Quotes about Awareness

Those who cannot learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.

Many Christians are stuck. Some are lost this very moment, trying to find their way. Others are afraid they will go astray if they remain stuck for too much longer. More than a few are lost without knowing it.

God intends that we mature in learning to recognize how he speaks and guides us through our feelings.

Ignoring our emotions is turning our back on reality.

Get in a comfortable position and still yourself. Recall you are in the presence of God, inviting the Holy Spirit to guide you as you review the events of your day. Walk through the events in your day (or yesterday's events if it is morning). Imagine yourself watching your day on a fast-forwarded DVD with Jesus. Let Jesus stop the DVD at any part of the day so you might reflect on it.

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most of our human problems come because we don't know how to sit still in our room for an hour. — Leighton Ford

be still, and know that [he is] God" (Psalm 46:10)

God may be screaming at us through our physical body while we look for (and prefer) a more "spiritual" signal. The reality is that often our bodies know our feelings before our minds.

This voice told him the goal of ministry was to recognize the Lord's voice, his face, and his touch in every person he met.

One of our greatest obstacles in knowing God is our own lack of self-knowledge. So we end up wearing a mask—before God, ourselves, and other people. And we can't become self-aware if we cut off our humanity out of fear of our feelings. This fear leads to unwillingness to know ourselves as we truly are and stunts our growth in Christ.

Grace is everywhere, like lenses that go unnoticed because you are looking through them.