181 Quotes About The Heart

Worship is not a repetitious exercise of rituals and formulas. These create a veil that actually prevents us from enjoying the presence of the Lord. Worship is the heart poured out in gratitude and awe, expressing our appreciation of who He is and what He has done for us by His grace through Jesus Christ.

Without the heart it is not worship; it is a stage play; an acting a part without being that person really a hypocrite. We may truly be said to worship God-though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity.

If Christ comes into our hearts we are not ashamed.

Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

In the heart of every man lurks a sense of inner wrongness and a conscience that will not be silenced.

Labor is life: from the inmost heart of the worker rises his God-given force, the sacred celestial life-essence breathed into him by Almighty God!

Thou who has given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart.

To meet Jesus is to look yourself in the pocketbook, which is the most unmistakable way of looking yourself in the heart.

Moreover, when we are inclined towards someone we can hardly preserve our heart in quietness; usually we will be stirred by our emotion to seek feverishly to please the other one.

The heart of man is a short word, a small substance, scarce enough to give a kite a meal, yet great in capacity; yea, so indefinite in desire that the round globe of the world cannot fill the three corners of it. When it desires more and cries, "Give, give," I will set it over to the infinite good, where the more it hath, it may desire more, and see more to be desired.

An idle life and a holy heart is a contradiction.

Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian's heart; man cannot.

If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes.

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

The Gospel, if it is really believed, removes neediness - the need to be constantly respected, appreciated, and well regarded; the need to have everything in your life go well; the need to have power over others. All of these great, deep needs continue to control you only because the concept of the glorious God delighting in you with all His being is just that - a concept and nothing more. Our hearts don't believe it, so they operate in default mode. Paul is saying that if you want to really change, you must let the Gospel teach you - that is to train, discipline, coach you - over a period of time. You must let the Gospel argue with you. You must let the Gospel sink down deeply into your heart, until it changes your motivation and views and attitudes.

And He departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here.

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

Keep your heart as you would a prisoner.

Only God can perform a spiritual heart transplant.

It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.

Wise leaders should have known that the human heart cannot exist in a vacuum. If Christians are forbidden to enjoy the wine of the Spirit they will turn to the wine of the flesh....Christ died for our hearts and the Holy Spirit wants to come and satisfy them.

The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men.

The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos.

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

We must learn to measure ourselves, not by our knowledge about God, not by our gifts and responsibilities in the church, but by how we pray and what goes on in our hearts. Many of us, I suspect, have no idea how impoverished we are at this level. Let us ask the Lord to show us.

Let each of us learn to abide in Christ with the heart open to Him on the one hand, and open to men, women and children on the other.

If a child of God cherishes sin in his heart he is lending his mind to satanic spirits for their use.

Be good; keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.

If you have been mistreated, cheated or deceived and if your heart has been right all along, be assured that God knows this. God will eventually vindicate you, but in the meantime you should be confidently aware that God knows the truth concerning what has happened to you. He knows if your heart has been right.

Sordid and infamous sensuality, the most dreadful evil that issued from the box of Pandora, corrupts the entire heart and eradicates every virtue.

When the Word dwells as a familiar friend in the heart to direct, counsel and comfort us, then it is a sign it abides there. The devil knows good and hates it, therefore knowledge alone is nothing; but when the promise alters the temper of the heart itself, then it is engrafted there.

I believe firmly that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and everything that is contrary to God's law, the Holy Spirit will fill every corner of our hearts. But if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God. We must be emptied before we can be filled.

If we are to pray aright, perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray is important, but what God wants us to pray. The richness of the Word of God ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.

Heaven hath many tongues to talk of it, more eyes to behold it, but few hearts that rightly affect it.

Reason is always a kind of brute force; those who appeal to the head rather than the heart, however pallid and polite, are necessarily men of violence. We speak of 'touching' a man's heart, but we can do nothing to his head but hit it.

Cheerfulness is a friend to grace; it puts the heart in tune to praise God, and so honors religion by proclaiming to the world that we serve a good master. Be serious, yet cheerful. Rejoice in the Lord always.

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

The human heart is like the millstone in a mill; when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds the wheat into flour. If you put no wheat in, it still grinds on, but then it is itself it grinds and slowly wears away.

Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one's heart. It means rather to find the way to God and to speak with him, whether the heart is full or empty.

Although we will never be perfect in this life, it's God's passionate desire to continually transform our hearts and lives to reflect the beauty, love and holiness of Jesus.

Prayer is no fitful, short-lived thing. It is no voice crying unheard and unheeded in the silence. It is a voice which goes into God's ear, and it lives as long as God's ear is open to holy pleas, as long as God's heart is alive to holy things.

Eve's heart was sinless and yet she received Satan's suggested thoughts. She was thus beguiled through his deception into forfeiting her reasoning and tumbling into the snare of the enemy.

When sin exerts itself and we know its power and by its power we are held in bondage, surely our dire need is for God to deal with the cause, a sinful heart.

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.

If you wait until your motives are pure and unselfish before you do something, you will wait forever.

The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.

A divided heart loses both worlds.

Chivalry in love has nothing to do with the sweetness of the appearance. It has everything to do with the tenderness of a heart determined to serve.

Therefore the Christian heart, since it has been thoroughly persuaded that all things happen by God's plan, and that nothing takes place by chance, will ever look to him as the principal causes of things, yet will give attention to the secondary causes in their proper place.

Nothing will keep the heart tender so much as cultivating the spirit of filial awe.

The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.

Real worship is that of the heart.

Prayer is not only asking, it is an attitude of heart that produces an atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural, and Jesus says, "every one that asketh receiveth."

God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that He is in the midst... will be quiet in the middle of alarm.

None but God can satisfy the longings of the immortal soul; as the heart was made for him, he only can fill it.

All that God asks is that the heart should be cleansed from sin, full of love, whether it be the tender heart of a little child, with feeble powers of loving, or of the full-grown man.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Play not for gain, but sport; who plays for more than he can lose with pleasure stakes his heart.

Unbelief, and a thousand evils, are still in our hearts: though their reign and dominion is at an end, they are not slain or eradicated; their efforts will be felt more or less sensibly, as the Lord is pleased more or less to afford or abate His gracious influence.

Satan tempts to sin gradually. As the husbandman digs about the root of a tree, and by degrees loosens it, and at last it falls. Satan steals by degrees into the heart: he is at first more modest.

The secret heart is devotion's temple; there the saint lights the flame of purest sacrifice, which burns unseen but not unaccepted.

Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of the heart.

Solitude, silence, and the strait keeping of the heart, are the foundations and grounds of a spiritual life.

Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.

Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart.

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

We can be assured that each step deeper into the Lord's Presence will reveal areas in our hearts which need to be cleansed. Do not be afraid. When the Spirit shows you areas of sin, it is not to condemn you, but to cleanse you.

Christ will be master of the heart, and sin must be mortified. If your life is unholy, then your heart is unchanged, and you are an unsaved person. The Savior will sanctify His people, renew them, give them a hatred of sin, and a love of holiness.

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

We had long known the Lord without realizing that meekness and lowliness of heart should be the distinguishing feature of the disciple.

If thou hadst simplicity and purity, thou wouldst be able to comprehend all things without error, and behold them without danger. The pure heart safely pervades not only heaven, but hell.

Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy, for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts.

There is no ascertaining the quality of a tree but by its fruits. When the wheels of a clock move within, the hand on the dial will move without. When the heart of a man is sound in conversion, then the life will be fair in profession.

If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting alone with God and embracing Him, sharing His cares and His burdens, weeping and rejoicing with Him, then how are you going to handle forever and ever in His presence? You'd be bored to tears in heaven, if you're not ecstatic about God now!

You can sing all you want about how you love Jesus, you can have crocodile tears in your eyes, but the consecration that doesn't reach your purse has not reached your heart.

When you have no helpers, see your helpers in God. When you have many helpers, see God in all your helpers. When you have nothing but God, see all in God. When you have everything, see God in everything. Under all conditions, stay thy heart only on the Lord.

Once he loses his heart for "self" the believer can be wholly God's.

It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God.

Let your words be the genuine picture of your heart.

True piety hath in it nothing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained. It enlarges the heart; it is simple, free, and attractive.

The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.

This desire for heart purity is a creation of the Holy Spirit at work in the heart.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

An honest heart ceases fighting against God.

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.

When a man is saved by divine grace, he is not wholly cleansed from the corruption of his heart. When we believe in Jesus Christ all our sins are pardoned; yet the power of sin, albeit that it is weakened and kept under by the dominion of the new-born nature which God doth infuse into our souls, doth not cease, but still tarrieth in us, and will do so to our dying day.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

An honest heart loves the Truth.

Not until the work in hand has failed and we are despised and rejected shall we begin to discern the intent of our heart.

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself.

Remember that the tongue speaks only what is in the heart.

My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.

I never have any difficulty believing in miracles, since I experienced the miracle of a change in my own heart.

We can create as magnificent an environment as we like, but unless we change the heart it's all a waste of time.

Hope is the last lingering light of the human heart. It shines when every other is put out. Extinguish it, and the gloom of affliction becomes the very blackness of darkness - cheerless and impenetrable.

No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart.

Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.

Nothing leads to self-repudiation so much as spiritual meditation on the corruption and wickedness of your heart. If your soul has grasped human depravity you have been forced to deny yourself... No man can conclude in his heart, 'in me dwelleth no good thing' (Romans 7:18) and then continue to live for himself.

A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God.

The cure of an evil tongue must be done at the heart. The weights and wheels are there, and the clock strikes according to their motion. A guileful heart makes a guileful tongue and lips. It is the work-house where is the forge of deceits and slanders; and the tongue is only the outer shop where they are vended, and the door of it. Such ware as is made within, such, and no other, can come out.

The simple heart that freely asks in love, obtains.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

For the soul of a person to be inflamed with passion for the living God, that person's mind must first be informed about the character and will of God. There can be nothing in the heart that is not first in the mind. Though it is possible to have theology on the head without its piercing the soul, it cannot pierce the soul without first being grasped by the mind.

He does not want our heart to be attached anywhere because He wants us to serve Him freely.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

How often the intents of the heart are utterly pure and yet the thoughts in the head are confused.

The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.

We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can't control the weather or the economy, and we can't control what other people say about or do to us. There is only one area where we have control--we can rule the kingdom inside. The heart of every problem is the problem in the heart.

Here is a cord of love let down, and the upper end of it is fastened to Christ's heart, and the lower end of it hanging down the length of your hearts. And, O! shall not Christ's heart and yours be knit together this day? Here is a cord to bind His heart to your heart, and your heart to His heart.

Since He looked upon me, my heart is not my own. He hath run away to heaven with it.

Open your heart to sympathy, but close it against despondency. The flower which opens to receive the dew shuts against the rain.

We must have the glory sink into us before it can be reflected from us. In deep inward beholding we must have Christ in our hearts that He may shine forth from our lives.

Works make not the heart good, but a good heart makes the works good.

Our god is the thing, or person, which we think most precious, for whom we would make the greatest sacrifice, and who moves our heart with the warmest love. He is the person or thing that if lost would leave us desolate.

Our god is the thing, or person, which we think most precious, for whom we would make the greatest sacrifice, and who moves our heart with the warmest love. He is the person or thing that if lost would leave us desolate.

The heart of the problem is the problem with the heart.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

The pharisees minded what God spoke, but not what He intended. They were busy in the outward work of the hand, but incurious of the affections and choice of the heart. So God was served in the letter, they did not much inquire into His purpose; and therefore they were curious to wash their hands, but cared not to purify their hearts.

God makes appointments with us in our disappointments. To see the pattern we must take three steps involving the heart, the mind, and the cross.

Self-denial corrects two evil tendencies ever attacking Christian ethics. There is a tendency to give more attention to outward standards than to the inward state of the heart. And there is a tendency to be strict with others and lenient with oneself... These two dragons are slain by the sword of self-denial when their heads appear in the land of Christian liberty.

A pure heart won't get us out of conflict and controversy. It may well be the very thing that gets us into it.

Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of Man.

The heart is the mainspring.

Secret sins commonly lie nearest the heart.

An honest heart seeks to please God in all things and offend Him in none.

We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.

Until we taste the bitterness of our own misery we will never relish the sweetness of God's mercy. Until we see how foul our sins have made us we will never pay our tribute of praise to Christ for washing us... If you would know the heart of your sin then you must know the sins of your heart!

Earth has nothing more tender than a woman's heart when it is the abode of piety.