Quotes about Spirituality
Know that this is the excellence of grace in a Christian, to be fitted for any condition; not only to say, if it were this or that, but if it were any.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
But godliness with contentment is great gain' (v.6)—there is the glory and excellence of it; as if to suggest that godliness were not gain except contentment be with it.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
She (his future wife) was so deep into the Lord's presence that I felt like an outsider.
— Jeremy Camp
holy men only know what God reveals to them.
— Jerome
human language is inadequate to the divine praise
— Jerome
The Word was made flesh that we might pass from the flesh into the Word.
— Jerome
if things which are good in themselves as being the handiwork of a good Creator are called vanity, it is because they are compared with things which are better still. For example, compared with a lamp, a lantern is good for nothing; compared with a star, a lamp does not shine at all; the brightest star pales before the moon; put the moon beside the sun, and it no longer looks bright; compare the sun with Christ, and it is darkness. " I am that I am, " God says; [ Exodus 3: 14 ]
— Jerome
Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship with God through Christ.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
I believe in the unity of all living things. God is in us and in all that exists." "So, when you eat a carrot, aren't you eating God?
— Jerry B. Jenkins
I call writing a sacred profession because I believe God chose the written word to communicate with man.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
How then can we deal with our tendency toward worldliness? It is *not* by determining that we will not be worldly, but by committing ourselves to becoming more godly.
— Jerry Bridges
We become so accustomed to our sins we sometimes lapse into a state of peaceful coexistence with them, but God never ceases to hate them.
— Jerry Bridges