Quotes about Connection

If we are going to touch the people of our communities, we too must know their sorrows, feel for them in their temptations, stand with them in their heartbreaks. Jesus Christ entered into the arena of our troubles, and He wept with them that wept and rejoiced with them that rejoiced.

Prayer is the Christian's greatest weapon.

I am never lonely when I am sharing [Christ] with others. There is a great exhilaration in talking to others about [Him].

Thinking of and serving with others can be an antidote to negative and unhealthy introspection.

I am never lonely when I am praying, for this brings me into companionship with the greatest friend of all—Jesus Christ. He said, "I call you not servants; . . . but . . . friends" [John 15:15 KJV].

There is a right way and a wrong way to make contact with God.

I have often said that loneliness is the predominant attitude in our culture. A person can be lonely in the midst of a party; he can be lonely in a crowd. Loneliness may be experienced by the rich and famous or the poor and unknown.

Apart from religious influence, the family is the most important unit of society.

What relationships need strengthening in your life? Don't wait for them to grow cold or bitter, but ask God to help you strengthen them by putting God's love into action—begin today.

Someone has said, "To have suffered much is like knowing many languages: It gives the sufferer access to many more people." Lord, help me to use any suffering I might be called upon to endure in that positive fashion.

If [Jesus] felt that He had to pray, how much more do we need to pray!

You cannot afford to be too busy to pray.