Kevin DeYoung Quotes

If a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

No wide road leads to God.

A Prayer of Anselm My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you that I may rejoice in you. And if I may not do so fully in this life let me go steadily on to the day when I come to that fullness . . . Let me receive That which you promised through your truth, that my joy may be full.

Religion is not an end in itself. One's union with God is the ultimate goal.

When you travel to the Celestial City, carry no letter of introduction. When you knock, ask to see God,--none of the servants.

Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy.

Finally, I learned that we shouldn’t seek answers as much as we should seek God.

Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.

In every religion I can think of, there exists some variation on the theme of abandoning the settled life and walking one's way to godliness. The Hindu sadhu, the pilgrims of Compostela walking past their sins, the circumambulators of the Buddhist kora, the haj.

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.

Islam is about finding your own space.

Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast.

Down through the ages, there has always been the spiritual path. It's been passed on - it always will be - and if anybody ever wants it in any age, it's always there.

There's a huge yearning in our culture for something more... it's being more in touch with God... and what we were created to be.

I have no doubt, if people are really seeking the big questions, it will lead them to the Lord.

Begin with dhyana, with meditation, and end in samadhi, in ecstasy, and you will know what God is. It is not a hypothesis, it is an experience. You have to LIVE it - that is the only way to know it.

I knew Bob Dylan was searching for the truth and had been for years. And anyone who Really wants the truth ends up at Jesus

True religion is not about possessing the truth. No religion does that. It is rather an invitation into a journey that leads one toward the mystery of God. Idolatry is religion pretending that it has all the answers.

Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God.

Each day presents a new opportunity to experience God's presence.

Only by walking with God can we hope to find the path that leads to life. That is what it means to be a disciple. After all -- aren't we 'followers of Christ'? Then by all means, let's actually follow him. Not ideas about him. Not just his principles. Him.

Every prophet and every saint has a way, But all lead to God. All ways are really one.

People seek methods of learning to know God. Is it not much shorter and more direct to simply do everything for the love of Him? There is no finesse about it. One only has to do it generously and simply.