faith experience Quotes

There is a moment when the interior light of the "eyes of faith" becomes one with the exterior light that shines from Christ, and this occurs because man's thirst, as he strives and seeks after God, is quenched as he finds repose in the revealed form of the Son.

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

I didn't have a rigidly enforced religious parental pressure, but I did have a few years in my mid-teens of turning to religion, and it was very meaningful to me.

Religion wasn't imposed on me. I dabbled with faith, and I explored religion quite thoroughly.

I believe in divine inspiration and things like that and I really relish a good, attentive, participating audience.

I was an altar boy. I could probably quote the Bible from beginning to end.

You can't hear God speak to someone else, you can hear him only when you are being addressed.

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.

We are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense.

I have yet to hear God's audible voice, although I have often felt led by God in more subtle ways.

To realize that I had been living a lie, to realize that I was unsatisfied and I would never be satisfied until I came to Jesus was so revolutionary to me that I wanted everyone to taste it. I wanted everyone to see how awesome God was.

There's nothing you can do to increase or decrease the love that God has for you, but there are things you can do that increase or decrease your awareness of that love. That's certainly been my experience.

I have reached out my hand, I have plucked the fruits of the Gospel, I have eaten of them, and they are sweet, yea, above all that is sweet.

When I am praying the most eloquently, I am getting the least accomplished in my prayer life. But when I stop getting eloquent and give God less theology and shut up and just gaze upward and wait for God to speak to my heart He speaks with such power that I have to grab a pencil and a notebook and take notes on what God is saying to my heart.

More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat.

When you see Jesus as your Treasure, the Spirit has blown through your heart.

God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.

No one can know the true grace of God who has not first known the fear of God.

Through Hinduism, I feel a better person. I just get happier and happier. I now feel that I am unlimited, and I am more in control of my own physical body. The thing is, you go to an ordinary church and it's a nice feeling. They tell you all about God, but they don't show you how the way. They don't show you how to become Christ-concious yourself. Hinduism, however, is different.

Religion is not what is grasped by the brain, but a heart grasp.

You can never completely get it - being a Christian - but I think I really got it when my first son was born in 2006. I just realized the love that God has for all of us. It was seeing my son born and knowing the unconditional love that I have for him.

Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God.

To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses.

My best goal was to meet Jesus.

But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.