Quotes about Spirituality

It is a sophisticated spiritual challenge to not compare your spouse's weakness with another spouse's strength.

life is richest when you give each moment of each day to God with the prayer, "Let me receive your love and pour it out on these people so that I can represent you every minute of the day."

The marriage relationship allows us to experientially identify with God and his relationship with Israel.

If we take our faith seriously and make our way through a difficult marriage in pursuit of witnessing God's reconciling love for a sinful world, then a difficult marriage becomes part of our exercise to prepare us for heaven.

A Christian is never dependent on the response of others to grow spiritually. It's our own heart's decisions that matter.

A husband who truly loves his wife will want to see her grow in Christlike purity. A wife who truly loves her husband will want to see him grow in godliness. Out of true love, both will put growth in godliness above affluence, public opinion, or personal ease.

Becoming fixated on something you can't now undo. That's what forgiveness and grace are for — a fresh start, a new beginning. God offers grace precisely for the reason that he wants to forgive us. He is eager to forgive us so we can start afresh and live a new meaningful life in service to him from this point on.

God will speak to us through creation if we'll only listen. If you feel like your time in front of books or listening to sermons has become stagnant, grab a coat, pick up a walking stick, and step outside into a school that never closes.

What if exercise and discipline in eating isn't as much about physical health as about honoring the God who made us?

We must not enter marriage to be fulfilled, emotionally satisfied, or romantically charged, but rather to become more like Jesus Christ.

I would not consider any spirituality worthwhile that wants to walk in sweetness and ease and run from the imitation of Christ.

Ascetics are "strict" only because they want to reserve a major portion of their lives for their passionate pursuit of God.