For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of keeping company with God. Philip Yancey More Quotes by Philip Yancey More Quotes From Philip Yancey Christians are simply pilgrims who acknowledge their lostness and their desire for help in finding the way. Philip Yancey christian desire way Whoever desires to remain faithful to Jesus must communicate faith as he did, not by compelling assent but by presenting it as a true answer to basic thirst. Rather than looking back nostalgically on a time when Christians wielded more power, I suggest another approach: that we regard ourselves as subversives operating within the broader culture. Philip Yancey faithful christian jesus God must love art because most of the Bible is expressed in the form of story or poetry. Philip Yancey form stories art The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labour for', as Sir Thomas More expressed it. The inner voice of prayer expresses itself naturally in action, just as the inner voice of my brain guides all my bodily actions. Philip Yancey voice prayer giving Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers. Philip Yancey guilt grace christian We should feel dissonance; we are, after all, immortals trapped in mortal surroundings. We lack unity because long ago a gap fissured open between our mortal and immortal parts; theologians trace the fault line back to the Fall. Philip Yancey long-ago unity fall God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be. Philip Yancey alliances prayer world The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood. Philip Yancey sacrifice self christian Christianity is not a purely intellectual, internal faith. It can only be lived in community. Philip Yancey community intellectual christianity I have more appreciation for why the Bible avoids fuzzy psychologisms and says simply to the stealer, "Steal no more," and to the tempted, "Flee temptation." The Bible challenges us to look upward, not inward, for counsel at moments of crisis. Philip Yancey temptation challenges appreciation Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort. Philip Yancey humility spiritual people He (Job) did not seek the Giver because of His gifts; when all gifts were removed he still sought the Giver. Philip Yancey giver god jobs What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot. Philip Yancey palaces christian needs prayer, and only prayer, restores my vision to one that more resembles God's. i awake from blindness to see that wealth lurks as a terrible danger, not a goal worth striving for; that value depends not on race or status but on the image of God every person bears; that no amount of effort to improve physical beauty has much relevance for the world beyond. Philip Yancey race goal prayer Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love. Philip Yancey important-things important can-do A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change. Philip Yancey philosophy promise jesus Whatever else we may say about it, the atonement fulfills the Jewish principle that only one who has been hurt can forgive. At Calvary, God chose to be hurt. Philip Yancey forgiving principles hurt We need faith and the mind of the Lord Jesus to recognize something of lasting value in even our most ordinary tasks. Philip Yancey mind ordinary jesus Christians are not perfect, by any means, but they can be people made fully alive. Philip Yancey christian perfect mean Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is "devoid of value." We can do so through courageous protest, as happened in Germany, as well, as in compassionate care for the most vulnerable members of society, as Mother Teresa did. In both approaches theology - what one believes about God and human life - matters. The world desperately needs that good news. Philip Yancey christian mother believe
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