Quotes about Spirituality
It has taken me years to distill the Gospel out of the subculture in which I first encountered it. Sadly, many of my friends gave up on the effort, never getting to Jesus because the pettiness of the church blocked the way.
— Philip Yancey
Where did Christians get the reputation as life-squelchers instead of life-enhancers? Jesus himself promised, I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. What keeps us from realizing that abundant life?
— Philip Yancey
God, help me to see others not as my enemies or as ungodly but rather as thirsty people. And give me the courage and compassion to offer your Living Water, which alone quenches deep thirst.
— Philip Yancey
According to Gallup polls, more Americans will pray this week than will exercise, drive a car, have sex, or go to work. Nine in ten of us pray regularly, and three out of four claim to pray every day. To
— Philip Yancey
prayer incorporates the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of God's grace.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness is an act of faith.
— Philip Yancey
Never live as though God does not exist." Or, stated positively, "Always live in awareness of God's existence.
— Philip Yancey
Over time Christians learned that the faith grows best from the bottom up rather than being imposed from the top down.
— Philip Yancey
He had not come primarily to heal the world's cells, but to heal its souls.
— Philip Yancey
Dr. Paul Tournier expresses this pattern in the language of psychiatry: "God blots out conscious guilt, but He brings to consciousness repressed guilt.
— Philip Yancey
How would my life change if I truly believed the Bible's astounding words about God's love for me, if I looked in the mirror and saw what God sees?
— Philip Yancey
I can only advance in the kingdom if I become like that woman: trembling, humbled, without excuse, my palms open to receive God's grace.
— Philip Yancey