Quotes about Spiritual

I believe Satan exists for two reasons: first, the Bible says so, and second, I've done business with him.

There is a danger in becoming an overly perfected meat eater only—a person who becomes spiritually fat on the meat and can become critical of a church or believer who is not on the same level of the deeper knowledge he or she is experiencing. This becomes pride.

Spiritual rest comes through faith.

The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is to weaken his presence in our feelings. Otherwise we would become spiritual cripples, unable to walk without emotional crutches. This is why he gives us dryness, sufferings, and failures.

Grace is not in nature so much as nature is in grace. Saint Thérèse said, on her deathbed, "Everything is grace.

another principle demons use in spiritual warfare: multiple attacks, from many directions at once, or with many different weapons at once.

The second reason was to make public and visible an invisible spiritual reality. This is the purpose of all the sacraments. Indeed, it is the fundamental purpose of matter itself.

There is no equality among angels

He stoops down even into the spiritual nursery and carefully watches over spiritual infants like us.

shows how fruitful analogies can be—not in proving points but in illustrating them, showing spiritual truths by means of material images.

SPIRITUAL LIBERTY 2 TIMOTHY 1:7 God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. We have been released from the spirit of fear by the Holy Spirit, who has placed us in the body of Christ. We have received the Spirit of adoption. This adoption provides for every believer release from the bondage that he once knew.

When unprepared people think they're strong enough to resist any intimidation they may face, they're at great risk for abysmal failure. Pride in one's own strength cannot take the place of spiritual preparation. Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment. Jesus warned against failing to count this cost before committing (Luke 14:25-33).