Quotes about Spirituality
We don't want to merely obey God: we need to catch His heart. It is then we will glimpse the wisdom behind His directives, and not just see them as laws.
— John Bevere
But at last I began to consider that that which is highly esteemed among men is had in abomination with God. And I thought again, this Shame tells me what men are; but it tells me nothing what God, or the word of God is. And I thought, moreover, that at the day of doom we shall not be doomed to death or life according to the hectoring spirits of the world, but according to the wisdom and law of the Highest.
— John Bunyan
What thing is so pleasant, and what so profitable, as to talk of the things of God?
— John Bunyan
When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.
— John Bunyan
Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.
— John Bunyan
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
— John Bunyan
Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
— John Bunyan
The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
— John Bunyan
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
— John Bunyan
Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
— John Bunyan
It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
— John Bunyan
We must resist wandering thoughts in prayer.Raising our hands reminds us that we need to raise up our minds to God,setting aside all irrelevant thoughts.
— John Calvin