You Have a Soul Quotes

“What if the real reason we feel as if we never have enough is that God is not yet finished giving? The unlimited neediness of the soul matches the unlimited grace of God.”
― Anonymous, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“The truth is, the soul’s infinite capacity to desire is the mirror image of God’s infinite capacity to give.”
― Anonymous, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“Blaise Pascal wrote centuries ago: “I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they are unable to stay quietly in their own room.”
― Zondervan Publishing, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“I cannot live in the kingdom of God with a hurried soul. I cannot rest in God with a hurried soul. Jesus was often busy, but never hurried.”
― Zondervan Publishing, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“Being hurried is an inner condition, a condition of the soul. It means to be so preoccupied with myself and my life that I am unable to be fully present with God, with myself, and with other people. I am unable to occupy this present moment. Busy-ness migrates to hurry when we let it squeeze God out of our lives.”
― Zondervan Publishing, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“We were made to make a difference beyond ourselves. Significance as it relates to the word sign — our lives were meant to be signs that point beyond ourselves to God. Jesus”
― Zondervan Publishing, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“The Bible does use the word easy once, though. It came from Jesus. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened . . . and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Easy is a soul word, not a circumstance word; not an assignment word. Aim at having easy circumstances, and life will be hard all round. Aim at having an easy soul, and your capacity for tackling hard assignments will actually grow. The soul was not made for an easy life. The soul was made for an easy yoke. Years”
― Zondervan Publishing, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“The soul must orbit around something other than itself — something it can worship. It is the nature of the soul to need. O”
― Zondervan Publishing, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“I cannot replace an idol by turning away from it. I must turn toward something. As”
― Zondervan Publishing, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“We all commit idolatry every day. It is the sin of the soul meeting its needs with anything that distances it from God. We”
― Zondervan Publishing, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“the soul’s infinite capacity to desire is the mirror image of God’s infinite capacity to give.”
― Zondervan Publishing, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything

“A great scholar named Hans Walter Wolff wrote a classic study of how the Old Testament writers understood personhood. He said that the word flesh stands for humanity’s bodily form with its mortality, physical strength, and limitations. Ruah, the Hebrew word for “spirit,” speaks of human beings as they are empowered — human existence with breath and will and inspiration. Wolff’s chapter on nephesh — the Hebrew word for “soul” — he titled “Needy Man.”
― Zondervan Publishing, You Have a Soul: It Weighs Nothing but Means Everything