Quotes about Devotion

God calls us to live lives of purity.

Too often we use petty little petitions, oratorical exercises, or the words of others rather than the cries of our inmost being. When you pray, pray!

Ask God to reveal hypocrisy in your life—an inconsistency between what you profess and what you practice. Then ask God to bring you so close to Christ that you won't have any desire to live an inconsistent, deceitful life.

If I had it to do over again, I'd spend more time in meditation and prayer and just telling the Lord how much I love Him.

Jesus demands to be Master and Lord of every part of your life. Is He Lord of your mind, of what you think, read, and believe? Of what you dream about, meditate on, and entertain yourself with? Do your eyes belong to Christ? Can [you] ask God's blessing on it? Can [you] do this to the glory of God?

Prayer by itself is like a diet without protein! Prayer is important to our spiritual growth— but of even greater importance is God's Word, the Bible.

Many Christians who profess Christ do not live as though they possess Him.

The lukewarm Christian can accomplish nothing with a whole life in which to do it. If you have lived for sin and self... your witness will have [a] telling effect on all who have known you.

Believers in Christ owe nothing to God in payment for salvation . . . but they do owe God a life of undivided devotion and service.

God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.

Because God is the giver and source of our life, He has a legitimate claim upon our lives.

Nothing can replace a daily time spent alone with God in prayer. We can also be in an attitude of prayer throughout the day—sitting in a car or at our desks, working in the kitchen, even talking with someone on the phone.