Quotes about Encounter
Is it possible the reason there are so few miracles in North America is because too many before us thought they had to become better Christians before God could use them? Yes! That single lie has kept us in perpetual immaturity because it protects us from the power encounter that transforms us. The result is we have converts trained and over trained until they have no life, vision, or ingenuity left.
— Bill Johnson
Those who have "died" and returned usually report being met and guided by people they know very well—even those already dead many years.
— James Garlow
If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
— Deuteronomy 22:28
I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew He moved my soul to seek him, seeking me; It was not I that found, O Savior true; No, I was found of thee.
— James Montgomery Boice
When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
— Genesis 42:29
Lord, the range of Thy power, the touch of Thy grace, the breathing of Thy Spirit, how I long for these to bring me face to face with Thee; Lord, by Thy grace cause me to appear before Thee.
— Oswald Chambers
Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
— 1 Samuel 15:5
Our experiences of God matter—those sacred moments that defy the very rational capabilities we are so keen to rely on.
— Peter Enns
Before you can cry to God and seek him God must come to you and must have found you
— Martin Luther
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him
— Zechariah 2:3
And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
— Ezekiel 3:22
He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
— Genesis 32:17