Quotes related to Colossians 3:17
Paul was a living example of what every true Christian should be. He lived for God's glory... "For me to live is Christ." Philippians 1:21.—Our High Calling,
— Ellen White
Do not encourage any appetite for stimulants. Eat only plain, simple, wholesome food, and thank God constantly for the principles of health reform. In all things be true and upright, and you will gain precious victories.
— Ellen White
One day alone is ours, and during this day we are to live for God.
— Ellen White
The question for us is not, "What will the world say?" but, "How shall I, claiming to be a Christian, treat the habitation God has given me? Shall I work for my highest temporal and spiritual good by keeping my body as a temple for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, or shall I sacrifice myself to the world's ideas and practices?"
— Ellen White
In a world where faith is often construed as a way of thinking, bodily practices remind the willing that faith is a way of life.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
A priest is a priest, no matter where she happens to be. Her job is to recognize the holiness in things and hold them up to God. Her job is to speak in ways that help other people recognize the holiness in things too.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
The basic principle is to do no harm. Beyond that, you are free to do quite a lot of things for a living, but they are not all going to come with their own evident purposes. Supplying that purpose is going to be up to you.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart once said he could not define pornography, but he knew it when he saw it. Reverence is a little like that. It is difficult to define, but you know it when you feel it.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
It's what you do that makes your soul.
— Barbara Kingsolver
God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.
— Evelyn Underhill
The cross is to be our point of reference for every area of our lives all the time.
— Tony Evans
I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
— Og Mandino