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By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. JOHN 13:35
J. Oswald Sanders • Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books
“to live in a world in which God is not everywhere present, or is present only in the most generalized fashion, is to live as a functional atheist.” - Stephen Freeman
Learn to give little notice to exterior things. Instead prepare within your heart a permanent place for Jesus. This will identify you as a true Christian and let you adore God in a way worthy of his infinite majesty. You will even find yourself absorbed in God. At the same time it will allow a foretaste of the happiness you will possess in heaven.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.
A. W. Tozer • Essential Tozer Collection
Teach us to know that we cannot know, for the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Let faith support us where reason fails, and we shall think because we believe, not in order that we may believe.
A. W. Tozer • Essential Tozer Collection
We don’t know the kind of shared suffering Peter is referencing, though. I wonder how much humility could be afforded the Western church if we acquainted ourselves more with the suffering of the church in the two-thirds world. Suddenly Monday morning pop-ins don’t seem like such a big a deal. Let us stand with our brothers who are being slaughtered
... See moreJared C. Wilson , Mike Ayers (Foreword) • The Pastor's Justification
You cannot truly look at Him without feeling your absolute poverty, and emptiness.
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones • Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
GOD’S INITIATIVE When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do will enable you to find Him. And, in fact, He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others—not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and chara
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