82 Quotes About Intimacy-with-god

Holy desire can be learned. All prayer is part work and part rest.

A faithful dependent, I overlook his folly.

A servile spirit you have nothing to do with: you are not a slave, but a child; and now, inasmuch as you are a beloved child, you are bound to obey your Father's faintest wish, the least intimation of His will.

Unlike mere action, prayer is not subject to immediate evaluation or verification. If we are addicted to "results" we will quickly lose interest in prayer.

Prayer is a way of language practiced in the presence of God in which we become more than ourselves while remaining ourselves.

To obey the commands of Scripture can finally become a delight when we see that the reasons almost always center around God's love and provision for us in Christ.

Preaching reveals God in action here and now -- for ME.

As we grow into maturity in Christ our distinctiveness is accentuated, not blunted. General directions, useful as they are, don't take into account the details that face us as holiness takes root in the particular social and personal place we are planted.

Private worship excites us for public worship.