Quotes for All
Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend. Not that it is necessary in order to make known to God what we are, but in order to enable us to receive Him. Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up to Him. Ellen G. White
All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work with Christ. And if we consent, He will so identify Himself with our thoughts and aims, so blend our hearts and minds into conformity to His will, that when obeying Him we shall be but carrying out our own impulses. The will, refined and … Read more
In what a delightful communion with God does that man live who habitually seeketh love! With the same mantle thrown over him from the cross – with the same act of amnesty, by which we hope to be saved – injuries the most provoked, and transgressions the most aggravated, are covered in eternal forgetfulness. Elias … Read more
Each thing lives according to its kind; the heart by love, the intellect by truth, the higher nature of man by intimate communion with God. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The central significance of prayer is not in the things that happen as results, but in the deepening intimacy and unhurried communion with God at His central throne of control in order to discover a sense of God’s need in order to call on God’s help to meet that need. Edward McKendree Bounds
Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation – and for me the most important part is listening to God’s replies. Frank Laubach
The reality of living by faith as though we were already dead, of living by faith in open communion with God, and then stepping back into the external world as though we are already raised from the dead, this is not once for all, it is a matter of moment-by-moment faith, and living moment by … Read more
The soul that has been enriched by communion with God will not be dismayed by isolation but will welcome solitude. He will seek not the crowd but the closet, and emerging will never walk alone, for he has unseen companionship. Frances J Roberts
Mysticism: to dwell on the unseen, to withdraw ourselves from the things of sense into communion with God – to endeavour to partake of the Divine nature; that is, of Holiness. Florence Nightingale
If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long. Donald Miller