Holiness Quotes - Page 15

• Of courtesy, it is much less Than courage of heart or holiness, Yet in my walks it seems to me That the Grace of God is in courtesy.

  Hilaire Belloc

  Courage, Heart, Grace

  Verses (1910) "Courtesy"

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• The whole idea of the prayers of the saints is that God's holiness, God's purpose, God's ways may be brought about irrespective of who comes or goes.

  Oswald Chambers

  Christian, Prayer, Ideas

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.66, Discovery House

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• The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted.

  John Owen

  Christian, Believe, Foundation

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• One should hallow all that one does in one's natural life. One eats in holiness, tastes the taste of food in holiness, and the table becomes an altar. One works in holiness, and raises up the sparks which hide themselves in all tools. One walks in holiness across the fields, and the soft songs of all herbs, which they voice to God, enter into the song of our soul.

  Martin Buber

  Song, Voice, Soul

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• In the matter of fellowship God looks not at how much we apprehend of His will but rather at what our attitude towards His will is. If we honestly seek and wholeheartedly obey His desires, our fellowship remains unbroken, even though there should be many unknown sins in us. Should fellowship be determined by the holiness of God, who among all the most holy saints in the past and the present would be qualified to hold a moment's perfect communion with Him?

  Watchman Nee

  Attitude, Past, Perfect

  Watchman Nee (2006). “Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons”, p.114, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• The motive is this, 'Oh! that God could be glorified, that Jesus might see the reward of his sufferings! Oh! that sinners might be saved, so that God might have new tongues to praise him, new hearts to love him! Oh! that sin were put an end to, that the holiness, righteousness, mercy, and power of God might be magnifi ed!' This is the way to pray; when thy prayers seek God's glory, it is God's glory to answer thy prayers.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Jesus, Prayer

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• The highest treason, the meanest treason, is to deny the holiness of this little blue planet on which we journey through the cold void of space.

  Edward Abbey

  Journey, Blue, Space

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.56, RosettaBooks

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• The Heavenly City outshines Rome beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity.

  Saint Augustine

  Rome, Cities, Victory

  Saint Augustine (2003). “City of God”, p.157, Penguin UK

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• It is no small advantage to the holy life, to "begin the day with God." The saints are wont to leave their hearts with him over-night, that they may find them with Him in the morning. "When I awake, I am still with thee," saith holy David. Before earthly things break in upon us, and we receive impressions from abroad, it is good to season the heart with thoughts of God, and to consecrate the early and virgin operations of the mind.

  Thomas Case

  Christian, Morning, Heart

  "Puritan sermons, 1659-1689: being the morning exercises at Cripplegate, St. Giles in the Fields, and in Southwark".

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• In the person of Christ God beholds a holiness which abides His closest scrutiny, yea, which rejoices and satisfies His heart; and whatever Christ is before God, He is for His people.

  Arthur W. Pink

  Heart, People, Christ

  Arthur W. Pink (2001). “A. W. Pink's Studies in the Scriptures”, p.124, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• Holiness is not freedom from temptation, but power to overcome temptation.

  G. Campbell Morgan

  Temptation, Overcoming

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• In God’s great plan, every detail is important, even yours, even my humble little witness, even the hidden witness of those who live their faith with simplicity in everyday family relationships, work relationships, friendships. There are the saints of every day, the “hidden” saints, a sort of “middle class of holiness” to which we can all belong.

  Pope Francis

  Humble, Class, Work Relationships

  Pope Francis (2016). “The Joy of Discipleship: Reflections from Pope Francis on Walking with Christ”, p.85, Loyola Press

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• And above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panelling…the question should never be: ‘Do I like that kind of service?’ but ‘Are these doctrines true: Is holiness there? Does my conscience move me towards this? Is my reluctance to move to this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or my personal dislike for this particular door-keeper?

  C. S. Lewis

  Moving, Pride, Doors

  C. S. Lewis (2009). “Mere Christianity”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• But I also say this: that light is an invitation to happiness, and that happiness, when it's done right, is a kind of holiness, palpable and redemptive.

  Mary Oliver

  Light, Done, Kind

  Mary Oliver (2004). “Blue Iris: Poems and Essays”, Beacon Press (MA)

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• There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious. Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Unique, Years, Two

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.20, Macmillan

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• God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can be sure it is not from God. He sometimes brings pain to his children-conviction over sin, or repentance over fallenness, or challenges that scare us, or visions of his holiness that overwhelm us. But God never brings discouragement.

  John Ortberg

  Children, Pain, Train Of Thought

  John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.201, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• We’re seeking — imperfectly at every turn, no doubt — an incarnational theology, a theology that brings radical good news of great joy for all the people, good news that God loves the world and didn’t send Jesus to condemn it but to save it, good news that God’s wrath is not merely punitive but restorative, good news that the fire of God’s holiness is not bent on eternal torment but always works to purify and refine, good news that where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more.

  Brian D. McLaren

  Jesus, Fire, Wrath

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• How vast the benefits divine which we in Christ possess! We are redeemed from guilt and shame and called to holiness. But not for works which we have done, or shall hereafter do, hath God decreed on sinful men salvation to bestow.

  Augustus Toplady

  Men, Guilt, Done

  Augustus Montague Toplady, “How Vast The Benefits DIVIne”

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• When we commit ourselves to the pursuit of holiness, we need to ensure that our commitment is actually to God, not simply to a holy lifestyle or a set of moral values ... offer yourselves to God, and in doing that commit yourselves to the pursuit of holiness in order to please Him.

  Jerry Bridges

  Commitment, Order, Needs

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness”, p.88, Tyndale House

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• In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.

  Frank Herbert

  Church, Pope, Ends

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• We pretend with a spiritual life we don't live, a peace we don't experience and a holiness and commitment we don't possess. ... We will never make any progress in becoming more like Jesus unless we permit God to cut us open, search our hearts, try us, know our thoughts and then change us from the inside. Only then can we become real according to the Word of God.

  K.P. Yohannan

  Spiritual, Jesus, Real

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• My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself.

  Vera Farmiga

  Dad, Father, Importance

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• ...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest little desire to join the likes of Reverend Pelham at the dinner table for fourteen minutes, much less at the banquet table of Heaven eternally. Eternity is a mighty long time to be stuck with people who judge every word you say and think and condemn most of what you do. It struck me as pretty miserable company. And if Reverend Pelham was the kind of company God preferred to keep, well, I just hoped they'd be happy together.

  Katherine Paterson

  Christian, Thinking, Judging

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• People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.

  D. A. Carson

  Prayer, Thinking, Self

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• Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by faith, and the heart becomes purged from that which is profane and unworthy. When holiness is achieved by conforming to God's will, one knows intuitively that which is wrong and that which is right before the Lord. Holiness speaks when there is silence, encouraging that which is good or reproving that which is wrong.

  James E. Faust

  Heart, Law, Silence

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