Quotes about Perspective

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

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on our difficulties

The proper perspective to maintain is that we are here for only one purpose—to be captives marching in the procession of Christ's triumphs.

It is not the thing we spend the most time on that moulds us most; the greatest element is the thing that exerts most power.

Jesus Christ's life was an absolute failure from every standpoint but God's. But what seemed failure from man's standpoint was a tremendous triumph from God's, because God's purpose is never man's purpose.

God wants you to understand that it is a life of faith, not a life of emotional enjoyment of His blessings.

Discouragement is disillusioned self-love, and self-love may be love for my devotion to Jesus— not love for Jesus Himself.

The proper perspective to maintain is that we are here for only one purpose—to be captives marching in the procession of Christ's triumphs. We are not on display in God's showcase—we are here to exhibit only one thing—the "captivity [of our lives] to the obedience of Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:5). How small all the other perspectives are!

And if we make our own inability a stumbling block or an excuse not to be obedient, it means that we are telling God that there is something which He has not yet taken into account.

Beware of "the cares of this world . . ." (Mark 4:19). They are the very things that produce the wrong attitudes in our soul. It is incredible what enormous power there is in simple things to distract our attention away from God. Refuse to be swamped by "the cares of this world.

The fact that it doesn't matter much to you may mean that it matters a great deal to God. Nothing should be considered a trivial matter by a child of God. How much longer are we going to prevent God from teaching us even one thing? But He keeps trying to teach us and He never loses patience.

Remember that there is a passion for souls that does not come from God, but from our desire to make converts to our point of view.