“Obedience is necessary not only for monks, but for all people. Even the Lord was obedient. The proud and self-regarding do not allow grace to live in them, and therefore they never have spiritual peace, while in the obedient soul the grace of the Holy Spirit enters easily and gives joy and peace. Whoever bears even a little grace in himself joyfully submits himself to all direction. He knows that God directs even the heavens and the netherworld, and himself, and his business, and everything in the world, and therefore he is always at peace.” PeopleKnowsWorldInspirationalGivingLittlesSoulSelfChristianSpiritualJoySpiritHeavenReligiousLordGraceBearsProudHolyObedienceHoly SpiritOrthodoxSubmitMonkObedientSpiritual Peace Author:Silouan the Athonite
“Education is not acquisition of burdensome information regarding objects and men. It is the awareness of the immortal spirit within,, which is the spring of joy, peace and courage.” MenJoySpiritAwarenessInformationObjectsSpringEducationalImmortalAcquisition Author:Sai Baba
“Of course, none of this can happen for us until we give our lives back to God. We cannot know the joy or the life or the freedom of heart I've described until we surrender our lives to Jesus and surrender them totally... We turn, and give ourselves body, soul, and spirit back to God, asking him to cleanse our hearts and make them new. And he does. He gives us a new heart. And he comes to dwell there, in our hearts.” KnowsGivingHeartDoeSoulBodyHappensJoySpiritTurnsCoursesJesusOur LivesAskingSurrenderBody Soul And Spirit Author:John Eldredge
“About three in the morning as we were continuing instant in prayer, the power of God came mightily upon us, insomuch that many cried out for exceeding joy, and many fell to the ground. As soon as we recovered a little from the awe and amazement at the presence of His Majesty, we broke out with one voice, 'We praise Thee, O God, we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.'” LittlesJoySpiritThreeVoicePrayerLordMorningHolyPraiseTheeBrokeAcknowledgeInstantHoly SpiritAweCriedContinuingMajestyAmazementPower Of God Book:The Works... Source: The Works...
“I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.” HappinessJoySpiritLeftLaughterHeartlessTruth LoveRevolutionary IdeasLove And Laughter Book:Love All the People (New Edition) Source: Love All the People (New Edition)
“What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls between ourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctions between flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time and matter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so long forgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul is nothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life of every woman or man-the heart of it-is pure and holy joy.” MenInspirationalHeartLongSoulMatterLastsJoySpiritEnergyWealthImpossibleBrotherWallHolyPureLimitsForgottenFleshDistinctionEcstasyAtomsBrothers And SistersClayUnconditionalCommonplace Author:George Leonard
“For the atom's soul is nothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life of every woman or man - the heart of it - is pure and holy joy.” MenHeartSoulJoySpiritEnergyHolyPureAtomsClay Author:George Leonard
“The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.” SelfChristianJoySpiritSufferingOpportunityGivenAttitudeTroubleSorrowDifficultyRegardSacredReactionsPityResentmentCrownsThornsSelf PityFatalismGiven Opportunity Author:James Stewart