Seek and possess holiness, and consolation will follow, as assuredly as warmth follows the dispensation of the rays of the sun. — Thomas Cogswell Upham Copy Share Image
Why would the disciples invent a God whose holiness was more terrifying than the forces of nature that provoked them to invent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[Christ] does not give [men] light but from moment to moment; the instant He withdraws, all is darkness… God does not give… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
It is not the constant thought of their sins, but the vision of the holiness of God that makes the saints aware… — Anthony of Sourozh Copy Share Image
“Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror. — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Happiness comes from holiness. You can't truly be happy unless you're hungry for Jesus Christ. — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
We've lost the wow of God because we've lost the woe of God. His perfect holiness helps us truly appreciate His amazing… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two, your life… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
The modern movement of worship is designed to break down barriers between man and God, to remove the veil, as it were,… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
When I am in Tibet, I am very happy. The Tibetans radiate. They literally send out light. The Dalai Lama's holiness generates… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
Israel, and you who call yourself Israel, the Church that calls itself Israel, and the revolt that calls itself Israel, and every… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Whosoever will list himself under the banner of Christ, must, in the first place and above all things, make war upon his… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our lack of holiness to stimulate us to deeper yearning and striving for holiness. But… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
“Throughout my life, until this very moment, whatever virtue I have accomplished, including any benefit that may come from this book, I… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
It is an item of faith that we are children of God; there is plenty of evidence in us against it. The… — Richard Lovelace Copy Share Image
“While urgently pressing the importance of our diligent pursuit of holiness, Calvin is realistic about our meager attainments. He acknowledges that the… — Burk Parsons Copy Share Image
The doctor's wife wasn't a bad woman. She was sufficiently convinced of her own importance to believe that God actually did watch… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The aim is to love God because the pure heart loves loving God and because the true mind knows He deserves it.… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“In “The Cost of Discipleship” Dietrich Bonhoeffer makes it clear that grace is free, but it is not cheap. The grace of… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
It is God’s omnipotence, His consuming holiness, and His right to judge that make Him worthy to be feared. — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Lose everything, even the attachment to holiness, so that you aim only at one thing: to love — Chiara Lubich Copy Share Image
The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace. — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
God has linked holiness and happiness; and what God has joined together we must not think to put asunder. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Do you want to learn holiness with terrible struggles and sore affliction and the plague of much remaining evil? Then wait before… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
“Nationalism is an animal trait, not a human one - sacredness is a secular practice, not sectarian - culture is an act… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil. — David F. Wells Copy Share Image
There are the saints of every day, the 'hidden' saints, a sort of 'middle class of holiness'... to which we can all… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I begin to understand as never before that holiness is made of dailiness, of living life as it comes to me, not… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
“The true essence of who you are, balances itself upon a cushion of purity, benevolence, and holiness.” — Gary Gordon Copy Share Image
Love for God is obedience; love for God is holiness. To love God and to love man is to be conformed to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The preaching that ignores the doctrine of Hell lowers the holiness of God and degrades the work of Christ. — Paul Stewart Copy Share Image
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