Saint Ignatius Quotes

Worshipping is stripping ourselves of our idols, even the most hidden ones, and choosing the Lord as the centre, as the highway of our lives.

Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.

It is obvious that God is looking at the heart when sacrifices are given to Him. He takes no delight in those who give up things for Lent and then act like it's such a struggle to perform what they said they wanted to do for Him.

If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

The amount of time we spend with Jesus - meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face - establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom.

I don't want people to see me - I want them to see Jesus.

Anything that does not draw us closer to God takes us away from Him.

I do want to live my life in the right way and live my life close to God.

We are to learn our duty from the Lord, and then we are to act in all diligence, never being lazy or slothful. The pattern is simple but not easy to follow. We are so easily distracted.

O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devoutly to observe, all solemn times, and all holy Rites, which relate to Thy worship.

Faithful attendance at Church meetings brings blessings you can receive in no other way.

What is discipleship? It is primarily obedience to the Savior. Discipleship includes many things. It is chastity. It is tithing. It is family home evening. It is keeping all the commandments. It is forsaking anything that is not good for us.

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.

Fear God and work hard.

Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.

I love the expression that 'When your Bible is falling apart, the man isn't.'

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

The Word we study has to be the Word we pray.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

No, God does not need us to love Him. But oh, how we need to love God! For what we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are - and who we will become.

I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him.