Quotes from Ravi Zacharias

A calling is simply God's shaping of your burden and beckoning you to your service to him in the place and pursuit of his choosing.

Thomas Merton once said, "We cannot be at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we cannot be at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.

Sometimes in the shadows of one's self lie the problems, and in the shadows of one's shaping lie the answers.

More than anything else, prayer enables you to see your own heart and brings you into alignment with God's heart. Prayer is not a monologue in which we imagine ourselves to be communing with God. Rather, it is a dialogue through which God fashions your heart and makes his dream of you a reality. It is truly the treasured gift of the Christian that through direct answers and not-so-direct answers, the follower of Jesus begins to love God for who he is, not for what he may get out of him.

The apostle Paul says in Romans 13:14, "Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature." In other words, do not put yourself in a place where you can fall.

The Bible offers a beautiful passage from the heart of one who knew much, suffered much, endured much, and wrote much: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceivedwhat God has prepared for those who love him." 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9

We are all priests before God, there is no such distinction as 'secular or sacred.' In fact, the opposite of sacred is not secular; the opposite of sacred is profane. In short, no follower of Christ does secular work. We all have a sacred calling.

Legalism always breeds compliance over purpose.

The components of gratitude and truth, love and hope bring the realization of wonder. The disciplines of study, of reading and reflecting, of dialoguing in depth and praying with belief sustain the wonder.

Starting at life's cryptogram, we either see His name unmistakably resplendent or we see the confusion of religions with no single message, just garbled beliefs that plague our existence, each justified by the voice of culture.

In some countries you love your neighbors, and in others you eat them.

Without the will, marriage is a mockery; without the emotion, it is a drudgery. You need both.