Quotes about Spirituality
Self-sufficiency which first reared its head in the Garden of Eden, is the most fatal sin because it pulls us as if by a magnet that their lack of self-sufficiency is obvious to them every day. They must turn somewhere for strength, and sometimes they go through life relying on their natural gifts. But there's a chance, just a chance, that people who lack such natural advantages may cry out to God in their time of need.
— Philip Yancey
A cease-fire between human beings depends upon a cease-fire with God.
— Philip Yancey
We have not, it seems, the power to abstain from worship. Instead, we swallow the sweet poison, substituting lesser gods for God.
— Philip Yancey
The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labour for', as Sir Thomas More expressed it. The inner voice of prayer expresses itself naturally in action, just as the inner voice of my brain guides all my bodily actions.
— Philip Yancey
History is a test of faith, and the correct response to that test is persistent prayer.
— Philip Yancey
Prayer means keeping company with God who is already present.
— Philip Yancey
Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.
— Philip Yancey
Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and unpredictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.
— Philip Yancey
When I listened to public prayers in evangelical churches, I heard people telling God what to do, combined with thinly veiled hints on how others should behave. When
— Philip Yancey
My publisher conducted a website poll, and of the 678 respondents only 23 felt satisfied with the time they were spending in prayer. That
— Philip Yancey
To pray is to walk in the full light of God, and to say simply, without holding back, 'I am human and you are God.
— Philip Yancey
We pray because we can't help it.
— Philip Yancey