Quotes about Renewal
That man's the true Conservative who lops the moldered branch away.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Purge. Prepare. Perfect.
— Terri Savelle Foy
When we clear the clutter, we are not erasing the memories. Holding on means not letting go. God has so much more for your life. You haven't seen your best days yet, but your clutter could be preventing you from recognizing the new things awaiting you.
— Terri Savelle Foy
Get into the Word regularly (John 17:17).
— Terry James
I know that all that multitude of sins would disappear in an instant, even as a drop of water cast into a flaming furnace.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
I have often noticed that Jesus will not give me a store of provisions; He nourishes me with food that is entirely new from moment to moment, and I find it in my soul without knowing how it got there.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Is the Black Church Dead? Or, Can These Bones Live?
— Thabiti M. Anyabwile
As iron cast into fire loses its rust and becomes glowing white, so he who turns completely to God is stripped of his sluggishness and changed into a new man.
— Thomas a Kempis
As iron cast into fire loses its rust and becomes glowing white, so he who turns completely to God is stripped of his sluggishness and changed into a new man. When a man begins to grow lax, he fears a little toil and welcomes external comfort, but when he begins perfectly to conquer himself and to walk bravely in the ways of God, then he thinks those things less difficult which he thought so hard before.
— Thomas a Kempis
Know thou of a surety that thou oughtest to lead the life of a dying man. And the more a man dieth to himself, the more he beginneth to live towards God.
— Thomas a Kempis
Repentance is a change of the mind, and regeneration is a change of the man.
— Thomas Adams
But this name of 'Holy Ghost' [*It should be borne in mind that the word "ghost" is the old English equivalent for the Latin "spiritus," whether in the sense of "breath" or "blast," or in the sense of "spirit," as an immaterial substance.
— St. Thomas Aquinas