Lord Quotes - Page 32

• Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science, we use these terms to indicate two central powers, from which all motives radiate, to which all influences converge.

  George Henry Lewes

  Life, Heart, Science

  "The Heart and the Brain". "Catholic world", Volume 1, Issue 5, August 1865.

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• The average Christian pays more in interest than he gives to the Lord's work. In a church of 100 families 37 will give nothing.

  Larry Burkett

  Christian, Average, Giving

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• When the Spirit fills us, we are transformed, and by beholding God we become mirrors. You can always tell when someone has been beholding the glory of the Lord, because your inner spirit senses that he mirrors the Lord’s own character. Beware of anything that would spot or tarnish that mirror in you. It is almost always something good that will stain it- something good, but not what is best.

  Oswald Chambers

  Character, Mirrors, Spirit

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.9, Discovery House

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• Many Christians are either woefully deficient in their knowledge of Scripture or noticeably devoid of any experience of God's power. The Lord never intended this for His people. We have all seen firsthand the joyless intellectual arrogance the absence of spiritual power can produce, as well as the fanatical emotional excess that comes from the lack of theological integrity.

  Sam Storms

  Christian, Spiritual, Integrity

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• Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Passion, Talent

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• When the Greeks said, Whom the gods love die young, they probably meant, as Lord Sankey suggested, that those favored by the gods stay young till the day they die; young and playful.

  Eric Hoffer

  Greek, Youth, God Love

  Eric Hoffer (1963). “The Ordeal of Change”

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• The person that goes regularly and intelligently to the Lord's Table finds it increasingly hard to yield to sin and conform to the world.

  J. C. Ryle

  Yield, World, Tables

  J.C Ryle, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “PRACTICAL RELIGION”, Lulu.com

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• Lord, let me find my life in thee, and not in the mire of this world's favour or gain.

  Charles Spurgeon

  World, Gains, Favour

  C. H. Spurgeon (2006). “Morning by Morning”, p.362, Hendrickson Publishers

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• I ask why your Omnipotent God does not hold a man back when he is about to commit a sin or offence. It is child’s play for God. Why did He not kill war lords? Why did He not remove the fury of war from their minds? In this way God could have saved humanity from great calamity and horror.

  Bhagat Singh

  Children, War, Men

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• O you, who spends his lifetime disobeying his Lord, no one amongst your enemies is wicked to you more than you are to yourself

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Enemy, Wicked, Lifetime

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• We expect to see the day when temples will dot the earth, each one a house of the Lord.

  Bruce R. McConkie

  House, Earth, Dots

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• Now let us find solace in the finished work of our Lord Jesus. Everything is fully done: justice demands no more.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Justice, Done

  Charles Spurgeon (2015). “Daily Devotion - 365 Days With Jesus”, p.205, Editora Dracaena

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• Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying!

  William Shakespeare

  Liars, Lying, World

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 5, sc. 4, l. [148]

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• Lord of Lords, grant us the good whether we pray for it or not, but evil keep from us, even though we pray for it.

  Plato

  Evil, Praying, Grants

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• My poor soul! Sigh, pray and strive to take upon you the blessed yoke of Christ, and you will live on earth in a heavenly manner. Lord, grant that I may carry the light and goodly yoke, and I shall be always at rest, peaceful, glad and joyous; and I shall taste on earth of crumbs which fall from the celestial feast, like a dog that feeds upon the crumbs which fall from the master's table.

  Tikhon of Zadonsk

  Christian, Dog, Blessed

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• But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you. Why did he command these things? So that he might free you from hatred, sadness, anger and grudges, and might grant you the greatest possession of all, perfect love, which is impossible to possess except by the one who loves all equally in imitation of God.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Christian, Hate, Love You

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• The Lord says, 'Whoever has, to him shall be given' (Mt. 13:12). He will give, then, to those who have; that is to say, if they use freely and cheerfully what they have received, He will add to and perfect His gifts.

  Saint Augustine

  Christian, Giving, Perfect

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• The accursed one does not allow the eye of the heart to see the Lord or His saints. He darkens our heart in every way. He scatters faith, oppressing, burning and darkening us inwardly. We must look upon all such actions as illusions and falsehood, and break through this imaginary wall to the Lord, or to His Holy Mother, or His saints. As soon as you break through this wall you will be immediately saved. 'Your faith has made you whole' (Mt. 9:22).

  John of Kronstadt

  Christian, Mother, Wall

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• The Lord said: 'Without Me you can do nothing' (Jn. 15:5). So for the duration of our life, every day and at every moment, we must keep unchanged in our heart the feeling, conviction and disposition, that on no occasion can we allow ourselves to think of relying on ourselves and trusting ourselves.

  Lorenzo Scupoli

  Christian, Heart, Thinking

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• When Abba Anthony thought about the depths of the judgments of God, he asked, 'Lord, how is it that some die when they are young, while others drag on to extreme old age? Why are there those who are poor and those who are rich? Why do wicked men prosper and why are the just in need?' He heard a voice answering him, 'Antony, keep your attention on yourself; these things are according to the judgment of God, and it is not to your advantage to know anything about them.'

  Anthony the Great

  Christian, Men, Voice

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• Ascend, my brothers, ascend eagerly. Let your hearts' resolve be to climb. Listen to the voice of the one who says: 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of our God' (Isa. 2:3), Who makes our feet to be like the feet of the deer, 'Who sets us on the high places, that we may be triumphant on His road' (Hab. 3:19).

  John Climacus

  Christian, Brother, Heart

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.291, Paulist Press

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• When we become incorruptible and immortal, and attain to the blessed state of conformity with Christ, we will be ever with the Lord (as Scripture says), gaining fulfillment in the purest contemplations of His visible theophany which will illuminate us with its most brilliant rays, just as it illuminated the disciples at the time of the most divine Transfiguration.

  Gregory Palamas

  Christian, Blessed, Light

  "The Triads".

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• Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the importunity of the widow inclined a wicked and unjust judge to grant her petition (cf. Lk. 18:1 ff.). The Lord gave this parable for a special purpose ? to teach us not to faint, but to pray patiently. If an unjust judge was persuaded to grant the petition of the widow, how can God fail to incline His ear to our prayers, if we persist in imploring Him since He is the essence of lovingkindness?

  Lorenzo Scupoli

  Christian, Prayer, Humble

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• We must follow the ways of the Lord, and take heed to our own ways, lest they lead us into sin. One can take heed if one is not hasty in speaking. The law says: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God' (Dt. 6:4). It said not: 'Speak,' but 'Hear.' Eve fell because she said to the man what she had not heard from the Lord her God. The first word from God says to you: Hear!

  Ambrose

  Christian, Men, Israel

  St. Ambrose “The Sacred Writings of St. Ambrose”, Jazzybee Verlag

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• ... where Solomon says that 'Wisdom has built herself a house' (Prov. 9:1), he refers darkly in these words to the preparation of the flesh of the Lord: for the true Wisdom did not dwell in another's building, but built for Itself that dwelling-place from the body of the Virgin.

  Gregory of Nyssa

  Christian, Dwelling Place, House

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