Quotes about Transformation

Calling is not only a matter of being and doing what we are but also of becoming what we are not yet but are called by God to be.

The key to changing the world is not simply being there, but an active, transforming engagement of a singularly robust and energetic kind.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

We always know when Jesus is at work because He produces in the commonplace something that is inspiring.

Our natural virtues can never come anywhere near what Jesus Christ wants.

To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.

We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus.

The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.

say that "prayer changes things" is not as close to the truth as saying, "Prayer changes me and then I change things." God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things. Prayer is not a matter of changing things externally, but one of working miracles in a person's inner nature.

Sanctification means being made one with Jesus so that the nature that controlled Him will control us.

It is not so true that "prayer changes things" as that prayer changes me and I change things.

You may often see Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it. (Cf. Matthew 10:34)