Quotes About Spiritual

Jesus said our souls are more valuable than all the rest of the world put together.

If we feed our spiritual lives and allow the Holy Spirit to empower us, He will have rule over us. If we starve our spiritual natures and instead feed the old, sinful nature, the flesh will dominate.

You should no more allow sinful imaginations to accumulate in your mind and soul than you would let garbage collect in your living room.

Patience is not simply "teeth-clenched" endurance. It is an attitude of expectation. The farmer patiently watches his barren ground because he knows there will be results. He has patience in his labors because there will be products of his labor. So it is in the spiritual realm. God knows the final product of what is happening to us, and He would have us link patience to our faith. Ask God for the gift of patience—and then use it.

Faithfulness is produced by the Holy Spirit in a yielded Christian life.

The devil is the god of this world and he has blinded our eyes.

No clergyman however brilliant, no evangelist no matter how eloquent or compelling, can bring about the revival we need. Only the Holy Spirit can do this.

If you know Christ, you don't need to beg for the Holy Spirit to come into your life; He is already there—whether you "feel" His presence or not. Don't confuse the Holy Spirit with an emotional feeling or a particular type of spiritual experience.

Christians at work in the world are the only real spiritual light in the midst of great spiritual darkness. This places a tremendous responsibility on all of us.

Don't be deceived by Satan and his lies. Instead, stay close to Christ—because the closer you are to Him, the farther away you are from the devil.

There is a difference between sin and sins. Sin is the root; sins are the fruit.

The devil and his demons really do believe in God—and why wouldn't they? They understand that they are engaged in a cosmic battle of titanic proportions, and they know they are up against the Creator of the universe—a truth that makes them shudder. There are no atheists in hell!

When our minds are on Christ, Satan has little room to maneuver.

When we use the word "sin," we usually think of our misdeeds—actions or habits we know are wrong. But those are specific sins, and they are the result of sin, the deeper spiritual disease that infects our souls. Sin is the cause; sins are the effect. Sin is the tree; sins are the fruit. Sin is the disease; sins are the symptoms.

We must be constantly aware that Satan can take any human effort and twist it to serve his own purposes.

Only God can thwart the plans of Satan and his legions.

If you are not careful you will find yourself actually in the employ of the devil. He is powerful, slick, crafty, wily, and subtle.

Marriage is a holy bond because it permits two people to help each other work out their spiritual destinies. God declared marriage to be good.

Some may contend that the way for the Church to make the world a better place is to become like it. But whenever the Church does this, it ends up compromising its spiritual authority and losing its influence. Instead of changing the world, the world changes it.

The devil will tremble when you pray.

Heaven has no clocks or calendars, and time will be no more [Revelation 10:6].

If we would take the traits that characterized the Pilgrims and make them our own, we could regain hope. We could recover the spiritual and moral strength that we have lost. We could offer a thrilling challenge to our young people.

Satan is real and is opposed to everything God is doing.

Only the Holy Spirit can open our eyes. Only He can convict us of the depth of our sin, and only He can convince us of the truth of the Gospel.