Quotes about Intention

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

We do not drift into spiritual life or disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray.

Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.

An intention synchronistically organizes its own fulfillment.

If you set out to meditate, it will not be meditation. If you set out to be good, goodness will never flower.

Pray sensibly.Pray scrupulously.Pray selflessly.Pray seriously.

You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.

Discipline without direction is drudgery.

Without a clear biblical purpose, fasting becomes an end in itself.

Where God leads you to pray, He means you to receive.

Take every word as spoken to yourselves. When the word thunders against sin, think thus: "God means my sins;" when it presseth any duty, "God intends me in this." Many put off Scripture from themselves, as if it only concerned those who lived in the time when it was written; but if you intend to profit by the word, bring it home to yourselves: a medicine will do no good, unless it be applied.

But even though disciplining yourself is sometimes diffcult and involves struggle, self-discipline is not self-punishment. It is instead an attempt to do what, prompted by the Spirit, you actually want in your heart to do.