Quotes about Renewal

Depression tends to turn us away from the everyday things of God's creation.

O Lord, this morning disperse every mist, and shine clear and strong and invigoratingly. Forgive my tardiness, it takes me so long to awaken to some things.

He who believes in Me . . . out of his heart will flow rivers of living water"—and hundreds of other lives will be continually refreshed. Now is the time for us to break "the flask" of our lives, to stop seeking our own satisfaction, and to pour out our lives before Him. Our Lord is asking who of us will do it for Him?

Being born again by the Spirit of God means that we must first be willing to let go before we can grasp something else.

Come unto Me." When you hear those words you will know that something must happen in you before you can come. The Holy Spirit will show you what you have to do, anything at all that will put the axe at the root of the thing which is preventing you from getting through. You will never get further until you are willing to do that one thing. The Holy Spirit will locate the one impregnable thing in you, but He cannot budge it unless you are willing to let Him.

O Lord, my approach to Thee is dulled because of my physical dimness, but my spirit and heart rejoice in Thee and my flesh shall rest in hope. Touch me bodily, O Lord, till I answer in thrilling health to Thy touch.

To identify with the death of Jesus Christ means that we must die to everything that was never a part of Him.

Being born of the Spirit means much more than we usually think. It gives us new vision and keeps us absolutely fresh for everything through the never-ending supply of the life of God.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

Let the past rest, but let it rest in the sweet embrace of Christ.

It is not the baptism of the Holy Spirit that changes people, but the power of the ascended Christ coming into their lives through the Holy Spirit.

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.