“If everything that exists was made by God and for God, and God is superior to the things made by Him, he who abandons what is superior and devotes Himself to what is inferior shows that he values things made by God more than God Himself.” IfsMadeShowsChristianValuesSuperiorsAbandonOrthodoxInferiorsOrthodox Christian Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age, it not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective.” AgeValuesTurnsChurchVisionEmbraceGreedBelieverKingdomsAbandonMaterialismBiblicalConsumerismKingdom Of GodMandates Author:Alan Hirsch
“What we feel at prayer is God's business, not ours, and we must strive to be totally abandoned to the presence of 'consolation' or of boredom when we pray. A clear understanding that the value of our prayer does not depend upon how we feel is extremely important if we are to persevere in prayer. So many people feel that if their prayer is distracted it cannot be pleasing to God, and are therefore led to abandon their efforts precisely when fidelity is of the most importance.” PeopleIfsFeelsDoeImportantValuesUnderstandingPrayerEffortClearDependsPrayingImportanceStriveBoredomAbandonAbandonedConsolationDistractedOur PrayersPersevereFidelity Author:Sheila Cassidy
“America will nurture a new Muslim - one who can believe in Muhammad and the Quran but who abandons belief in a Shariah-based state and affirms the primary American value of individual liberty, which has not been a normative Islamic value.” BelieveStatesAmericaValuesIndividualBeliefLibertyPrimariesIslamicAbandonNurtureMuhammadQuranIndividual LibertyAmerican Values Author:Dennis Prager
“In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden and they abandon their values.” PeopleLooksPastBeautifulValuesAsksHouseLaughingRichCarStyleGardenAbandonRich People Author:Nhat Hanh