Quotes about Words

Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity, and its influence is direct.

The best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

Dalila: In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause. Samson: For want of words, no doubt, or lack of breath!

His words… like so many nimble and airy servitors trip about him at command.

The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God. Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God's constant presence with 'the real me.' Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father.

Make the mule of your tongue serve the mercy of your heart.

I love his words, "The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted." But I also love to say it my way: God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

It is possible to experience true divine wonders in your conversion but never to be taught a true description of what your experience is. Then someone starts to describe your experience in words you have never heard, and in ways you have never understood, and suddenly the strange words all sound exactly right.

In and through the Scriptures we see the glory of God. What the apostles of Jesus saw face-to-face they impart to us through their words. "That

1) Singing can help us remember words, which means that we should use melodies that are effective, sing words that God wants us to remember

The Bible-oriented preacher wants the congregation to know that his words, if they have any abiding worth, are in accord with God's words. He wants this to be obvious to them. That is part of his humility and his authority. Therefore, he constantly tries to show the people that his ideas are coming from the Bible. He is hesitant to go too far toward points that are not demonstrable from the Bible.

Books don't change people; paragraphs do; sometimes even sentences.