When prayer fades out, power fades out. We are as spiritual as we are prayerful; no more, no less.
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You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You begin to move toward others in love. God moved toward you in gracious, outgoing love, and you move toward others in that same outgoing love.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the transition from self-centeredness to loving connections with others.
E. Stanley Jones highlights the transformative power of love, suggesting that to truly grow and enrich our lives, we must shift our focus from isolation and antagonism towards meaningful relationships and compassion for others. He illustrates how divine love inspires us to extend that same love to those around us, fostering deeper connections and understanding.
Themes
LoveConnectionTransformationRelationshipCompassion
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be shared during a relationship workshop to highlight the importance of love in building connections.
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A Johns Hopkins doctor says that 'we do not know why it is that the worriers die sooner than the non-worriers, but that is a fact.' But I, who am simple of mind, think I know we are inwardly constructed, in nerve and tissue and brain cell and soul, for faith and not for fear. God made us that way. Therefore, the need of faith is not something imposed on us dogmatically, but it is written in us intrinsically. We cannot live without it. To live by worry is to live against Reality.
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An individual gospel without a social gospel is a soul without a body and a social gospel without an individual gospel is a body without a soul. One is a ghost, the other a corpse.
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