J Quotes
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“Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.”
“Jesus said, 'Go ... and make disciples,' not converts to your opinions.”
“Jesus said, Recognize what is in your sight, and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you. For there is nothing hidden that shall not become manifest.”
“Jesus said...i'm the only way to permanent peace, im the only way to permanent joy, im the only way to eternal life, im the only way to forgiveness of sin, im the only way to the Father.”
“Jesus, Samara Jane, do you fuck your girlfriend with that mouth?”
She tugs my lip between her teeth. “Only when she’s good.”
Source: Out on Good Behavior
“Jesus sat down to demonstrate to us that the work is indeed finished.”
“Jesus. Save me from the nice and sincere boys who feel things too deeply. I still think what happened is funny in its perfect awfulness, but I understand his shame too. It's hard to come from someplace or someone you're not proud of.
"You're not your dad," I say, but he doesn't believe me. I understand his fear. Who are we if not a product of our parents and their histories?”
Source: The Sun Is Also a Star
“Jesus saw the multitudes were hungry
and He said, Oh Lord,
send down a short-order cook.”
Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton
“Jesus says, "Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me." He says, "The first shall be last and the last shall be first," and infuriating things like "if you seek to find your life you will lose it but those who lose their life will find it." And every single time I die to something—my notions of my own specialness, my plans and desires for something to be a very particular way—every single time I fight it and yet every single time I discover more life and more freedom than if I had gotten what I wanted.”
Source: Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
“Jesus says "Do not be worried" (Matthew 6:25), he then goes on to illustrate that a misdirected gaze is at the heart of worry and anxiety.”
Source: Consider the Lilies: Finding Perfect Peace in the Character of God
“Jesus says God is love. I would like to change it. I would like to say love is God. When you say God is love, love is only one of the qualities of God; he may have other qualities: wisdom, justice, etcetera. To me, love is God; godliness is only one of the qualities of love. There is no other God than the fragrance of love. But the fragrance can arise only in deep meditation.”
“Jesus says if you want to have me, you must give up that other thing that has you.”
“Jesus says in Matthew 25, no man knows the day nor the hour, neither the angles nor the son but only the Father which is in heaven. Now if Jesus didn't know when he was coming back, it's crazy for me to try to think.”
“Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure his allotted share of suffering and rejection. But each has a different share: some God deems worthy of the highest form of suffering, and gives them the grace of martyrdom, while others he does not allow to be tempted above that which they are able to bear. But it is the one and the same cross in every case.”
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
“Jesus says that faith itself is also the work of God.”
Source: Predestination of the Saints
“Jesus says that those who live by God's forgiveness must imitate it. A person whose only hope is that God will not hold his faults against him forfeits his right to hold others' faults against them.”
Source: Prayer, the Great Adventure
“Jesus says, "I want you to follow me so fully, so intensely, so enduringly that all other attachments in your life look weak by comparison"”
“Jesus says. "Acknowledge and accept who I want to be for you: a Savior of boundless compassion, infinite patience, unbearable forgiveness, and love that keeps no score of wrongs. Quit projecting onto Me your own feelings about yourself. At this moment your life is a bruised reed and I will not crush it, a smoldering wick and I will not quench it. You are in a safe place." Brennan Manning. Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”
Source: Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging
“Jesus sees our sin more clearly than anyone, yet He loves us more than anyone.”
“Jesus sees the world as His playground where He can exercise His FAITH.”
“Jesus set an example for us to follow: a life of loving, obedient service.”
“Jesus set us free to live the abundant life by being all that He has created us to be and accomplishing all that He has planned for us to do.”
Source: Listening to God Day by Day
“Jesus-shaped spirituality hears Jesus say "believe and repent," but the call that resonates most closely in the heart of a disciple is "follow me." The command to follow requires that we take a daily journey in the company of other students. It demands that we be lifelong learners and that we commit to constant growth in spiritual maturity. Discipleship is a call to me, but it is a journey of "we.”
Source: Mere Churchianity: Finding Your Way Back to Jesus-Shaped Spirituality
“Jesus, Shep. I told you . . .”
“I know what you said. You have eighteen missed calls.”
“All Trent?”
“One is from Panty Wearers Anonymous.”
Source: Walking Disaster
“Jesus shouldn't have died so early and then he could have got twice as much across. They killed him and then twisted so many of the best things he said. Human hands started messing it all up and now so much of religion is hogwash.”
“Jesus showed compassion for the hurting and the lost, and so should you.”
“Jesus showed patience and love to all who came to Him seeking relief for their physical, emotional, or spiritual illnesses and who felt discouraged and downtrodden.”
“Jesus showed us how to be courageous and sacrificial while we die for our beliefs, not while we kill for them.”
“Jesus shrugged. “Have you read the Torah? God doesn’t pick the best of the best. He picks the guys who need help.”
Source: Get Thee Behind Me, Santa: An Inexcusably Filthy Children's Time-Travel Farce for Adults Only
“Jesus smashed two of the rich young ruler's assumptions: Christianity is something you can ADD and something you can DO.”
“Jesus ... sought out the people who were hurting.”
Source: Rez Ramblings: Living on the Pine Ridge as 21st Century as an "Injun"
“Jesus speaks in the silence of the mystery of the Eucharist and reminds us each time that following him means going out of ourselves and making our lives not something we 'possess,' but a gift to him and to others.”
“Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve.”
“Jesus spoke in such a way that the people loved the things of God. That’s why they followed him.”
Source: Morning Homilies III
“Jesus spoke to those who had turned their backs on history. He spoke to those who had blatantly ignored sign after sign, servant after servant.”
Source: And the Angels Were Silent: The Final Week of Jesus
“Jesus stands absolutely alone in history; in teaching, in example, in character, an exception, a marvel, and He is Himself the evidence of Christianity.”
Source: Many Infallible Proofs: A Series of Chapters on the Evidences of Christianity, Or, The Written and Living Word of God
“Jesus still has a really great reputation and the Spirit is still moving. I've got a lot of hope for a generation that takes Jesus seriously, once again.”
“Jesus stressed that God does not do drone strikes on people just because they ignore or offend him.”
Source: Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About the Father's Heart
“Jesus suffered deeply because He loves us deeply! He wants us to repent and be converted so that He can fully heal us.”
“Jesus tapped me on the shoulder and said, Bob, why are you resisting me? I said, I'm not resisting you! He said, You gonna follow me? I said, I've never thought about that before! He said, When you're not following me, you're resisting me.”
“Jesus taught his followers to think of God as Father. In India it is more common to speak of God as Divine Mother. Saints of various persuasions have successfully communed with God by similarly idealizing other human relations — such as Friend or Beloved. It makes no difference. When I feel the gravity of wisdom, I speak of God as the Father. When I feel unbounded, unconditional love I call God Divine Mother. When I feel God as the nearest of the near, supporter and confidant, I call Him Friend. Thus, it is a misnomer to refer to God always as "He." It is equally appropriate to call God "She." But in the ultimate, God is Spirit, neither masculine nor feminine. Spirit is above any human correlation. Similarly, the soul is neither male nor female, though karmic inclinations cause it to incarnate either with the body of a man or a woman.”
Source: The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You (2 Volume Set) 1St edition by Yogananda, Paramahansa published by Self-Realization Fellowship Hardcover
“Jesus taught several great lessons on wise investing, including The Parable of The Bags of Gold, The Parable of the Tenants and the Parable of The Sower.”
“Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.”
Source: Purpose in Prayer
“Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too often we get faint-hearted and quit praying at the point where we ought to begin. We let go at the very point where we should hold on strongest. Our prayers are weak because they are not impassioned by an unfailing and resistless will.”
Source: Purpose in Prayer
“Jesus taught that the mark of the Christian is the observable love shown among all true believers.”
“Jesus taught that we'll never be satisfied with anything we own, only with Who owns us.”
“Jesus taught us a prayer of community and reconciliation, belonging to a new people who have left the land of 'me'.”
“Jesus taught us how to forgive out of love, how to forget out of humility. So let us examine our hearts and see if there is any unforgiven hurt -- any unforgotten bitterness! It is easy to love those who are far away. It isn't always easy to love those who are right next to us. It is easier to offer food to the hungry than to answer the lonely suffering of someone who lacks love right in one”
“Jesus taught us how to pray because The Lord's Prayer is the spiritual image of the Ten Commandments.”
“Jesus taught us to be good stewards of capital.”
Source: 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.