Mike Yaconelli Quotes

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.

Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.

If I take my whole, passionate, spiritual and physical love to the woman who in return loves me, that is how I serve God. And my hymn and my game of joy is my work.

My wife converted me to religion. I never believed in hell until I married her.

Your vocation lies in the intersection of the world's deep need and your deep joy.

When we start at the center of ourselves, we discover something worthwhile extending toward the periphery of the circle. We find again some of the joy in the now, some of the peace in the here, some of the love in me and thee which go to make up the kingdom of heaven on earth.

Christmas can be the end of emptiness and waywardness; The beginning of happiness and purposefulness.

Once you accept and rejoice in your authenticity, you begin to see things as YOU are. You begin to see the authentic self is the Soul made visible. Godspeed on your journey to wholeness.

A lifetime without Love is of no account Love is the Water of Life Drink it down with heart and soul!

Do what brings you joy, and your purpose will unfold.

The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

My children, mark me. I pray you. Know! God loves my soul so much that his very life and being depend upon his loving me, whether he would or no. To stop God loving me would be to rob him of his Godhood; for God is love no less than he is truth; as he is good, so is he love as well. It is the absolute truth, as God lives... If anyone would ask me what God is, I should answer: God is love, and so altogether lovely that creatures all with one accord essay to love his loveliness, whether they do so knowingly or unbeknownst, in joy or sorrow.

Religion is the rules, regulations, ceremonies and rituals developed by man to create conformity and uniformity in the approach to God. Spirituality is God's call in your soul.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own.

The more you succeed in loving, the more you'll be convinced at the existence of God and the immortality of your soul.

When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire; when I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire- O, be thou then the first, the one thou art; be thou the calling, before all answering love, and in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.

The Hoffman Process brings forth spiritual leadership in a person. It made my spirituality come alive. Through the Hoffman Process I actually brought my faith into my daily actions.

Spirit is passionate; without passion no one can be truly spiritual.

Spirituality actually must be above politics. Or some other sort of business.

Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy.

I'd rather be one of the devotees of God than one of the straight, so-called sane or normal people who just don't understand that man is a spiritual being, that he has a soul.

We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.

I've tried them all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.