“There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship with God. You don't run off to the courts for justice, you settle it yourself. You don't run off to labor unions to sort out your work relations, you can take this job and shove it if you don't like what you're doing.” IfsRunningJobsChurchJusticeEthicsLaborRelationCourtSalvationUnionsSettlingSacramentsRelationship With GodPersonal RelationshipsLabor UnionPersonal Relationship With God Author:John Shelton Reed
“Churches provide a place of gathering for people who share common beliefs, support and encouragement for each other in faith, a place to find insight into and teaching about God's Word, and they provide a time and place where people can leave the world behind and focus only on their spiritual relationship with God.” PeopleWorldGodChristianSpiritualBeliefChurchReligiousCommonBehindsSupportFocusShareTeachingEncouragementInsightGatheringRelationship With GodSupport And EncouragementSpiritual Relationship Author:Mary C. Neal
“When I was in my early 20s I converted to Catholicism after a long period of searching. What I think drew me to the Catholic church is that in Catholicism, prayer suffuses all of one's life by virtue of the sacraments. Prayer is not something which occurs just on Sunday, it doesn't occur only at particular moments of intensity or by particular conventions, one's whole life is given up to prayer in many, many modes. And so everything to do with the faith is trying to put you in relationship with God and trying to make that relationship grow deeper and more mature.” ThinkingTryingLongWholeMomentsLife IsGivenGrowsChurchPrayerVirtueParticularPeriodsCatholicDeeperWhole LifeSundayMatureCatholicismIntensityConventionsSacramentsGiven UpCatholic ChurchRelationship With GodEarly 20s Author:Kevin Hart
“I began to expand my personal service in the church, and to search more diligently for a closer relationship with God among my different business, professional and political interests.” DifferentGodPoliticalReligionInterestChurchRelationship With God Book:Why Not the Best?: The First Fifty Years Source: Why Not the Best?: The First Fifty Years
“I've never been to rehab, I've never been to psychotherapy or the doctor or anything like that. I went to a church and I was prayed for, and I've always had a great relationship with God.” ChurchDoctorsRelationship With GodPsychotherapyRehabGreat Relationship Author:Smokey Robinson