Holiness Quotes - Page 2

I begin to understand as never before that holiness is made of dailiness, of living life as it comes to me, not as I insist it be.

All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.

Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Holiness does not consist in not making mistakes or never sinning. Holiness grows with capacity for conversion, repentance, willingness to begin again, and above all with the capacity for reconciliation and forgiveness.

We don't accidentally drift into holiness; rather we mature gradually and purposefully, one choice at a time.

Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.

The holiness of God teaches us that there is only one way to deal with sin- radically, seriously, painfully, constantly. If you do not so live, you do not live in the presence of the Holy One of Israel.

Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.

My one aim in life is to secure personal holiness, for without being holy myself I cannot promote real holiness in others.

The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.

The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.

Do not expect to grow in holiness if you spend little time alone with God and do not take His Word seriously.

My people's greatest need is my personal holiness

Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness.' They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them...But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.

Not till we come to a simple reliance on the blood and mediation of the Saviour, shall we know what it is either to have trust in God, or know what it is to walk before Him without fear, in righteousness and true holiness.

Christ is so in love with holiness, that at the price of His blood He will buy it for us.

Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true freedom is born from holiness.

Ecstasy, I think, is a soul's response to the waves holiness makes as it nears.

What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.

When HOLINESS loses its sweetness it is a fierce thing to come in contact with.

Faith, repentance, and holiness are no less the free gifts of God than eternal life.

Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.

What is holiness? The end product of what holiness is it's to love God in the same way He loves Himself; it's to esteem God as much as He esteems Himself, and to separate yourself unto that love, and to keep yourself in that love.

In order to live a life of holiness, we must first receive new life from God - we must be born from above.