Inspirational Quotes by Mary Portzen — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“It isn’t that rote prayers don’t have a place as a meditative form of prayer. After all, Jesus taught His disciples to pray the Our Father. But rote prayers alone are limiting. If the only conversations I have with a friend or spouse are reading or speaking from a memorized script, how close would I get to them? How well would we know each other without genuine conversation? I could be using all the right words, but would I be having heartfelt talks that encourage and strengthen intimacy? God desires that same intimacy, the kind we seek with a spouse or close friend.”

“We concluded the only way to decide what pleased our Father was to measure everything according to His Word, meditating on “whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable” (Philippians 4:8).”

“I often remind Nick these last fifteen years of our lives are the most important ones because we are following Jesus and walking the path to heaven together. I’d like to think we’ll have more than fifteen years together, but Nick is in his early seventies, and I just qualified for Medicare. We can’t count on it. What we do count on is God will give us enough time to fulfill His purpose for our lives.”