Discipleship Quotes - Page 12

Even though every identity marker I have can be taken from me, the grace and peace of the Trinity overflows into the life of the believer.

Matt Chandler

A good therapy helps you develop a sense of irony about your life so that when you start to repeat old and unhelpful patterns, something within you says, "There you go again; let's call this to a halt. You can do something different." Often the first step toward doing something different is developing the capacity to not act, to stay still and reflect.

Sherry Turkle

We have to love technology enough to describe it accurately. And we have to love ourselves enough to confront technology's true effect on us.

Sherry Turkle

Nietzsche tended to equate the memorable with the painful.

Harold Bloom

The author writes that key FDR aide Harry Hopkins was in such poor health near the end of his boss's second term that one observer said he didn't know how Hopkins could possibly report to the president. But, at the onset of war and genuine national emergency, Hopkins was animated with a new sense of purpose.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Prayer is the forerunner of mercy.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Alas! it is but little we have done for our Master's glory. Our winter has lasted all too long. We are as cold as ice when we should feel a summer's glow and bloom with sacred flowers.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Pat Conroy embraced his new hometown with the grateful passion of a refugee.

William Grimes

The wings of the dove are as soft as they are swift. Gentleness is a sure result of the Sacred Dove's transforming power: hearts touched by His benign influence are meek and lowly henceforth and for ever.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The author emphasizes the importance of self-forgetfulness when his statistics were marred by a bad outing. He forgot all of that outing to such an extent that he quipped, "What was my name?

Jim Bouton

When meeting criticism, he would regard it not as something to resent but as a thing to be examined, like an interesting beetle. "That's a curious view, not uninteresting.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.

Idries Shah

Sometimes, too, when their spiritual masters, such as confessors and superiors, do not approve of their spirit and behavior (for they are anxious that all they do shall be esteemed and praised), they consider that they do not understand them, or that, because they do not approve of this and comply with that, their confessors are themselves not spiritual. And so they immediately desire and contrive to find some one else who will fit in with their tastes; for as a rule they desire to speak of spiritual matters with those who they think will praise and esteem what they do, and they flee, as they would from death, from those who disabuse them in order to lead them into a safe road—sometimes they even harbour ill-will against them. Presuming thus, they are wont to resolve much and accomplish very little. Sometimes they are anxious that others shall realize how spiritual and devout they are, to which end they occasionally give outward evidence thereof in movements, sighs and other ceremonies; and at times they are apt to fall into certain ecstasies, in public rather than in secret, wherein the devil aids them, and they are pleased that this should be noticed, and are often eager that it should be noticed more.

San Juan de la Cruz

Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd.

Sinclair Lewis

Change from despair to joy he made her extremely beautiful.

Margaret Landon

The cornerstone of the Roman legionnaires' astonishing fighting spirit can be attributed to their training.

Peter Heather

No one has ever been deeply changed by an act of the will. The only thing that can re-forge and change a life at its root, is love.

Timothy J. Keller

We lose much consolation by the habit of reading His promises for the whole church, instead of taking them directly home to ourselves.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Contentment is not a power that may be exercised naturally, but a science to be acquired gradually.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

If any have more of the government of thee than Christ, or if thou hadst rather live after any other laws than his, if it were at thy choice, thou art not his disciple (331).

Richard Baxter

You can't guide someone into adulthood. The experiences are unique to each person. Deanna Troi

Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide Team

Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it. A temptation resisted may become more, not less, fierce.

N.T. Wright

Character is the main object of education.

Mary Wooley

True masters deconstruct as well as reconstruct.

Richard Rohr

After a sharp inward struggle, he concluded to stay and see it out. He should despise himself, more than he cared to face, if he gave in now.

Thomas Hughes

Courage was not something one picked out of the air. It was something like a bank account. You could withdraw only so much before it was necessary to stop, to take the time to make new deposits.

Tom Clancy

To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.

David Brooks

You can’t build rich lives simply by reading sermons or following abstract rules. Example is the best teacher. Moral improvement occurs most reliably when the heart is warmed,

David Brooks

The inner struggle against one’s own weaknesses is the central drama of life.

David Brooks

Accept suffering as a part of God's tenderizing process.

John F. MacArthur Jr.

Drivers should not drive more than a minute without having a (purposefully-designed) curve.

Tom Vanderbilt

Church is not meant to be fun. It's meant to be formative.

Matt Chandler

Because I am not yet living up to what Jesus expects me to be in those red letters in the Bible, I always define myself as somebody who is saved by God's grace and is on his way to becoming a Christian. (...) Being saved is trusting in what Christ did for us, but being Christian is dependent on the way we respond to what he did for us.

Tony Campolo

To many, "The Bible is a form of verbal wallpaper, pleasant enough in the background, but he stop thinking about it after you have lived in the house for a few weeks.

N.T. Wright

The Bible is different because it is the Word of God, by which He speaks to me. Disagreeing with the Bible would be disagreeing with God. So when I read the Bible I want to place myself ‘under’ it. I want to receive the Scripture in such a way that over time, my thinking, feeling, choosing, believing and behaving will be molded by the Word God is speaking into my life. I don’t want to critique the Scriptures; I want them to critique me and change me.

Colin S. Smith

Any serious reading of the Bible means personal involvement in it, not symbol mental agreement with abstract propositions. And involvement is dangerous, because it leaves one open to unforeseen conclusions.

Megan McKenna

Just as at sea those who are carried away from the direction of the harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign, on seeing a tall beacon light or some mountain peak coming into view, so Scripture may guide those adrift on the sea of the life back into the harbor of the divine will.

Gregory of Nyssa

You'd think God would come right out and tell us what to do in the Bible, but He doesn't. He mostly tells stories, and He rarely stops the story to say what the point is. He just lets the characters and conflict hang in the air like smoke.

Donald Miller

A continual diet of the Word satisfies, and it builds an appetite for more.

James MacDonald

(The monks) approach was far less narcissistic and our tends to be. Their goal when reading Scripture was to see Christ in every verse, and not a mirror image of themselves.

Donald Miller

I cannot read God's mind, however I can read God's Word.

R.C. Sproul

We learn the language of prayer by immersing ourselves in the language that God uses to reveal Himself to us.

Eugene H. Peterson

Describing the relationship between the biblical witnesses and the theologians who come after, the author challenges that the theologian is not to correct the notebooks of the biblical writers like some high school teacher. Instead, our theology is always subject to what THEY say, as we willingly submit our notebooks for their approval.

Karl Barth

Where doest Thou feed Thy flock? In Thy house? I will go, if I may find Thee there. In private prayer? Then I will pray without ceasing. In the Word? Then I will read it diligently. In Thine ordinances? Then I will walk in them with all my heart. Tell me where Thou feedest, for wherever Thou standest as the Shepherd, there will I lie down as a sheep.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

We've taken the lifeblood out of Christianity and put Kool-Aid in its place so that it tastes better to the crowds, and the consequences are catastrophic. ~Follow Me, pg. 7

David Platt

God’s Word is the living seed that brings new birth. It is the milk that nurtures the new life of a young Christian and the meat that builds the muscle of a mature believer.

Colin S. Smith

Discipling our children is not about teaching them to behave in a way that won’t embarrass us. We’re working toward something much more important than that. We’re actually raising our children with a view toward leading them to trust and to follow Christ.

Voddie T. Baucham Jr.

Last words of his mother to his father: "Keep eternity before the children.

Dallas Willard

Correction badly undertaken creates distance.

Kevin Thoman

The single greatest reason why we are losing a generation is because the home is no longer the place of the transference of the faith. We live in a day of ‘outsourcing’…Today, we have a generation of people that outsource their kids.

Tony Evans

We sucked in atheism with our canned milk.

Joy Davidman

Your child may be under more stress than you realize. Remember that situations around to past experiences. Just because you do not see something as a big deal does not mean it is not for your child.

Kara G. Durbin

Young children especially need the visual reinforcement of seeing you turn to Scripture for wisdom.

Kara G. Durbin

Once you put yourself on the lookout for teachable moments, you'll find them everywhere!

Kara G. Durbin

Part of the genius of (Nick) Sabin's system was that he understood that no matter the skill set, he was inheriting vulnerable kids from various backgrounds. For those times when they made poor decisions, as they invariably did, the safety net must be strong as far and wide as possible.

Jeff Benedict

Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you are a parent reading this book, you care about your child. If she is quirky, unusual, or nonconformist, ask yourself whether you are doing everything you can to nurture her unusual interests, style, or skills, or whether instead you are directly or subtly pushing her to hide them.

Alexandra Robbins

Because we don't know the state of our children's souls, and because they might simply want to please us by praying to be saved, we must continue to give them the Law and encourage them to ask God for faith to believe that He is as good as He says He is.

Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

Sometimes Eli believed his mother was embarrassed by him. "I swear, my mom thinks if I do one thing differently than the average person, I'm weird," Eli said later. "It's like she thinks I'm a freak or something. No matter what I do, it's not 'normal' enough for her.

Alexandra Robbins

We are partners with our children because we are just like them, dearly loved sinners.

Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

The Lord teaches us of His grace and the Gospel through difficult children. We learn what it's like to love like He loved. It is there, in our personal upper room, where we learn to wash the feet of those that are betraying us. It is there, kneeling before our rebellious children, that the real power of God is demonstrated.

Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

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