Quotations of the day

[FineLinen]

"For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be." -Origen of Alexandria

 

Edited December 9, 2020 by FineLinen

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"When we begin to glimpse the reality of God, the natural reaction is to worship him. Not to have that reaction is a fairly sure sign that we haven't yet really understood who He is or what he's done." -N. T. Wright

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"Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God's majesty." ~ A. W. Pink

 

[FineLinen]

"The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God." -Aiden Wilson Tozer

"Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite." -Eugene H. Peterson

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"God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes." -Richard Rohr-

“People who’ve had any genuine spiritual experience always know that they don’t know. They are utterly humbled before mystery. They are in awe before the abyss of it all, in wonder at eternity and depth, and a Love, which is incomprehensible to the mind.” ~ Richard Rohr

Edited December 10, 2020 by FineLinen

[Guest]

"Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ." - Billy Graham -

[Guest]

5 hours ago, FineLinen said:

"God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes." -Richard Rohr-

“People who’ve had any genuine spiritual experience always know that they don’t know. They are utterly humbled before mystery. They are in awe before the abyss of it all, in wonder at eternity and depth, and a Love, which is incomprehensible to the mind.” ~ Richard Rohr

The second quotation by Richard Rohr I've highlighted in purple is especially meaningful to me on a personal level not fully explained in my testimony posted elsewhere.

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[FineLinen]

"Where is God? Where can I find him?" we ask.

We don't realize that's like a fish swimming frantically through the ocean in search OF the ocean." -Ted Dekker

[FineLinen]

9 hours ago, Saved.One.by.Grace said:

"Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ." - Billy Graham -

"Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability— and that it may take a very long time. And so I think it is with you; your ideas mature gradually—let them grow, let them shape themselves, without undue haste. Don’t try to force them on, as though you could be today what time (that is to say, grace and circumstances acting on your own good will) will make of you tomorrow. Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be. Give Our Lord the benefit of believing that His hand is leading you, and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete." ~Teilhard de Chardin