#jesus

The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our hearts on the black horse of affliction. Jesus uses the whole range of our experiences to wean us from earth and woo us to Heaven. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#distress #jesus #pain #experience

Sheer scholarship alone cannot reveal to us the gospel of grace. We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the authority of KNOWING Jesus Christ personally and directly. When the religious views of others interpose between us and the primary experience of Jesus as the Christ, we become unconvicted and unpersuasive travel agents handing out brochures to places we have never visited. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#jesus #study #experience

It was by faith, nothing wavering, that Joseph saw God our Eternal Father and Jesus Christ, His Son. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#eternal-father #faith #god #jesus #faith

Jesus is compelling in the way the discovery of the stars or the experience of a one-of-a-kind romance is compelling. His presence draws you in to the deep. ↗

— Michael Spencer

#jesus #spirituality #experience

(after asking Christ into his heart) I waited. And then, true to His promise, He came into my heart and my life. The moment was more than remarkable; it was the most realistic experience I'd ever had. I'm not sure what I expected; perhaps my life or my sins or a great white light would flash before my eyes; perhaps I'd feel a shock like being hit by a bolt of lightning. Instead, I felt no tremendous sensation, just a weightlessness and an enveloping calm that let me know that Christ had come into my heart. ↗

— Louis Zamperini

#heart #jesus #experience

He has a plan for everybody here and it’s all a matter of whether you answer it when He calls you. ↗

— Lacey Mosley

#flyleaf #god #inspirational #jesus #life

The Bible is the greatest of all books; to study it is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals. ↗

— Charles C. Ryrie

#faith #god #jesus #religion #faith

It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It’s the very nature of wonder to catch us off guard, to circumvent expectations and assumptions. Wonder can’t be packaged, and it can’t be worked up. It requires some sense of being there and some sense of engagement. ↗

— Eugene H. Peterson

#god #jesus #resurrection #spirituality #faith

Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or to pay attention, stomp away to brood when people annoy us, and then eat a big bag of Hershey's Kisses in bed? ↗

— Anne Lamott

#jesus #faith

If you don't know that God loves you, he does. He loves his creation. And you're his creation. ↗

— Lacey Mosley

#flyleaf #hope #inspirational #jesus #love