“To summarize, then, it appears that Christian holiness is a number of things together. It has both outward and inward aspects. Holiness is a matter of both action and motivation, conduct and character, divine grace and human effort, obedience and creativity, submission and initiative, consecration to God and commitment to people, self-discipline and self-giving, righteousness and love. It is a matter of Spirit-led law-keeping, a walk, or course of life, in the Spirit that displays the fruit of the Spirit (Christlikeness of attitude and disposition). It is a matter of seeking to imitate Jesus' way of behaving, through depending on Jesus for deliverance from carnal self-absorption and for discernment of spiritual needs and possibilities.”
Source: Rediscovering Holiness
“Wherever change takes me, I want to meet God there and worship Him with my thoughts and actions and words and deeds.”
Source: Heart Renovation: A Construction Guide to Godly Character
“The renovation and mending process will be worth every ounce of energy spent to become more godly from the inside out.”
Source: Heart Renovation: A Construction Guide to Godly Character
“Prayer is about steeping in the Spirit of a God so loving that He totally changes you.”
Source: A Year of Living Prayerfully
“The commandment to imitate Jesus does not appear suddenly in a world exempt from imitation; rather it is addressed to everyone that mimetic rivalry has affected. Non-Christians imagine that to be converted they must renounce an autonomy that all people possess naturally, a freedom and independence that Jesus would like to take away from them. In reality, once we imitate Jesus, we discover that our aspiration to autonomy has always made us bow down before individuals who may not be worse than we are but who are nonetheless bad models because we cannot imitate them without falling with them into the trap of rivalries in which we are ensnarled more and more.”
Source: I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
“Christlikeness is not produced by imitation, but by inhabitation.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
“Christ-like virtues are a beacon of hope in the classroom, inspiring students to persevere through life's challenges with faith, resilience, and an unyielding spirit.”
“When we ask Jesus for help and choose 'flight' over 'grounded,' He builds within us a loyalty to God that overcomes all opposing forces.”
Source: Heart Renovation: A Construction Guide to Godly Character
“If the birds keep on making nests, if they know there’s gonna be a tomorrow, then I wanna stick around and see what they’re singing about. They’re who I’m gonna listen to. . .”
Source: Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir
“Repentance is a change of mind, whereby the sinner agrees with God regarding his sin, turns from sin, despises sin, hates sin, and rejects sin. True repentance makes a revolutionary change in your life. A radical change will take place in the way you think, your goal, your attitude, and your action. True repentance makes us inwardly humble and visibly reformed and it indicates that our faith is genuine.”