#pi

... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#holy-spirit

Everybody gets to play. ↗

— John Wimber

#holy-spirit #minister #vineyard #holy-spirit

This is the tragedy and woe of the hour--that we neglect the most important One who could possibly be in our midst--the Holy Spirit of God. Then, in order to make up for His absence, we have to do something to keep up our own spirits. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#holy-spirit

As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are growing in the practice of holiness, it seems the gap between our knowledge and our practice always gets wider. This is the Holy Spirit's way of drawing us to more and more holiness. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#holiness #holy-spirit

In speaking of these wondrous things I shall use my own words, though you may think they are the words of scripture, words spoken by other Apostles and prophets. True it is they were first proclaimed by others, but they are now mine, for the Holy Spirit of God has borne witness to me that they are true, and it is now as though the Lord had revealed them to me in the first instance. I have thereby heard his voice and know his word. ↗

— Bruce R. McConkie

#holy-spirit

The nativity mystery “conceived from the Holy Spirit and born from the Virgin Mary”, means, that God became human, truly human out of his own grace. The miracle of the existence of Jesus , his “climbing down of God” is: Holy Spirit and Virgin Mary! Here is a human being, the Virgin Mary, and as he comes from God, Jesus comes also from this human being. Born of the Virgin Mary means a human origin for God. Jesus Christ is not only truly God, he is human like every one of us. He is human without limitation. He is not only similar to us, he is like us. ↗

— Karl Barth

#christianity #god #grace #holy-spirit #incarnation

God has such gladness every time he sees from heaven that a sinner is praying to Him with all his heart, as a mother has when she sees the first smile on her baby's face. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#spiritual-growth #spiritual-growth

Cinta itu selalu menakjubkan. Kita tak perlu mengambilnya dari orang lain untuk memberikannya kepada yang lain. Kita selalu punya cinta yang berlebih untuk disebarkan kepada orang lain ↗

— entah siapa

#cinta

A vampire's thirst can only be quenched by the blood of their loved ones. ↗

— Matsuri Hino

#romance #vampire-knight #love

I don't feel anti-love. I feel suspicious of love, and I feel suspicious of what it means to be in love. And I also feel suspicious of what it means to feel pretend love for someone. ↗

— Sara Quin

#sara-quin #snti-love #suspicious #tegan-and-sara #tegan-quin