Quotes about Transformation
Much of what we call evil can often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight
— William James
What most of us do not realize is that we are being transformed in our thinking all the time—either by the world's value system or by the truth of God's Word.
— Chip Ingram
A lot of people want to do great things for God. A lot of people want to change the world. I just shake my head when I hear that. God is the only one who can change the world because He's the only one who can change hearts and minds.
— Chris Fabry
The goal of prayer is not to change God's mind about what you want. The goal of prayer is to change your own heart, to want what He wants, to the glory of God.
— Chris Fabry
About what you want. The goal of prayer is to change your own heart, to want what He wants, to the glory of God.
— Chris Fabry
Prayer changes the person who prays.
— Chris Fabry
God does hear what we pray. You don't need a megaphone or a million people to get His attention. But the point of prayer is not to get what we want. Prayer changes the person who prays.
— Chris Fabry
It is when you become immersed in the love of the Father that you truly begin to love like Jesus. He wants to immerse you. He wants to hold you. He wants to take you to a place where you are so far over your head in the river of God that miracles happen all around you. He wants to fill you entirely with His Holy Spirit.
— Heidi Baker
As our hearts become pure, our vision becomes clearer.
— Heidi Baker
This bride will give up the selfish riches of this world to inherit the earth. She will be so ruined and wrecked by love that she will run full force into the darkness. This will cause His light through her to explode into the world—all for love's sake.
— Heidi Baker
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
— Helen Keller
Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me.
— Henri Nouwen