E. Stanley Jones Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many mistakes.”

“The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions are just as important as the actions.”

“At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.”

“Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.”

“Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.”

“Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation.”

“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.”

“We grow small trying to be great.”

“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.”