Quotes about Conversion
To move from your way of thinking or acting to God's way of thinking or acting will require fundamental adjustments.
— Richard Blackaby
Yes, transformation is often more about unlearning than learning, which is why the religious traditions call it "conversion" or "repentance.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
That is the rub of any conversion experience: We only realize how much we needed it when we are on the other side! That is why we need the tenacity of faith and hope to carry us across to most transformational experiences. When we can let others actually influence us and change us, our heart space is open.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
As Simone Weil said in various ways, it is much easier to make non-Christians into Christians than it is to make Christians into Christians. Cradle Christians are almost totally preconditioned to the carrot-on-the-stick model.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We live by faith in a prayer-hearing, soul-converting , soul-sanctifyin g, soul-restoring, soul-comforting God.
— Francis Asbury
From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.
— John Mott
The church converteth the whole world by blood and prayer.
— Martin Luther
Saying a prayer won't make you a Christian. Placing your faith in Christ as your savior makes you a Christian.
— Andy Stanley
It takes a lot of money to do what we do. We have brought over 122 million people to the Lord Jesus Christ.
— Kenneth Copeland
Creative life should be more than preaching to the converted, more than going for a core audience of 100,000 people. It should be taking risks, challenging the readership and having enough faith in one's own talent and craft to take readers on that ride.
— Chris Claremont
Nay, [2] after conversion we need bruising, that (1) reeds may know themselves to be reeds, and not oaks; even reeds need bruising, by reason of the remainder of pride in our nature, and to let us see that we live by mercy. And (2) that weaker Christians may not be too much discouraged when they see the stronger shaken and bruised.
— Richard Sibbes