les son atractivos.

Love God, and within the limitations He has sovereignly placed in your life at this time, do what you can.

The Bible sets no percentage goal in giving. Giving 10 percent of your gross income does not necessarily mean you have fulfilled the will of God. Ten

Those who eat too much and those who intentionally eat too little are looking for satisfaction in something other than God.

When you speak the gospel, you share "the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes." Sharing the gospel is like walking around in a thunderstorm and handing out lightning rods. You don't know when the lightning will strike or who it will strike, but you know what it will strike—the lightning rod of the gospel. And when it does, that person's lightning rod will be charged with the power of God and he or she will believe.

The irony of the empty soul is that while he is perpetually dissatisfied in so many areas, he is so easily satisfied in regard to the pursuit of God.

How can we worship God without worshiping Him in vain? How can we instead "offer to God acceptable worship" (Hebrews 12:28)? We must learn an essential part of pursuing Christlikeness—the Spiritual Discipline of biblical worship.

Find joy in God and you will find joy in doing the work of God.

The text of the Bible means what God inspired it to mean, not "what it means to

Cuando nuestra percepción de la grandeza de Dios y del evangelio es vaga, nuestras vidas de oración son insignificantes. Cuanto menos pensamos en la naturaleza y el carácter de Dios, y cuanto menos recordamos lo que Jesucristo hizo por nosotros en la cruz, menos queremos orar.

Just as an indescribable sunset or a breathtaking mountaintop vista evokes a spontaneous response, so we cannot encounter the worthiness of God without the response of worship.

Básicamente, lo que tú haces es tomar las palabras que se originaron en el corazón y la mente de Dios, y las haces circular a través de tu corazón y tu mente de regreso a Dios. De este modo, Sus palabras vienen a ser las alas para tus oraciones.

And to the degree we truly comprehend more of God, we will in turn respond to Him more in worship. That's why all worship of God—public, family,[1] and private worship—should be based upon and include much of the Bible.

Orar la Biblia es tan simple como ir a través del pasaje línea por línea, hablando con Dios acerca de todo aquello que venga a tu mente mientras lees el texto. ¿Ves cuán fácil es todo esto? Todos pueden hacerlo.