Quotes about Spirituality

Genuine holiness restores human beings; restored human beings possess genuine holiness.

And the truth is, quite often God's desire for us will run against the prevailing current. 'Get off the next exit.' His guidance sometimes (often?) seems counter-intuitive.

First off, we must be confident that God wants to give us more of himself.

Whatever isn't born out of deep confidence in God is sin. That includes our personality and our approach to life.

That's exactly what we do to find more of God—we practice belief. We exercise it.

Most men have a hard time sustaining any sort of devotional life because it has no vital connection to recovering and protecting their strength; it feels about as important as flossing. But if you saw your life as a great battle and you knew you needed time with God for your very survival, you would do it.

To be clear, I am not listening for an audible voice, as I would if you and I were talking. I am listening for his gentle voice within, for that is where Jesus dwells—within our very hearts (Eph. 3:17).

Now, if you believed both assumptions, if they were woven into your deepest convictions about the world, you would want to learn to pray like a soldier wants to learn to use his weapon, like a smoke jumper wants to learn survival skills. We really have no idea what sort of breakthrough is actually possible until we learn to pray. Perhaps we, too, will be ending droughts and stopping wildfires.

Essential prayer is conversational.

God rarely forces a man to do something against his will, because God would far and above prefer that he didn't have to, that the man wills to do the will of God. "Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve" (Josh. 24:15 NIV). What God is after is a man so yielded to him, so completely surrendered, that his heart is easily moved by the Spirit of God to the purposes of God. That kind of heart makes for a good king.

For that which draws us to the heart of God is that which often first lifts our own hearts above the mundane, awakens longing and desire. And it is that life, my brothers, the life of your heart, that God is most keenly after.

Christianity is not a set of convictions—it is a truth. The most offensive thing imaginable.