Quotes about Encounter

Anyone who doesn't have an experience with God, doesn't know God." He is a person, not a philosophy or a concept.

Any revelation from God's Word that does not lead us to an encounter with God only serves to make us more religious. The Church cannot afford "form without power," for it creates Christians without purpose.

The only justifiable model we have is Jesus Christ. The job description is fairly simple: heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, and cleanse lepers. If you say you are not gifted in such things, then I say, 'Find out why.' Most of what we need in life will be brought to us, but most of what we want we'll have to go and get. God has made these realities available. We must pursue them. These gifts are the overflow of the face of God encounter.

If our study of the Bible doesn't lead us to a deeper relationship (an encounter) with God, then it simply is adding to our tendency toward spiritual pride. We increase our knowledge of the Bible to feel good about our standing with God, and to better equip us to argue with those who disagree with us.

That depth at which he goes in me determines how far he goes out of me. It's a personal encounter. It's not our commitment to healing. It's not our commitment to evangelism. It's not our commitment to any of these things. It's our commitment to the person, to live faithfully with a person.

You are a creature of Divine Love connected at all times to Source. Divine Love is when you see God in everyone and everything you encounter.

I had a deep experience of God's love for me.

Everything changes when we see the face of God.

The Spirit found me.

the ship of my life might or might not be sailing on calm seas. The challenging days of my existence might or might not be bright and promising. From that encounter on, whether my days are stormy or sunny and if my nights are glorious or lonely, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If pessimism insists on occupying my thoughts, I remember there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.

Oh, the positive power of an instructed tongue! How many weary people do we encounter day after day who could use a sustaining word?

Draw me near Your presence, Lord, disclose Yourself to me.