Quotes about Spirituality

Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God. The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.

Prayer is not a matter of changing things externally, but one of working miracles in a person's inner nature.

True surrender is a matter of being "united together [with Jesus] in the likeness of His death" (Romans 6:5) until nothing ever appeals to you that did not appeal to Him.

If Jesus Christ is only a teacher, then all He can do is frustrate me by setting a standard before me I cannot attain.

let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the sweet embrace of Christ, and let us go on into the invincible future with Him.

Many people begin coming to God once they stop being religious, because there is only one master of the human heart—Jesus Christ, not religion.

Be marked and identified with God's nature, and His blessing will flow through you all the time.

Be ready for the sudden surprise visits of God. A ready person never needs to get ready—he is ready.

Gather your material carefully, and then allow God to "set your words on fire" for His glory.

True earnestness is found in obeying God, not in the inclination to serve Him that is born of undisciplined human nature. It is inconceivable, but true nevertheless, that saints are not bringing every project into captivity, but are doing work for God at the instigation of their own human nature which has not been spiritualised by determined discipline.

if sin rules in me, God's life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed.

all the rules, regulations, and requirements of the law concerning the body are summed up for me in this revealed truth—my body is "the temple of the Holy Spirit.