When prayer fades out, power fades out. We are as spiritual as we are prayerful; no more, no less.
E. Stanley JonesRead
To talk with God, no breath is lost. Talk on! To walk with God, no strength is lost. Walk on! To wait on God, no time is lost. Wait on!
Interpretation
What this quote means
Engaging in conversation, action, and patience with God is always worthwhile and costs nothing.
This quote by E. Stanley Jones emphasizes the idea that communication and relationship with God does not come with a price; one can talk, walk, and wait with God without losing anything valuable. Instead of viewing these activities as a drain on one's resources—be it breath, strength, or time—they are depicted as spiritually enriching and fulfilling pursuits that foster a deeper connection with the divine.
Themes
GodFaithSpiritualityPrayerPatienceRelationship
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon about faith and spirituality, one might use this quote to encourage congregation members to engage actively with their belief.
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All quotes →The purpose of religion is not so much to get us into heaven, or to keep us out of hell, but to put a little bit of heaven into us, and take the hell out of us. This has always been the greatest responsibility of religion.
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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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Worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is the oil.
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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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To implant fear in the minds of children is a crime. If parents try to rule the child by fear, then fear rules the child.
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