Quotes about Devotion
I live, now not I, but Christ liveth in me." (Gal. 2:20).
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Love lives only by sacrifice
— St. Therese of Lisieux
It is for us to console our Lord, and not for Him to console us.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
It would not disturb me if (supposing the impossible) God himself did not see my good actions. I love him so much, that I would like to give him joy without his knowing who gave it. When he does know, he is, as it were, obliged to make a return.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
you must be always as a drop of dew hidden in the heart of this beautiful Lily of the valley ... One must be so little to draw near to Jesus, and few are the souls that aspire to be little and unknown. ... Our Beloved needs neither our brilliant deeds nor our beautiful thoughts. ... The Lily of the valley asks but a single dewdrop, which for one night shall rest in its cup, hidden from all human eyes.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Having forsaken all things, a man should forsake himself.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
If you wish to be a saint, it is not hard. Have one aim--to please Jesus and to unite yourself more intimately to Him.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Expositional listening is listening for the meaning of a passage of Scripture and accepting that meaning as the main idea to be grasped for our personal and corporate lives as Christians.
— Thabiti M. Anyabwile
Expositional listening helps us to focus on God's will and to follow him
— Thabiti M. Anyabwile
The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.
— Thomas a Kempis
All that is in the world is vanity except to love God and serve him only.
— Thomas a Kempis