Jared Brock > Quotes

“There is a season for everything under the sun—even when we can’t see the sun.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Inner stillness is the key to outer strength.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“The next morning we experienced our very first “full English breakfast,” which consisted of tea, orange juice, cookies, oatmeal, granola, berries, bananas, croissants, grapes, pineapples, prunes, yogurt, five kinds of cold cereal, eggs, hash browns, back bacon, sausage, smoked salmon, tomatoes, mushrooms, beans, toast, butter, jam, jelly, and honey. I don’t know how the British do it.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Work is easy when it’s full of meaning and shared with others.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“The battle belongs to the Lord, and we already know that He wins the war.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received—only what you have given.”   ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully: How A Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life

“Shalom is the medicine I’d prescribe for Jerusalem—a deep, God-breathed indwelling of peace and prosperity and blessing. An end to the unrest and a sense of wholeness is what the Holy City needs. It’s what the Middle East needs. It’s what I need.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“The Kingdom of Heaven wants to rest in our hearts.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Prayer is meant to happen everywhere. After all, Daniel prayed in the lion’s den. Jonah prayed in a fish’s stomach. Elijah prayed in the desert. And Jesus prayed on the cross.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“I definitely felt out of place at first, not unlike being lactose intolerant in Wisconsin.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“What if making peace with our warring hearts—peace within—is the first step to world peace?”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Thank God for a little holy disobedience.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Rest in the knowledge that God is both abundantly gracious and ridiculously generous.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Prayer isn’t about repeating rituals; it’s about spending time with Dad.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“You have to be near Him to hear Him.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“What good is faith if it causes pain for another? What good is religion if it does no good? What good is any belief that leads to hate?”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Strength is gathered on the journey, not granted at the outset.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Prayer is the main dish. Everything else is gravy.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“It’s easier to be close to God during prayer time when you’re close to God all the time.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“There comes a point where you need to lose your religion in order to restore your relationship.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“It was as though all the most fundamentalist people of all three religions had descended upon the Old City, leaving no room for even simple things like politeness and common courtesy. There was no love in the city of God.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Only God gets the glory when revival comes to town.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Somewhere, somehow, at some unknown intersection between prayer and work, God indwells our humble offering—God indwells us—and turns human actions into spiritual awakenings.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Prayer changes us because that’s what relationships do.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Left to our own devices, we will make God in our own image.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“See every distraction as a clarion call back to prayer.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Prayer is simply a constant communion with Christ.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Prayer is about steeping in the Spirit of a God so loving that He totally changes you.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“John Wesley’s own grave holds the bones of many other people, including at least five ministers. One can only imagine the bickering.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

“Dawn appears when it appears.”
― Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully