Vincent McNabb Quotes

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need to be relevant, and to trust ever more deeply the Word of God.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason and intellect has intended us to forego their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.

When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.

The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word.

True faith is focused in and on the Lord Jesus Christ and always leads to action.

Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions.

We should be recklessly abandoned to Jesus, and just turn it over to Him. Through the support I think the sacrifices will be made and we'll all be cool with it.

May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment.

Obedience is the fruit of faith.

I think worship is a lifestyle, first of all.

I can't sing, perform, do anything apart from Christ. I have no power or strength of my own.

Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do.

Christian life means sacrifice.

Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others.

I hit my knees and I went to him with that and I said God I want to do what you want. I don't want sports to be an idol in my life.

A devotee has no agenda of his own. For him, the object of devotion is everything.

If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to - follow a little closer.

Don't reason in the mind just obey in the spirit.

I no longer desire anything but to be Thine.

Unless he obeys, a man cannot believe.

Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.