Christian Quotes - Page 36

And I pray that you no longer seek happiness from the past, but rather you set your sails forward, to a land that is pure and wonderful. I pray that you no longer stare into the shallows of empty promises, but that you dive into the depth of an ocean of guarantees. May you feel the winds of hope, and smell the scent of joy, may your heart be alive again as it was meant to be. For you are with a better captain, you are with a true sailor, a true leader; You are sailing with Christ, and He is always sure to lead us home.

Read, mediate and speak the word of God into your mind, soul and spirit.

Prayer is not complaining but proclaiming

To get rid of a few problems in general health, to increase one's capacity for work, to make one's character gentler and stronger, to free oneself of various complexes, to create in oneself a whole atmosphere of calm and silence, and to do this by exercises in a gymnastic of repose and by a simple but careful method of breath-control - such aims may appear humble enough, rather down to earth, and a far cry form the goal of even the most modest of yogis. Yet I am certain that they will be able to work real miracles here in the West; to change lives and temperaments completely, making them healthier, more open; to increase their degree of engagement; and to render them more receptive to impulses and promptings from heaven.

Don’t let anyone sell you on the idea that anything (apart from the Lord Himself) is more important than your marriage. God means for your life and your marriage to be filled with passion and purpose.

It is easy for anybody to call himself or herself a “Christian” but the truth is we respond from very different world-views.

I am nothing but a ripped fabric stitched together by God's grace.

Can all you worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not!

I believe in the word of God.

The appointed time is the moment of miracles.

God bless my soul.

The increasing lawlessness and the fact that love has grown cold - signs that Jesus specifically named for the end times (Matthew 24:12) - are put aside by the Church as being of no great importance, although the unprecedented facts and examples are alarming. We need to call to mind certain trends in the past years.The soaring crime rate. The glorification of brutality and perverse forms of sex. The increase in drugs, which have already claimed millions of addicts. The alarming growth of involvement in occult activities, and in spiritism and even satanic cults.And all this is taking place in "Christian" nations, yes, mainly in these countries, and even in their churches. Who takes this as a challenge to pray, fast and repent?

I craved to make my faith as real as possible, which meant being recklessly honest in His presence.

God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.

Possibly the most debilitating deception of all is to create a god of my own making, fool myself into believing that this limp god of mine is the true God, and then construct the entirety of my life on this flamboyantly fictional character. Possibly the most devastating realization of all is when the real God shows up, and in the showing up all of this come crashing down.

The story of Andrew Ewing is partly one of rags to riches – but there is more to it than that, since his business success was combined with a generosity of spirit that led him to give away a fortune in pursuit of his ultimate ambition to die a poor man.

And,” Kay adds as her final touch, “Christian Prescott is my boyfriend.”I dislike her already.

Sin is shameful action.

The purpose of God's Word is to transform people in every country and every century into the image of God.

If we focus on the problems of life, we will be paralysed. But we dwell on the promise of God; we find the faith, hope and courage to survive life.

I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

When you delight yourself in the Lord, His Word and His ways become the focus and foundation of your life.

To forgive is to love.

The extent of God’s grace always eclipses the extent of my grotesqueness. Therefore, I can never be bad enough for God to tell me that He’s had enough.

Godliness is the root of cleanliness.

The gift of the Sabbath must be treasured. Blessed are you who honour this day.

A husband and wife honor God when they love and honor each other.

Every Christian can become a rich person.

Stand like a beaten anvil.It is the part of a good athlete to be bruised and to prevail.

A man needs only his daily bread.

Followers of Christ are not called to be merely tolerant of others. We are called to love those who disagree with us. Abnormal communication - blessing those who curse us - establishes the relational level of our communication and demonstrates our concern for others.

...Subordination of the state to Christian values is precisely what the early Puritans, even those in the tradition of the Mayflower Pilgrims, aimed to do. The First Amendment notwithstanding, large numbers of the American public (especially churchgoing Protestant Christians) have embodied this Puritan way of thinking, viewing America as a "Christan nation." Relatively recent poll data bear out the enduring character of these Puritan convictions. According to a Pew Forum poll held just prior to the 2004 election, over one-half of the public would have reservations voting for a candidate with no religious affiliation (31 percent refusing to vote for a Muslim and 15 percent for a Catholic).

In the stillness I find my heart growing hot while I seek the person I have already found. God is so much more than I know.

A joyful soul, a grateful spirit full of love and light!

The highest knowledge, knowledge of the Holy Scriptures

One act of kindness teaches more about the love of Jesus than the words I speak.

The phenomenon of praying is beyond description.

Forgiveness is the fruit of fellowship.

Christ didn't join in. He saw which direction the rocks were being thrown, and became a shield.

Great faith, Great confidence.

Every good deed is a glory to God.

Failure is a sign post, directing the right road for life’s journey.

Without a regular pay for two years, I appreciate the timeless provisions of God.

A bride never forgets her wedding ornaments, why should we forsake our heavenly Father, the bridegroom?

In the morning, lift my hands towards the heavens. And surrender my heart in prayer to the Most High God.

Married couples must pray and study the Bible daily.

The spirit of Christ dwells in a holy body.

A genuine Christian with a heart empty of all wickedness and filled with Christ's Love should be able to achieve any spiritual goals for the Glory of God.

I started to walk the day I was told I was dying of cancer. I believe walking has kept me alive. I live with a constant, pressing awareness of death. Once I start to walk, I am not afraid anymore; all is well.

I trust in God. He is my provider, refuge, and shelter.

Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of thy sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls. Live in this, and thou wilt die a conqueror; yea, thou wilt, through the good providence of God, live to see thy lust dead at thy feet.

What we need is the power to pray.

If she looked into a fractured mirror, she'd see what he saw.

Whether right or wrong, it is my belief that Christian colleges place their emphasis not on that which divides us, but on the substance that binds us together. That commonality is the gospel of Jesus Christ. He commanded us to love one another—to set aside our differences and to care for “the least of these” among us. It is our unity, not our diversity, that deserves our allegiance.

Hope makes the soul glad.

Godliness is a devotion to God.

The quest for learning is the quest for self-discovery.

True repentence is to depart from evil. A return to God, seeking his grace for power to obey him.

Divine is supernatural.

I carry within my heart all the great memories.