Quotes about Initiation
The decision to come out of hiding is our initiation rite into the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. It brings its own reward. We stand in the Truth that sets us free and live out of the Reality that makes us whole.
— Brennan Manning
True success in any endeavor can only come when the Father has initiated the activity and invited our participation.
— Priscilla Shirer
My prayer is that God will do the same for you. I am convinced that Christ is always the initiator of matters concerning faith
— Beth Moore
God not only initiated my salvation, He not only sowed the seed, but He made sure that that seed germinated in my heart by regenerating me by the power of the Holy Ghost.
— RC Sproul
Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Our Christian life began not with our decision to follow Christ but with God's call to us to do so.
— John Stott
To enter into a journey of initiation with God requires a new set of questions: What are you trying to teach me here? What issues in my heart are you trying to raise through this? What is it you want me to see? What are you asking me to let go of?
— John Eldredge
Sometimes going back to the beginning is the only way.
— Rachel Hauck
Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.
— Richard Paul Evans
Mythology is the womb of mankind's initiation to life and death.
— Joseph Campbell
Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
People who have been initiated broke through in what felt like breaking down.
— Fr. Richard Rohr