Archive for the ‘Quotes for a Closer Walk’ Category

The Prayer of Freedom O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me.  Deliver me, Jesus, from the desire of being loved, from the desire of being extolled, from the desire of being honored, from the desire of being praised, from the desire of being preferred to others, from the desire of being consulted, from [...]

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.  Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.     Isaiah 26:3, 4   If you like the quote, click on the comment link   Click here for Previous Quotes for a Closer Walk

The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save.  He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.     Zephaniah 3:17   If you like the quote, click on the comment link   Click here for Previous Quotes for a Closer [...]

Trust and Thankfulness will get you safely through this day. Trust protects you from worrying and obsessing. Thankfulness keeps you from criticizing and complaining: those “sister sins” that so easily entangle you.     Sarah Young, Jesus Calling   If you like the quote, click on the comment link   Click here for Previous Quotes for a [...]

Revival: An awakening of the Truth that lies within us and springs forth to shout to the world with joy,  ”THERE IS HOPE!  HE IS RISEN INDEED!”     Karen Dunn   If you like the quote, click on the comment link   Click here for Previous Quotes for a Closer Walk

When we grasp the reality of God’s love, we will no longer seek our security in jobs, bank accounts, investments, houses, husbands, wives, friends, or health.  We will rest in the Lord, free from all fear, secure in the assurance that He is going to provide all that we need and protect us from everything [...]

Worry implies that we don’t quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives…I am thankful for the unknowns and that I don’t have control, because it makes me run to God.     Francis Chan, Crazy Love.     If you like the quote, [...]

We need to quit trying to be God.  We can’t change the past with our regrets or control the future with our fears.  Let’s not get distracted from our sole responsibility: to make the most of TODAY.  That is something we CAN do,  and do well-WITH God! If you like the quote, click on the comment [...]

“You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.  I will be found by you,” declares the Lord.     Jeremiah 29:13, 14 If you like the quote, click on the comment link Previous Quotes: What, Lord, is my life, save that embrace wherein Thy delightsome sweetness doth so lovingly [...]

What, Lord, is my life, save that embrace wherein Thy delightsome sweetness doth so lovingly enfold me?     Written by Nicolas of Cusa four hundred years ago. If you like the quote, click on the comment link Previous Quotes: When the Israelites were caught between the pursuing Egyptians and the Red Sea, Moses said to them, [...]

When the Israelites were caught between the pursuing Egyptians and the Red Sea, Moses said to them, “Do not fear!  Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today.”  (Exodus 14:13)  He said this BEFORE God told him he was going to divide the sea (check out the [...]

If you have the Shepherd, you have grace for every sin, direction for every turn, a candle for every corner, and an anchor for every storm.     Max Lucado  If you like the quote, click on the comment link Previous Quotes: Oh, God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for [...]

Oh, God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You…My Souls clings to You; Your right hand upholds Me…I stretch out my hands to You; my soul longs for You.     David, Psalm 63:1, 8, 143:6  If you like the quote, click on the comment [...]

A spiritual kingdom lies all about us, enclosing us, embracing us, altogether within reach of our inner selves, waiting for us to recognize it.  God Himself is here waiting our response to His presense.  This eternal world will come alive to us the moment we begin to reckon upon it’s reality.     A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit [...]

Abide in Me, and I in you.  As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so nether can you unless you abide in Me…If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you…These things I have spoken to [...]