4,834 Quotes About Jesus

I skipped a stone on the glass-like surface of a sleepy lake this morning. And I watched the ripples roll out from the stone’s impact until their energy abated and they fell smooth as was the rest of the lake. And as it become smooth again, I thought that one of the greatest things I could ask of God would be to grant me the gift of a soul with such inner calm that it would smooth out every ripple from every stone that Satan could ever throw into it.

The phrase, "American Dream", a lifestyle approach that doesn't require God's power, just ours, was coined in 1931 by James T. Adams.

The depths of her thoughts will have you never wanting to surface for air...

...unforgivingly, and forcefully magnificent...

Christmas is God handing us a dream that’s beyond our imagination and then gifting us with resources that are beyond our imagination so that we can make that dream real beyond our imagination.

Peace is a state of being that is not reflective of what is transpiring around me, but is reflective of what God is doing within me.

Earthly contemplation means to the Christian, we have said, this above all: that behind all that we directly encounter the Face of the incarnate Logos becomes visible... Contemplation does not ignore the "historical Gethsemane," does not ignore the mystery of evil, guilt and its bloody atonement. The happiness of contemplation is a true happiness, indeed the supreme happiness; but it is founded upon sorrow.

At 23, I took the exampleOf Moses and JesusAnd went 40 days without food.In the end, Moses saw his god's glory,Jesus overcame the devil,I got a divorce......At 33, I've learned it's best to receive lifeAs It comes, let go of how you think it will go.Rumi said to die before you die.If you follow his advice, you will live your life alive,And when death comes you will recognize him As someone you've walked with before.

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?