Quotes about Perception

Speak about the love of God and faces light up, but speak of God as a Judge, and our attitudes change.

People judge us not by what we think or believe, but by what we do—and when our lives don't measure up, we lose their respect and they conclude our faith isn't real.

As a person finds God's will for his or her life, matters of conscience can be handled with perception from the Holy Spirit.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

Ask God to help you see the world the way He sees it.

It is easy for Christians to allow themselves to be squeezed into the world's mold... When nonbelievers see nothing different in the lifestyle of believers, they wonder if our profession of faith is sincere.

Compared to when I was a boy, we now live in reverse. The people are locked up in their homes at night and criminals are outside on the loose! When I was young, the criminals were locked up and the people were free to move about. That time has passed for many cities.

Our ability to sense reality is limited.

Most of us do not understand nuclear fission, but we accept it... Why is it so easy to accept manmade miracles and so difficult to accept the miracles of the Bible?

Worry is an old man with a bent head, carrying a load of feathers he thinks is lead.

Our emotions can lie to us, and we need to counter our emotions with truth.

I do not understand why reading the Bible in public should make others feel uncomfortable... it may be such an example that serves to remind them of the Book they have neglected.