"We must always remember that Satan always disguises himself as an angel of light. Everything he presents seems reasonable... He offers what appears to be a wise path, a gentle path, a path of compromise and ease."
— Fulton J. Sheehan
Source: Communism and the Conscience of the West
Satan, Light, Angels
Views: 94
"A vision is not a dream we design for God, but an invitation from God to participate in His plan. We are not going to 'do things for Him,' but to enter into what He is already doing. The turning point is whether we are willing to let go of our own blueprint."
— Henry Blackby
Source: Working with God
Visions, Plans
Views: 93
"If a person cannot find anything in this world that truly satisfies their soul, then it means they were created for another world. All our earthly joys are merely shadows of true joy, not the essence itself."
— C.S. Lewis
Source: Pure Christianity
The meaning of life
Views: 100
"God's calling is often not about climbing upwards, but about going downwards—towards humility, service, and the cross. When we are willing to be brought into humility, we draw closer to God's heart."
— Henry Nuwin
Source: The Journey Downward
Downward, serving, humble
Views: 80
"I try to stop people from saying the foolish thing: ‘I accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept Him as God.’ That’s something we shouldn’t say. A person who claims to be God but isn’t is either a madman or a devil. You have to choose: either this person is the son of God, or a madman or something worse."
— CS Lewis
Source: Back to Simplicity
Madman, devil
Views: 97
"God doesn't want us to become a 'better version of ourselves,' but rather to become people who are rebuilt, renewed, and inhabited by the Holy Spirit. Spiritual growth is not about moral progress built up through willpower, but about transformation from brokenness to obedience, from self-centeredness to Christ-centeredness."
— Dallas Willard
Source: The Reshaping of the Mind
Self, Reconstruction, Spiritual Life, Broken
Views: 103