Henri Nouwen Quotes

Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world.

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

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

New York is definitely ready for the word of God.

'Touched by an Angel' started my calling to be the messenger, and on a weekly basis, I was able to deliver the message of God's love to the world.

Faith is personal if it's to be real.

What I thought as a young adult is you act like you have it together whether or not you do because that is what church people do. That is not what God has called us to do.

Every creature is a word of God.

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.

The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.

For most of us, the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. We will just skim our lives instead of actually living them.

We get done with the game, and it's an absolute downpour 30 minutes later. That's when I thought God was telling me that's enough-time for you to go do something else.

Gospel is just the truth of the word of God. Anybody can sing it, anybody; anybody can perform it.

The supposed revelations of God to humanity through Christ, or the word of God to Mohammed through the angel Gabriel, had the power they did because they indicated new truths, new directions for followers.

To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.

I'm receiving 300 to 500 letters every week from people telling me that God used my stories to save their marriage or to introduce them to Christ or to heal a relationship that had been broken.

I was experiencing all the success the entertainment industry has to offer, but I knew there had to be something more. It was sort of through that God prepared me to hear about His great plan.

To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response.

I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not mean all our time should be devoted to feeding and clothing the body.

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.

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

Religion does not consist in making a noise, yet when the soul is filled with the Spirit of the Lord, sweet, heart-felt praise to God glorifies him.

I have always found the baptism of Jesus, with a dove descending and voice from Heaven, one of the great moments in the Jesus story. This is where Jesus hears the deep call from God.