Quotes about Spirituality

Sin is not rational.

What is most important is that you look away from yourself to the true God. No matter who you are or where you are from, you will be able to know him and worship him. And when you worship him, it means you are accepted into his presence.

The cure for shame will always be found in how we become connected to God.

Put a dozen relatively like-minded people into the same crisis and you will see a dozen different responses. Some are heroes; others are cowards. Some are leaders; others are followers. Some are optimistic; others despair. Some shake their fist at God; others quietly submit. You don't really know who you are until you have gone through suffering. We can measure our spiritual growth by the way we behave under pressure.

Modern spirituality has no hell, no doctrine, no substance. It is about feeling.

When it comes to addictions, we tend to divide humanity into two groups: those who are prone toward addictions and those who aren't. The reality, of course, is very different. All human beings have already fallen into sin.

Think about the nature of depression. Life is turned inward. You already have a sense that, for all practical purposes, God is not present. Add to that your relentless condemnation and pervasive self-criticism, which have persuaded you that God doesn't love you. You couldn't be a more obvious spiritual target if you painted a bull's-eye on your chest.

The basic idea is to focus on the matchless worth of the Lord God and then get connected to him.

The more you read Scripture, the more you actually talk to God rather than think about fear.

What is shame? God identifies it. God experienced it. You are not alone.

Here is a community goal: to be able to identify one pattern of sin in our lives.

God's self-revelation is a higher authority than our feelings.