Men know not the gold which lies in the mine of Christ Jesus, or surely they would dig in it night and day. They have not yet discovered the pearl of great price, or they would have sold their all to buy the field wherein it lies.

My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god; I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We’re all god.

I’ve taught a lot about prayer over the years and how it is really just talking to God.

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

To every soul that knows how to pray, to every soul that by faith comes to Jesus, the true mercy seat, divine sovereignty wears no dark and terrible aspect but is full of love.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

No one can live without relationship. You may withdraw into the mountains, become a monk, a sannyasi, wander off into the desert by yourself, but you are related. You cannot escape from that absolute fact. You cannot exist in isolation.

God’s angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

When we trust God more than our feelings, it confuses the devil. I mean, when he throws you his best shot and he can’t budge you from believing God, he won’t know what to do with you anymore.

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.

When all is said and done, what constitutes the impregnable superiority of Christianity over all other types of Faith is that it is ever more consciously identified with a Christogenesis: in other words, with an awareness of the rise of a certain universal Presence which is at once immortalizing and unifying.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.

I believe that I have received Jesus Christ into my heart. I believe that he has covered all of my sins.

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

New York is definitely ready for the word of God.

Know that as a Christian, your destiny is to be Christlike in all of your ways.

I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.

There’s been some research in cognitive science, I’m told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it’s white noise.

God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him.

A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify.

My grandpa was a preacher.

If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word – prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

I don’t stand for the black man’s side, I don‘ t stand for the white man’s side. I stand for God’s side.

You know, God will give favor to anyone who will believe Him. Every day you should confess that you have favor everywhere you go. God will begin to open doors that you wouldn’t believe.

The Bible says that God has a reason for keeping us here; if He didn’t, He would take us to Heaven far sooner.

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.

Man is not born to atheism. He is born to believe.

You see, rebellion, and the disobedience it causes, keeps us from having the power of God that’s available to us as Christians.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

I’ve had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

Even more amazing than modern technology is our opportunity to access information directly from Heaven, without hardware, software, or monthly service fees.

The just is close to the people’s heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

I used to read five psalms every day – that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

The true identity theft is not financial. It’s not in cyberspace. It’s spiritual. It’s been taken.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

There are a lot of ‚chicken Christians.‘ Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.

The major religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they deny somehow that God has a feminine face. However, if you go to the holy texts, you see there is this feminine presence.

God’s mercy and grace give me hope – for myself, and for our world.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.

Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian’s relationship with God. It’s how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they’re not satisfied with their prayer life.

Worship is transcendent wonder.

Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

I have always believed in God.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.