Christian Living Quotes - Page 2

Discipline is the wholehearted yes to the call of God. When I know myself called, summoned, addressed, taken possession of, known, acted upon, I have heard the Master. I put myself gladly, fully, and forever at His disposal, and to whatever He says my answer is yes.

We need to be impressed with these words in verse [2 Cor. 1:]9—“we should not base our confidence on ourselves but on God.” Through the redemption of Christ, the very God, who is in the heavens, has come into us, into our spirit (Col. 1:27; 2 Tim. 4:22). Thank the Lord that He is now in our spirit, calling us to forget about the soulish things and turn to our spirit to meet Him. We should no longer trust in our self, in our soul, but in God who is in our spirit.

Those who know ask to receive.Those who understand seek to experience or find.Those that are wise knock on open doors

If we were less of what seems like ease in our lives they would tell more for Christ and souls...We profess to be strangers and pilgrims, seeking after a country of our own, yet we settle down in the most un-stranger-like fashion, exactly as if we were quite at home and meant to stay as long as we could. I don't wonder apostolic miracles have died. Apostolic living certainly has.

Strategic spiritual warfare is war in the spirit with your spiritual man to address the physical problem

Strength of my heart, I need not fail,Not mind to fear but to obey,With such a Leader, who could quail?Thou art as Thou wert yesterday.Strength of my heart, I rest in Thee,Fulfil Thy purposes through me.

The love we extend to one another at Christmas, should blossom all year.

Blessed are they that have faith for they shall take steps like a blind man!

The Joseph in you must rise to the challenges of life and turn them into gold

With God, you are stronger than your struggles and more fierce than your fears. God provides comfort and strength to those who trust in Him. Be encouraged, keep standing, and know that everything's going to be alright.

But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence. 1 Peter 3:15

The more I pray, the more I feel God's comfort.

I would rather serve God and displease my flesh than serve my flesh and displease God.

Freedom keeps us soaring, but quarreling destroys our ability to fly.

Renewal of mind leads to revival of spirit and revitality of soul.

Faith is not a hothouse plant that must be shielded from wind and rain, so delicate that it has to be protected, but it’s like the sturdy oak which becomes stronger with every wind that blows upon it. An easy time weakens faith, while strong trials strengthen it.

Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.

God doesn't demand from you what He hasn't committed to your hands...yes

When we love God with our hearts in disproportion to our minds, our faith is out of kilter with the kind of faith God wants us to have.

For Foucauld and the Little Brothers, life in the desert was not a flight from the world but rather a school of love and prayer to learn to enter more deeply into humanity. Their goal was to shout the gospel not so much with their mouths as with their lives.

Whatever is true about your heart will show up in your actions.

Life is story, until I realized life as sacred.

The Bible is the great treasure for the curious sinner, fresh water for thirsty painting soul, the revealed truth for the true seeker or worship per,the unrevealed truth for the wrong seekers, a guide to the blind and eternal food for the hungry soul.

It seems to me that if God felt it best to delay marriage into the latter part of your twenties, He would also see fit to delay the hormonal urge to want to have sex. Or perhaps it was never His intent to delay marriage in an effort to "become more independent," "enjoy singlehood," and "build our careers.

The constant bombardment of the paranormal through media (Reality TV, Movies, Magazines etc.) is desensitizing our understanding of the cosmic warfare that is being waged by Satan.

The Lord is a great provider.

You may reach the tree top,and seem to touch the sky , but know that the tree your resting on, is grounded and rooted in the soil ,deep in the earth.

The God who delivered Hezekiah and the children of Israel is the same God who is eager to act on my behalf.

Music promotes spiritual, physical and emotional well-being.

The Pharisees had an ethic of avoidance, and Jesus had an ethic of involvement.

Satan is so much more in earnest than we are--he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.

Help me Lord be a Light and not a shadow in the darkness of my fears.

God loves all people.

Although we may encounter dark seasons, when we're filled with joy we'll have confident expectations that the sun will soon return and dark clouds will pass.

Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.

Whatever confronts your faith can be a test but if it stands to oppose the content of your personality and the validity of your convictions then it's threat.

The Bible, Holy writings.

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (8:32)

A sinner’s humanity will cause him to fall from grace again and again, but his human pride, ego, or feeling of unworthiness should not prevent him from seeking God’s forgiveness again and again.

Heavenly Father, thank you for the blessing that you bestow upon me daily.

Life on earth is temporary. May we pursue peace and live in harmony with one another.

If fear appears at your door you have two options, either you choose to let it in or you choose to grab onto the Lord and the promise of His presence no matter what.

Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying ‘renew yourselves’ from day to day. This is what we do with houses: we keep constantly repairing them as they wear old. You should do the same thing to yourself. Have you sinned today? Have you made your soul old? Do not despair, do not despond, but renew your soul by repentance, and tears, and Confession, and by doing good things. And never cease doing this.

Naomi knew she should pray... Instead, she put her face in her hands and wept with all the force of a bursting dam.

Go to church and get directions so you won’t get lost.

The purpose of God's Word is to transform people in every country and every century into the image of God.

I'm not praying for an easy life,but for God to give me strength to overcome life's circumstances

For the place God calls us into isn’t doubt free—how can any place where we walk by faith and not by sight be that? No, the holy wild is where we have driving and haunting doubts, God-hungry doubts that pull us to our knees, force us to the Word, make us wrestle all night and not let go until He blesses us. The holy wild throngs with true skeptics.

I am redeemed and saved by grace.

Waiting on God is not in vain!

I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love.

Has your character ever been questioned because you ate or drank with sketchy people? Not everyone in the neighborhood is cleaned up and easy to be around. We need to be willing to follow Jesus and choose to be with others in uncomfortable situations, because we can't always expect people to come onto our turf; we must also be willing to enter their world. -The Art of Neighboring

You ought to read, mediate and affirm the living word of God.

Salvation is the work of God planned in eternity, communicated by the prophets in the Old Testament and fulfilled in Christ; all of which the apostles bear witness to and the angels long to look into these things.

Ask for the godly way,travel its path.

Be willing to listen to the voice of God.

Character is the real you-“the you in you that makes you the you, you are”. “the hidden man of the heart” (1Peter 3:4).

The only expenditure, and all its outworkings, for which God can be held to be responsible is that which He directs.