E. Stanley Jones Professions : Reporter Born : January 3, 1884 Died : January 25, 1973 Browse All Authors Top 105 quotes by E. Stanley Jones The early Christians did not say, in dismay, 'Look what the world has come to,' but, in delight, 'Look what has come to the world!” E. Stanley Jones delight christian looks A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is -- a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves. E. Stanley Jones hate peace thinking Prayer is surrender--surr ender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore? Prayer is not pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will of God. E. Stanley Jones boat cooperation prayer When man listens, God speaks; when man obeys, God acts; when man prays, God empowers. E. Stanley Jones empowering praying men You don't grow old. You get old by not growing. E. Stanley Jones old-you growing grows To talk with God, no breath is lost. Talk on! To walk with God, no strength is lost. Walk on! To wait on God, no time is lost. Wait on! E. Stanley Jones walking-with-god waiting lost Very often when I haven't faith in my faith, I have to have faith in His faith. He makes me believe in myself and my possibilities, when I simply can't. I have to rise to His faith in me. E. Stanley Jones soul have-faith believe There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants. E. Stanley Jones want two way Your capacity to say "No" determines your capacity to say "Yes" to greater things. E. Stanley Jones saying-yes choices inspirational When Satan attacks you, command him in the Name of Jesus to bend his neck. On the back of it you'll find there's a nail scarred foot print! E. Stanley Jones friday names jesus Jesus will meet me today in the person of someone in need-I must not miss him. E. Stanley Jones missing needs jesus When prayer fades out, power fades out. We are as spiritual as we are prayerful; no more, no less. E. Stanley Jones prayerful prayer spiritual When we say we begin with God, we begin with our idea of God, and our idea of God is not God. Instead, we ought to begin with God’s idea of God, and God’s idea of God is Christ E. Stanley Jones ought ideas christ An individual gospel without a social gospel is a soul without a body and a social gospel without an individual gospel is a body without a soul. One is a ghost, the other a corpse. E. Stanley Jones body soul religion The love of God invades me, the peace of God pervades me, the will of God persuades me, and I am wholly His. E. Stanley Jones gods-will god-love The God I find in Christ is a God who overcomes evil with good, hate by love, and the world by a cross. E. Stanley Jones hate overcoming evil The one supreme business of life is to find God's plan for your life and live it E. Stanley Jones gods-plan christian life-is If you don't make up your mind, your unmade mind will unmake you. E. Stanley Jones make-up-your-mind ifs mind The Indian is making an amazing discovery, namely that Christianity and Jesus are not the same - that they may have Jesus without the system that has been built up around Him in the West. E. Stanley Jones missionary discovery jesus Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you. E. Stanley Jones prayer spiritual world Similar Authors Bryan Swanson reporter Ari Shavit reporter Annia Ciezadlo reporter Anne Hull reporter Billy Meier reporter Alex Berenson reporter All Authors
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