“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.” – Walt Whitman
A few quotes for you to ponder. These focus on our preoccupation as believers on the pursuit of selfish things and the need to let them go so we might follow our God with our entire being. I hope you find them both challenging and inspiring. I know I did. “Avoid trivial pursuits. You are …
Quotes, all for Aiden Wilson Tozer, on being filled to capacity with the Spirit of God. “It is one thing to read about being filled with the Holy Spirit and quite another thing to experience the mighty infilling of the Holy Spirit that radically changes our life to a life of adoring wonder and amazement …
Quotes on the fullness of life that our God intends for us. In the second century AD, Irenaeus wrote, “The glory of God is man fully alive.” John Eldredge on these words from Irenaeus: “Hope unbidden arose at the thought that God’s intentions towards me might be better than I’d thought. His happiness and my …
Quotes on the topic of the Kingdom of our God among us today. Jayson Bradley: “Imagine a kingdom that looks nothing like the kingdoms of the world. It doesn’t have borders, a flag, or an army. If you were to take a satellite image of this kingdom, you would only see pinpoints of light scattered …
Thoughts on the beauty and importance of solitude in our spiritual progress. Oswald Chambers: “Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world.” Thomas Merton: “Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you …
Quotes on being filled - or not being filled - by the Spirit of Christ in our daily living. Smith Wigglesworth: “The reason the world is not seeing Jesus is that Christian people are not filled with Jesus. They are satisfied with attending meetings weekly, reading the Bible occasionally, and praying sometimes. It is an …
More thoughts from great thinkers across the centuries. Again, the theme is on repentance from sin. "Many think they repent when it is not the offense but the penalty that troubles them." - Thomas Watson "Learn this lesson: not to trust Christ because you repent, but trust Christ to make you repent; not to come …
Words of wisdom from great spiritual thinkers of today and days past. The theme for today's quotes is union with our God. Charles Spurgeon said this about union with our Christ: “There is no joy in this world like union with Christ. The more we can feel it, the happier we are.” John Eldredge speaks …
Quotes from my archive of great spiritual thinkers...and others. This post contains quotes on repentance and turning from sin toward our God. "Many mourn for their sins that do not truly repent of them, weep bitterly for them, and yet continue in love and league with them." - Matthew Henry "It is the greatest and …
Great quotes from great spiritual thinkers of yesterday and today. Today's quotes are on dealing with sin and pursuing repentance in our lives. "I learn from the Scriptures that repentance is just as necessary to salvation as faith is, and the faith that has not repentance going with it will have to be repented of." …
