Holiness Quotes - Page 24

• Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? "He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Again and again did he preach renunciation as the only way to perfection. There comes a time when the mind awakes from this long and dreary dream-the child gives up its play and wants to go back to its mother. Renunciation is not asceticism. Are all beggars Christ? Poverty is not a synonym for holiness; often the reverse.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mother, Dream, Jesus

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.30, editionNEXT.com

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• Holy solitaries' is a phrase no more consistent with the Gospel than holy adulterers. The Gospel of Christ knows no religion but social; no holiness, but social holiness.

  John Wesley

  Phrases, Christ, Holy

  John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.593

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• Holiness ... is nothing we can *do* ... It is gift, sheer gift, waiting there to be recognized and received. We do not have to be qualified to be holy. We do not have to be qualified to be whole, or healed.Made

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Waiting, Holy, Made

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• Developing Christlike attributes in our lives is not an easy task, especially when we move away from generalities and abstractions and begin to deal with real life. The test comes in practicing what we proclaim. The reality check comes when Christlike attributes need to become visible in our lives—as husband or wife, as father or mother, as son or daughter, in our friendships, in our employment, in our business, and in our recreation. We can recognize our growth, as can those around us, as we gradually increase our capacity to 'act in all holiness before [Him]' (D&C 43:9).

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Daughter, Mother, Husband

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• And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction. I find it a golden idol, honestly, where we have been hypocritical to ask people to resolve this issue in a way that we haven't encouraged other people with other struggles to resolve. I'm looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.

  Alan Chambers

  Encouragement, Struggle, Biblical

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• The Holy Spirit has a sanctifying influence. The influence of the Holy Spirit tends towards sanctification, purity and holiness. Expect to live a life of greater purity, sanctification and holiness when under the sweet influence of the Holy Spirit.

  Dag Heward-Mills

  Sweet, Spirit, Influence

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• Nothing cuts the nerve of the desire to pursue holiness as much as a sense of guilt. On the contrary, nothing so motivates us to deal with sin in our lives as does the understanding and application of the two truth that our sins are forgiven and the dominion of sin is broken because of our union with Christ.

  Jerry Bridges

  Cutting, Two, Broken

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• The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our lack of holiness to stimulate us to deeper yearning and striving for holiness. But Satan will attempt to use the Holy Spirit’s work to discourage us.

  Jerry Bridges

  Use, Spirit, Satan

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, p.30, NavPress

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• Lay your wishes aside for a spell, and look deep into what you believe about yourself. Make sure your beliefs about your own life are anchored in greatness, in holiness, in worth, in grace, in joy, in excitement -in internal certainties rather than external circumstances. Because that belief? That's where you're heading, no matter what it may look like on the outside.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Believe, Greatness, Joy

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• The pursuit of holiness is a joint venture between God and the Christian.  No one can attain any degree of holiness without God working in his life, but just as surely no one will attain it without effort on his own part.

  Jerry Bridges

  Christian, Effort, Degrees

  Jerry Bridges (1996). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, NavPress Publishing Group

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• Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...a cknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours.

  J. I. Packer

  Humble, Divine Wisdom, Mind

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• Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Desire, Repentance

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• Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile.

  Mother Teresa

  Christian, Letting Go, Prayer

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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• We live in all we seek. The hidden shows up in too-plain sight. It lives captive on the face of the obvious - the people, events, and things of the day - to which we as sophisticated children have long since become oblivious. What a hideout: Holiness lies spread and borne over the surface of time and stuff like color.

  Annie Dillard

  Children, Lying, Color

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• Unceasing prayer is the unbroken union of the soul with God, so that life from God flows into our life; and from our life, purity and holiness flow back to God.

  Ellen G. White

  Prayer, Soul, Unbroken

  Ellen G. White (2014). “Signs of the Times Articles - Book II of III”, p.140, Lulu Press, Inc

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• When your humanness is confronted by the magnificence and holiness of God, you are made SO aware of your need for God’s grace...Romans 12:1 teaches us how to live this life of worship and love.

  Darlene Zschech

  Humanness Is, Grace, And Love

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• It is good for God's people to be put in a place of longing so they feel a slight desperation. Only then can we be empty enough and open enough to discover the holiness we were made for. When we are stuffed full of other things and never allow ourselves to be in a place of longing, we don't recognize the deeper spiritual battle going on.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Spiritual, People, Battle

  Lysa TerKeurst (2010). “Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food”, p.168, Thomas Nelson

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• The more we grow in love and virtue and holiness, the more we see love and virtue and holiness outside. All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm (which is in your power to do) and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you. It is like the hydrostatic paradox, one drop of water can balance the universe.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Water, Balance, Virtue

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.28, Advaita Ashrama

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• Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds and beggars our speech. We are enamored and enchanted by God's power. We stutter and stammer about God's holiness. We tremble before God's majesty... and yet, we grow squeamish and skittish before God's love.

  Brennan Manning

  Mind, Speech, Majesty

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.25, Multnomah

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• However different the holy causes people die for, they perhaps die basically for the same thing.

  Eric Hoffer

  People, Different, Causes

  Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”

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• You know how I always say that laughter is carbonated holiness? Well, Robin was the ultimate proof of that, and bubbles are spirit made visible.

  Anne Lamott

  Laughter, Robins, Spirit

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• Holiness consists of doing the will of God with a smile.

  Mother Teresa

  Gods Will

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• Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus humility, happiness, and holiness.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Happiness, Christian, Religious

  Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.535, Discovery House

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• When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God.

  Henry Blackaby

  Spiritual, People, Profound

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• Discipleship is the pursuit of holiness and happiness. It is the path to our best and happiest self.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Self, Path, Pursuit

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