We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.
Meaning of the quote
When we feel exhausted, drained, and upset, spending time quietly with God can give us new energy, strength, and power. God can fill us up and make us feel better, even when we are feeling down.
About Charles Stanley
Charles Stanley was a prominent American Southern Baptist pastor and writer who served as the senior pastor of the First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years. He also founded and led the widely broadcast In Touch Ministries, and served as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention for two terms.
More quotes from Charles Stanley
God’s voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.
American television evangelist
We are either in the process of resisting God’s truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth.
American television evangelist
To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God’s responses.
American television evangelist
The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.
American television evangelist
I’m convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet and walk in his spirit. Although he may be hurried by his vocation, that’s not the issue. The issue is how fast his spirit is going. To slow it down takes a period of time.
American television evangelist
An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.
American television evangelist
Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn’t ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.
American television evangelist
Yieldedness is vital in listening to what He has to say.
American television evangelist
If we rationalize our problems when He points them out, we will spend less and less time meditating because we won’t want to face God in that area of our lives.
American television evangelist
His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.
American television evangelist
Of all the things Christ wants for us, loving Him and focusing our attention on Him are the most important.
American television evangelist
A Christian has no right being in a fight unless it’s a spiritual fight.
American television evangelist
He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you.
American television evangelist
God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.
American television evangelist
The amount of time we spend with Jesus – meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face – establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom.
American television evangelist
When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.
American television evangelist
We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.
American television evangelist