When man listens, God speaks; when man obeys, God acts; when man prays, God empowers. E. Stanley Jones More Quotes by E. Stanley Jones More Quotes From E. Stanley Jones We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins. E. Stanley Jones personality mistake needs A road that perhaps more than any other leads to self atrophy is undedicated money. E. Stanley Jones atrophy possession self Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first, upon the richness of the self that was given; and second, upon the depths of the giving. Friend and foe alike are agreed on the question of the character of Jesus Christ. E. Stanley Jones character two jesus We must be willing to be guided of God, not merely now and then, but as a life proposition. E. Stanley Jones propositions willing now-and-then We find, sooner or later, that in prayer we either abandon ourselves or we abandon prayer. E. Stanley Jones abandon sooner-or-later prayer The universe does not make sense without God. E. Stanley Jones without-god make-sense doe God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to love and be loved - must reveal His nature in an incredible and impossible way. He must reveal it at a cross. E. Stanley Jones incredibles impossible way In the pure, strong hours of the morning, when the soul of the day is at its best, lean upon the window sill of God and look into his face, and get the orders for the day. Then go out into the day with the sense of a hand upon your shoulder and not a chip. E. Stanley Jones strong morning hands To implant fear in the minds of children is a crime. If parents try to rule the child by fear, then fear rules the child. E. Stanley Jones parent fear children I see that I am inwardly fashioned for faith and not for fear. Fear is not my native land; faith is. I am so made that worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is oil. I live better by faith and confidence than by fear and doubt and anxiety. In anxiety and worry my being is gasping for breath - these are not my native air. But in faith and confidence I breath freely - these are my native air. E. Stanley Jones land air fear Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus. E. Stanley Jones sublime character jesus Grace makes you gracious. The Giver makes you give. E. Stanley Jones giver grace giving All coming to Jesus has the feeling of homecoming upon it. All going away from Him has the sense of estrangement upon it. The rich young ruler went away from Jesus "sorrowful." Everybody does. Not only estrangement from God, but also estrangement from oneself. And the universe! And from life! You are not at home with life, unless you are at home with Life. And Jesus is Life! E. Stanley Jones home feelings jesus When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian. E. Stanley Jones depth spirit christian I never said the way of Christ is easy. Are you prepared to let go of everything He would not approve? E. Stanley Jones letting-go way christ When the Christian doesn't find joy on account of his happenings, he can always find joy in spite of them. E. Stanley Jones spite christian joy Everything that happens to me can help me along in my Christian life. E. Stanley Jones help-me christian helping When we talk about what we believe we divide. When we talk about who we believe in we unite. E. Stanley Jones divides believe Be victorious in the home, and you are victorious everywhere. E. Stanley Jones home In the prayer time, the battle of the spiritual life is lost or won. E. Stanley Jones battle prayer spiritual
