Quotes about Devotion

In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, we are encouraged to "pray without ceasing." This means never being far from the attitude or action of talking and listening to God. Prayer should be a natural part of our thinking. Not just in our worship but in our work. Not just in our quiet moments but also in our chaos. We pray because He's there. We pray because He's God. We pray because He cares.

It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer

The life of a Christian should be a meditation how to unloose his affection from inferior things. He will easily die that is dead before in affection.

One thing I gained in my life is just the need for more Jesus in my life. You never come to a place in your walk with Jesus where you feel like you've had enough. That's a dangerous feeling to have.

I count all that part of my life lost which I spent not in communion with God, or in doing good.

If my life was to have a single, all-satisfying, unifying passion, it would have to be God's passion.

My life is not about the set list, it is to be set apart.

Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.

My purpose in life is to do right and to glorify God.

Faith is more important to me than life itself because without it there would be no fullness of life.

If our life is not a course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do not live the lives of Christians.

What was once to me mere matter of the fancy now has grown the vast necessity of heart and life.