True Spirituality Quotes

“A quiet disposition and a heart giving thanks at any given moment is the real test of the extent to which we love God at that moment.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, True Spirituality

“The Lord calls us to love all people, including those who are enemies of the gospel and those who blaspheme. This may not be comfortable, and it may not be easy, but this is the gospel of Christ, for He loved His enemies so much that He died to save us.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, True Spirituality

“The Cross of Christ is to be a reality to me not only once for all at my conversion, but all through my life as a Christian. True spirituality does not stop at the negative (death), but without the negative - in comprehension and in practice - we are not ready to go on.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, True Spirituality: How to Live for Jesus Moment by Moment

“As a Christian I do not have to find my validity in my status, or by thinking myself above other men. My validity and my status are found in being before the God who is there.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, True Spirituality

“I am not a Bible-believing Christian in the fullest sense simply by believing the right doctrines, but as I live in practice in this supernatural world.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, True Spirituality

“God has made us with proper desires,  but if there is not a proper contentment on my part, to this extent I am in revolt against God, and of course revolt is the whole central problem of sin. When I lack proper contentment, either I have forgotten that God is God, or I have ceased to be submissive to him. We are now speaking about a practical test to judge if we are coveting against God. A quiet disposition and a heart giving thanks at any given moment is the real test of the extent to which we love God at that moment.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, True Spirituality

“Sweeping out of the inward positive reality, there is to be a positive manifestation externally. It is not just that we are dead to certain things, but we are to love God, we are to be alive to Him, we are to be in communion with Him, in this present moment in history. And we are to love men, to be alive to men as men, and to be in communication on a true personal level with men, in this present moment in history.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, True Spirituality: How to Live for Jesus Moment by Moment

“Christ is with those in paradise now. But Christ—the same Christ, with the same reality—promises the Christian that he will bring forth fruit through us in this life now. The power of the crucified, risen, and glorified Christ will bring forth this fruit through us now.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, True Spirituality

“The principle of saying no to self lies at the heart of my attitude toward the world as it maintains its alien stand in rebellion against the Creator.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, True Spirituality

“Actually we do everything we can, whether it is in a philosophic sense or a practical sense, to put ourselves at the center of the universe.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, True Spirituality