Quotes About Spiritual

Men who hold a theory of the Church which excludes from communion those whom they admit to have the Spirit of Christ simply proclaim that their theory is in flat contradiction to the spiritual fact.

The one thing that is said to have surprised God is that the voice of intercession had ceased. 'And He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor' (Isaiah 59:16).

The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God.

Everyone needs the Holy Spirit to understand spiritual truths. I found that when we taught the Gospel in an uncomplicated way the Holy Spirit did not need a high I.Q. to reveal Himself.

You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.

All the trials we endure cannot be compared to these interior battles.

For, as I have already said, it is the ecclesiastical and not the secular arm which must defend us.

The powers of devils are nothing if these devils do not find souls cowardly and surrendered to them; it is with such souls that they show their power.

Only those in tune with nature seem to pick up on the energy in wind. All sorts of things get swept off in the breeze — ghosts, pieces of soul, voices unsung, thoughts repressed, love uncherished, and a thousands galore of spiritual ether.

When I kiss you, I can taste your soul.

There are spunky little angels at the top of a bottle of wine and fearless little devils at the bottom.

Angels sail back to God on the sea of joy.

We had arrived at a remarkable place in our relationship. Our trip to Lakefield had been one of the most special months of my entire life. The kids had a great time. We were all in the same place together, not only physically, but emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We were all there.

in spiritual warfare. God's power lies in His three warheads: the Word, the Name, and the Blood.

you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus! Then satan will have lost his foothold of accusation. He is defeated when you understand what your righteousness really means.

we cannot ignore the enemy of our souls, but neither should we lavish attention on him.

Jesus came to model Sonship, and to reveal God's Fatherhood, to a world of spiritual orphans.

the mind is ground zero in spiritual warfare.

one of Satan's favorite strategies for impeding the spiritual growth and usefulness of Christians: get them to become preoccupied with their failures; from then on, his battle is won.

The old law vindicated itself by the vengeance of the sword, and plucked out eye for eye, and requited injury with punishment; but the new law pointed to clemency, and changed the former savagery of swords and lances into tranquility, and refashioned the former infliction of war upon rivals and foes of the law into the peaceful acts of ploughing and cultivating the earth. And so . . . the observance of the new law and of spiritual circumcision has shone forth in acts of peaceful obedience.

THE WARRIOR'S PATH IS NOT AN EXERCISE IN SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT. THE WARRIOR'S PATH IS A WAY OF LIFE NECESSARY TO THE DAILY SURVIVAL OF THE WARRIOR.

the most chronic problem facing churches and Christians is the lack of consistent spiritual growth and progress in discipleship.

It is normal for Christians to grow, to work for growth, and to expect increasing spiritual maturity.

It is quite natural, in pursuing enlightenment or just in trying to be happier, to look to your everyday experiences for signs of results. Indeed, your daily life is nothing else but an expression of your spiritual condition. Your life will change as you become more loving, but not in ways you can exactly predict. What happens is not important as how you react to what happens.