Spiritual Fellowship Quotes

Friendship exhibits a glorious "nearness by resemblance" to Heaven itself where the very multitude of the blessed (which no man can number) increases the fruition which each has of God. For every soul, seeing Him in her own way, doubtless communicates that unique vision to all the rest. That, says an old author, is why the Seraphim in Isaiah's vision are crying "Holy, Holy, Holy" to one another (Isaiah VI, 3). The more we thus share the Heavenly Bread between us, the more we shall all have.

What does it mean to be human? It means we are created in the image of God for the glorious reality of being in permanent fellowship with Him.

Connection and connectedness are other words for community and communion.

Undoubtedly, church fish fries and picnics help build social cohesion. It was at my dad's medium-size evangelical church - my first real exposure to a sustained religious community - that I first saw people of different races and classes worshiping together.

There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.

Many believe one can be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly disagree.

If God wishes to be born as man and to unite mankind in the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, He suffers the terrible torment of having to bear the world in its reality. It is a crux; indeed, He Himself is His own cross. The world is God's suffering, and every individual human being who wishes even to approach his own wholeness knows very well that this means bearing his own cross. But the eternal promise for him who bears his own cross is the Paraclete.

I know that those who esteem these little organised associations to be the churches of God, see nothing but mere meetings of men in every other gathering of God's children.

In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons.

For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them.

There needs to be unity, especially in the body of Christ.

Ashram means a community of men of religion. I feel that an ashram was a necessity of life for me.

Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.

Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.

When one person is struck by the Word, he speaks it to others. God has willed that we should seek and find His living Word in the witness of a brother, in the mouth of man. Therefore, the Christian needs another Christian who speaks God’s Word to him. The Christ in his own heart is weaker than the Christ in the word of his brother; his own heart is uncertain, his brother’s is sure.

We bless the organized church structures and their meetings. But if there are 10,000 others that meet outside of these ecclesiastical structures, that's wonderful, too. The kingdom of God moves forward in lots and lots of ways.

Prayer is happy company with God.

REAL fellowship is being as committed to each other as we are to Jesus Christ.

True joy comes only from God and He shares this joy with those who walk in fellowship with Him.

We must cease to think of the church as a gathering of institutions and organizations, and we must get back to the notion that we are the people of God.

Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this.

Christianity in the suburb is cheerful. The church is a centre of social activity and those who go to church need never be lonely.

Our Christian identity is belonging to a people: the Church. Without the Church we are not Christians.

I am looking for the fellowship of the burning heart--for men and women of all generations everywhere who love the Savior until adoration becomes the music of their soul until they don't have to be fooled with and entertained and amused. Jesus Christ is everything, all-in-all.

Therefore run together as into one temple of God, as to one altar, as to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from one Father, and is with and has gone to one.