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“In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience.”

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Richard J. Foster, born on May 3, 1942, is a renowned author. His works cover a range of topics including Christian spirituality, personal growth, and leadership, and have been well-received by readers worldwide. more

“The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and putting your nose in a slicing machine: its dumb, stupid, and no fun. Some individual sins may have pleasure still attached to them because of the residual goodness of the realities they are abusing: adultery can indeed be pleasant and tying one on can amuse. But betrayal, jealousy, love grown cold, and the gray dawn of the morning after are nobody's idea of a good time.”

Source: Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus

“There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.”

Depends Loser

Author:Billie Joe Armstrong

“Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only.”

Whole Desire Jesus Prayer Simplicity Selfishness Endeavor Discipleship

Author:Thomas a Kempis

“One can believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ and feel no personal loyalty to Him at all - indeed, pay no attention whatever to His commandments and His will for one's life.”

Feels Believe Jesus Christ Pay Attention Jesus Christ Loyalty Divinity Commandments Discipleship

Book:Beyond Our Selves, A Pilgrimage in Faith

Source: Beyond Our Selves, A Pilgrimage in Faith

“To be converted to faith in Jesus Christ is to return to the worship of the true God, and to dethrone all rivals to his authority.”

Jesus Christ Return Authority Worship Jesus Christ Discipleship Rivals True God Faith In Jesus

Author:Graham Kendrick

“We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.”

Moving Belief Christ Conformity Our Thoughts Discipleship

Book:The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People

Source: The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People

“...Christ did not appoint professors, but followers. If Christianity ... is not reduplicated in the life of the person expounding it, then he does not expound Christianity, for Christianity is a message about living and can only be expounded by being realized in men's lives.”

Ifs Men Persons Doe Christ Christianity Messages Followers Professors Being Real Discipleship Christian Discipleship

Author:Soren Kierkegaard

“I dare not say with Paul that I am the slave of Christ, but my highest aspiration and desire is to be the slave of Christ.”

Desire Christ Highest Slave Dare Aspiration Discipleship

Book:Creation in Christ: Unspoken Sermons

Source: Creation in Christ: Unspoken Sermons

“Today, even amongst Christians, there can be found much of that spirit that wants to give as little as possible to the Lord, and yet to get as much as possible from Him. The prevailing thought today is of being used, as though that were the one thing that mattered. That my little rubber band should be stretched to the very limit seems all important. But this is not the Lord's mind. The Lord wants us to be used, yes; but what He is after is that we pour all we have, ourselves, to Him, and if that be all, that is enough.”

“The Bible parable says that while men slept, the enemy sowed tares among the wheat. A boy who rises at 4:30 to deliver papers is considered a go-getter, but to urge our young people to rise at 5:30 to pray is considered fanaticism. We must once again wear the harness of discipline. There is no other way.”

People Men Way Young Enemy Boys Praying Discipline Paper Urges Papers Discipleship Fanaticism Wheat Harness Parables

Author:Leonard Ravenhill

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