Enthusiasm Quote by James Stalker

Whoever wants to approach prayer without a guide, and proudly thinks that he can learn from books, and won't go to an elder, is…

— Silouan the Athonite

People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.

— Douglas Hurd

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

— Jane Austen

“So it is that much homiletical advice tends to function in reverse—that is, it works reasonably well in evaluating a sermon already formed, but…

— Eugene L. Lowry

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“The way of the crucified life can be precarious, making a spiritual guide all but indispensable. But it is important to have a guide…

— A.W. Tozer

“Many beginners also at times possess great spiritual avarice. They hardly ever seem content with the spirit God gives them. They become unhappy and…

— Juan de la Cruz

Many say they can't get God's guidance, when they really mean they wish He would show them an easier way.

— Winkie Pratney

I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs.

— Laura Anne Gilman

“Everything I have learned has not come from books, it has come experientially over time under pressure walking with Christ". ~ R. Alan Woods [2012]”

— R. Alan Woods

“cliché encouragements about life are like cheap diapers. Only the gospel can persevere your faith through a spiritual blowout.”

— Gloria Furman

Any sermon that is not birthed in prayer is not a message from God no matter how learned the preacher.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer