Pope John Paul II Quotes

When you are in church, it's always good to carry a pen and notepad to jot down the scripture text, reference scriptures, and sermon notes. When you come prepared with notepad and pen, you are able to feed off the scriptures from the sermon throughout the week, while asking God to open up your understanding for a deeper illumination of the word.

In college, I joined a team Bible study. God's Word brought me peace and a desire for a relationship with Him.

The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer. Too much reading, however, and too little meditation, may produce the effect of a lamp inverted; which is extinguished by the very excess of that ailment, whose property is to feed it.

I consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me.

I spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love.

Once I started first grade, I started going to Emmanuel Baptist Church regularly. I went to Sunday school. We had Bible readings and things like that.

I have a Bible study that my friends and I go to here in L.A. I go to church every Sunday. I've always been a believer. I love singing. I don't have the best voice - I just love getting my emotions out.

My first encounters with faith came about the time I was a Boy Scout, at about 14 or 15. I made the logical deduction that they operate the same way; I treated my faith like earning a merit badge, and everything about Christianity was about earning merit badges.

I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.

I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.

It was when my children were 5, 3 and 10 months old that I just felt the desperate need to get to know God through the pages of my Bible. And as a result, I started a Bible class in my city for the primary purpose of being in it.

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.

I still go to a Christian priory for retreats.

As I got older, I got closer to my faith and I got closer to Jesus, reading the Bible and living my life under God.

Over the years as I went through a lot more things, I've gotten closer and closer to God as far as praying a lot more, being into the Word.

I try to be - well, not holy - but my whole family is very religious, and I want to be like that, too. So I try my hardest to be more in touch with the Lord.

I can honestly say I am a Christian, but my spirituality has been developed on the road and is based on my experiences with God.

I first began to read religious books at school, and especially the Bible, when I was eleven years old; and almost immediately commenced a habit of secret prayer.

I am trying to get closer to God.

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.

Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.

Just like you need to strengthen your core physically with exercise, you also need to strength your core spiritually.

I went to church irregularly and was mostly reading comics in the pew.

I always go to church on Sundays and Bible study on Tuesdays.

I am just trying to get biblically stronger.