Quotes about Earthly

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

But if God has set his seat in the sanctuary of the heavens in order to rule the universe, it follows that he by no means ignores earthly affairs, but controls them with the highest reason and wisdom.

The mysterious, invisible authority of the divine child over human hearts is more solidly grounded then the visible and resplendent power of earthly rulers. Ultimately all authority on earth must serve only the authority of Jesus Christ over humankind.

If you live for this world, you are in the junk business. It's all just premature junk.

Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!

If a commission by an earthly king is considered an honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?

To be a saint is to be an exception; to be a true man is the rule. Err, fail, sin if you must, but be upright. To sin as little as possible is the law for men; to sin not at all is a dream for angels. All earthly things are subject to sin; if is like the force of gravity.

His earthly sojourn was not an origination, but a visitation.

As Nobel prize— winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn noted, "The meaning of earthly existing lies, not as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul.

Earthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the time they are the very source of anxiety.