Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness

“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

Author: E. Stanley Jones
Category: power
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Our intentions may be very good, but,

“Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake – a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Author: E. Stanley Jones
Category: intelligence
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To pass from estrangement from God to

“To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Author: E. Stanley Jones
Category: relationship
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If the Holy Spirit can take over

“If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Author: E. Stanley Jones
Category: power
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