Quotes about Renewal
The illumination of our minds by the Holy Spirit belongs to our renewal, and thus faith flows from regeneration as from its source; but since it is by the same faith that we receive Christ, who sanctifies us by his Spirit, on that account it is said to be the beginning of our adoption.
— John Calvin
This renewal, indeed, is not accomplished in a moment, a day, or a year, but by uninterrupted, sometimes even by slow progress God abolishes the remains of carnal corruption in his elect, cleanses them from pollution, and consecrates them as his temples, restoring all their inclinations to real purity, so that during their whole lives they may practice repentance, and know that death is the only termination to this warfare.
— John Calvin
No one truly belongs to the church and is counted among God's children, unless he first becomes a new man.
— John Calvin
We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
— John Calvin
Yesternight the sun went hence,And yet is here today.
— John Donne
Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for youAs yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend.
— John Donne
Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for, you As yet but knocke, breathe, shine, and seeke to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow mee, 'and bend Your force, to breake, blowe, burn and make me new.
— John Donne
Methinks I lied all winter, when I swore My love was infinite, if spring makes it more.
— John Donne
Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life.
— William Law
Be gone, sorrow, sickness, wheelchairs, and cancer! Enough of you, screams of fear and nights of horror! Death, you die! Life, you reign!
— Max Lucado
Life sometimes gives you a second chance.
— Maya Angelou
We give our dead To the orchards And the groves. We give our dead To life.
— Octavia Butler