Following Jesus Quotes - Page 6

• One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

  Eugene H. Peterson

  Spiritual, Jesus, Tired

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• God gave me emotions so I could experience life, not destroy it

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Life, God, Christian

  Twitter post from Apr 28, 2015

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• Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Faith, God, Christian

  Aiden Wilson Tozer (1965). “The Knowledge of the Holy”, p.68, Fig

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• Christianity does not involve the belief that all things were made for man. it does involve the belief that god loves man and for his sake became man and died.

  C. S. Lewis

  God, Faith, Christian

  C. S. Lewis (1996). “Miracles: A Preliminary Study”, Touchstone Books

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• Whoever uncouples the religious and the social life has not understood Jesus. Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.

  Walter Rauschenbusch

  God, Faith, Christian

  "Christianity and the Social Crisis". Book by Walter Rauschenbusch, 1913.

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• Anyone, then, who desires to live chastely in Christ Jesus, must flee not only the mouse of lust, but even from its very scent.

  Anthony of Padua

  God, Christian, Religious

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• We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Love, God, Faith

  Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux) (2007). “Honey and Salt: Selected Spiritual Writings of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux”, Vintage

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• If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being a Christian.

  Pope Francis

  God, Faith, Christian

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• Ask God to give you the strength to endure, and rest assured, He will take care of you.

  Joel Osteen

  Strength, God, Faith

  Joel Osteen (2008). “Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.271, Simon and Schuster

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• At this very moment, God’s working behind the scenes in your life, arranging things in your favor. Stay in faith!

  Joel Osteen

  Life, God, Faith

  Twitter post from Apr 9, 2012

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• We should let God be the One to praise us and not praise ourselves. For God detests those who commend themselves. Let others applaud our good deeds.

  Pope Clement I

  God, Christian, Letting Go

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• There are times you will be given intuition, you just know something, and you can't explain it. Don't override it. Don't talk yourself out of it. That's the Creator giving you inside information.

  Joel Osteen

  God, Christian, Religious

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• Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

  Pope Francis

  Forgiveness, God, Christian

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• When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony.

  Pope Pius XI

  God, Christian, Jesus

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• Behold in faith the sinless, spotless Lamb of God as having already borne that weight, as having suffered for those sins, as having died for those transgressions, and accept the precious truth that it was God's eternal love that laid them all on Jesus, and that nothing is left for you to do but to believe in Jesus, that He saves to the uttermost all that come unto God by Him.

  Octavius Winslow

  Love, Faith, God

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• A man is not saved because he believes in Christ, he believes in Christ because he is saved.

  Loraine Boettner

  God, Jesus, Believe

  Loraine Boettner (2017). “The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination [Fifth Edition]”, p.135, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• Jesus' claims are particularly unnerving, because if they are true there is no alternative but to bow the knee to him.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Alternatives, Knees

  Timothy Keller (2013). “The Mother of God”, p.9, Penguin

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• What I've learned the more time I've spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.

  Bob Goff

  Jesus, Prayer, Delight

  Bob Goff, Donald Miller (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.181, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Worship of Jesus is rather harmless and risk-free; actually following Jesus changes everything.

  Richard Rohr

  Jesus, Risk, Worship

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• There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness

  Pope Francis

  God, Faith, Christian

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• There is a immense difference between training to do something and trying to do something....Sp iritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.... Following Jesus simply means learning from him how to arrange my life around activities that enable me to live in the fruit of the Spirit

  John Ortberg

  Jesus, Mean, Differences

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• The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.

  Eugene H. Peterson

  Jesus, Godly, Reflection

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• The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus.

  Arthur W. Pink

  Life, Christian, Jesus

  Arthur W. Pink (2001). “A W Pink's Studies in the Scriptures, 1926-27”, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• Even on the cross He did not hide Himself from sight; rather, He made all creation witness to the presence of its Maker.

  Athanasius of Alexandria

  Jesus, Sight, Servant Of God

  Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, Aeterna Press (2016). “Saint Athanasius of Alexandria Collection [6 Books]”, p.312, Aeterna Press

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• Dear young people, Jesus wants to be your friend, and wants you to spread the joy of this friendship everywhere.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, People, Joy

  Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

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