More Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson
Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.
All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.
When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.
Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.
Praying puts us at risk of getting involved in God's conditions. Be slow to pray. Praying most often doesn't get us what we want but what God wants, something quite at variance with what we conceive to be in our best interests.
The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced
It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do, than someone to be with you in a discerning, prayerful companionship as you work it out yourself. This is what spiritual direction is
One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.
Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.
The only opportunity you will ever have to live by faith is in the circumstances you are provided this very day: this house you live in, this family you find yourself in, this job you have been given, the weather conditions that prevail at the ...moment.
