Quotes about Ourselves

But reliance upon what the Spirit does to us or in us, as indispensable as it truly is, will not by itself transform character in its depths. The action of the Spirit must be accompanied by our response, which, as we have seen, cannot be carried out by anyone other than ourselves.

God is building Himself in to us, making Himself part of us as the Word rules, dominates and sanctifies our spirit nature.

This life of ours... is a gift from God. It is not of our choosing. It comes to us by his choice. Since it is of his choosing, it is of his designing. We neither made ourselves nor can we manage ourselves as we like, nor manage the life that comes to us. For that reason we can take a most hopeful view of life.... [For] the thought that it is his gift and after his design gives us courage.

That is why we said, ‘Let us take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.

People are hungry for God. What [a] terrible meeting [it] would be with our neighbour if we give them only ourselves.

Thy kingdom come, that Thou rule us, and not: we ourselves," for there is nothing more perilous in us than our reason and will.

To look to Christ to meet our perceived psychological needs is to Christianize our lusts. We are asking God to give us what we want, so we can feel better about ourselves, or so we can have more happiness, not holiness, in our lives.

We live Law to ourselves. Our reason is our Law.

God is an inexhaustible source of all we need. Our unbelief is discovered in how little we avail ourselves of this infinite fountain

The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that.

Is it not wonderful news to believe that salvation lies outside ourselves?

But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.