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> [“According to James 1:22-25, we can experience God’s truth so powerfully that what the Lord wants us to do becomes as plain to us as our face in the morning mirror. But if we do not apply the truth as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/according-to-james-1-22-25-we-can-experience-god-s-truth-so/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

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## More by Donald S. Whitney

> [“According to James 1:22-25, we can experience God’s truth so powerfully that what the Lord wants us to do becomes as plain to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/according-to-james-1-22-25-we-can-experience-god-s-truth-so/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

> [“Discipline without direction is drudgery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/discipline-without-direction-is-drudgery/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

> [“Tom Landry, coach of the Dallas Cowboys football team for most of three decades, said, “The job of a football coach is to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/tom-landry-coach-of-the-dallas-cowboys-football-team-for-most-of/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

> [“Joy does not come to you if you are spiritually passive; rather, joy is cultivated, but joy is cultivated by things you do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/joy-does-not-come-to-you-if-you-are-spiritually-passive-rather-joy-is/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

> [“You may be singing 'Holy, holy, holy,' but if you aren't thinking about God while singing it, you are not worshiping.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/you-may-be-singing-holy-holy-holy-but-if-you-aren-t-thinking-about/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

> [“From matters as crucial as the death of Jesus, to those as mundane as eating and drinking, the Bible presents the glo ry of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/from-matters-as-crucial-as-the-death-of-jesus-to-those-as-mundane-as/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

> [“What value is there to reading one, three, or more chapters of Scripture only to find that after you’ve finished, you can’t recall a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/what-value-is-there-to-reading-one-three-or-more-chapters-of/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

> [“If people threw away their money as thoughtlessly as they throw away their time, we would think them insane. Yet time is infinitely more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/if-people-threw-away-their-money-as-thoughtlessly-as-they-throw-away/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

> [“The word discipline has disappeared from our minds, our mouths, our pulpits, and our culture. We hardly know what discipline means in modern American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/the-word-discipline-has-disappeared-from-our-minds-our-mouths-our/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

> [“So the Spiritual Disciplines are those personal and interpersonal activities given by God in the Bible as the sufficient means believers in Jesus Christ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-s-whitney/so-the-spiritual-disciplines-are-those-personal-and-interpersonal/)

[Donald S. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-s-whitney/)

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