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But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
- 1 Corinthians 8:8
The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis.
- Stephen Jay Gould
Prayer is not only conversation, it is transformation. It is not only light, it is fire. And the closer you get to Him, the hotter the fire gets. Words begin to melt. The first word that melts in His presence is the word 'I.' That is His unique name. The closer you get to Him, the harder it is to begin a sentence with 'I.' It melts in the fire of 'thou.
- Peter Kreeft
every year the church in the United States draws closer and closer to the situation faced by the New Testament church: an embattled minority living in a pluralistic, pagan society.
- Philip Yancey
Here is the paradox of the thing we call freedom : the farther we wander from God and the more we try to break free from him, the more enchained we become. Every step we take away from Him leads us farther from the freedom of Jesus and closer to the cruelty of Cain.
- Steven James
p. 52 Blessings and burdens. Both can alarm-clock us out of slumber. Gifts stir homeward longings. So do struggles. Every homeless day carries us closer to the day our Father will come.
- Max Lucado
Every time God delivers us, the point is ultimately to draw us closer to Himself. Whether we get to avoid pain and suffering or we must persevere in the midst of it, our deliverance comes when we're dragged from the enemy of our souls to the heart of God.
- Beth Moore
God is a God who wants to lead us closer to the full realization of our lionhearted humanity, if you will.
- Henri Nouwen
Prayer feeds the soul - as blood is to the body, prayer is to the soul - and it brings you closer to God.
- Mother Teresa
Hymns have been a powerful instrument of God to draw people closer to His Word and the saving riches therein.
- Billy Graham