Quotes about Receptivity
Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- Mark 4:9
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- Mark 4:23
Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.
- Anne Lamott
I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul under the ribs of death.
- John Milton
I can only advance in the kingdom if I become like that woman: trembling, humbled, without excuse, my palms open to receive God's grace.
- Philip Yancey
God has yet to bless anyone except where they actually are, and if we faithlessly discard situation after situation, moment after moment, as not being "right",we will simply have no place to receive his kingdom into our life.
- Dallas Willard
We must return to the teachable nature of our first love.
- John Bevere
The posture is the lowest possible position in which we can put ourselves with empty hands and eager hearts.
- Lysa TerKeurst
The Lord bestows his blessings there, where he finds the vessels empty.
- Thomas a Kempis
The body after long illness is languid, passive, receptive of sweetness, but too weak to contain it.
- Virginia Woolf
[W]hen the faculties are empty, then your whole being listens.
- Thomas Merton
If, when God speaks to us in his word, we are deaf, when we speak to him in prayer, he will be dumb.
- Thomas Watson