The story is told of a church that secured a new preacher, and the word spread around town about how well he preached.  The church members were abuzz about what an improvement he was over their former preacher, and how much more attention they gave to his sermons.  When the town cynic asked what made this new preacher so much better than his predecessor, he was told, “The old preacher told us that we’re all sinners, and that if we didn’t repent, we’d burn in hell forever!”  This cynic then asked, “And what does this new one say?”  The answer was, “That we’re all sinners, and that if we don’t repent, we’ll burn in hell forever!”  When the cynic responded that he didn’t see any difference between the two of them, he was told, “This new preacher says it with tears in his eyes.”

Tony Campolo

Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

Luke 4:40
The English Standard Version

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The only certainties that don’t break down are those acquired in prayer.

Reinhold Schneider

For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.  But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 6:14-15
The New International Version

The Will of God will never take you to where the Grace of God will not protect you.

Unknown

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Creation had been given to men as a clean window through which the light of God could shine into men’s souls.  Sun and moon, night and day, rain, the sea, the crops, the flowering tree, all these things were transparent.  They spoke to man not of themselves only but of Him who made them.  Nature was symbolic.  But the progressive degradation of man after the fall led the Gentiles further and further from this truth.  Nature became opaque.

Thomas Merton

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Psalm 40:8
The King James Version

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Will God ever ask you to do something you are not able to do?  The answer is yes- all the time!  It must be that way, for God’s glory and kingdom.  If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory; if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory.  He wants to reveal Himself to a watching world.

Henry Blackaby

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:7
The New King James Version

I live the perfect imperfect life.

Paul Lore

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It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.

Phillips Brooks

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

1 Chronicles 16:34
The New International Version

Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of Omnipotence.

J. Edwin Hartill

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I have never heard of a sin being committed without knowing full well that I had the seed of it within myself.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Luke 19:10
The English Standard Version

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The eyes of knowledge
see a million stars
burning in the midnight sky.
The eyes of faith
see a million miracles.

John Francis Gainey

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

2 Samuel 22:29
The King James Version

The exits were entrances in disguise.

Unknown

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Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable?  Quite easily, I should think.  All nonsense questions are unanswerable.  How many hours are there in a mile?  Is yellow square or round?  Probably half the questions we ask- half our great theological and metaphysical problems- are like that.

C. S. Lewis

So Peter opened his mouth, and said” “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.”

Acts 10:34-35
The English Standard Version

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It is the case of most sinners to think themselves freest from those sins to which they are most enslaved.

Richard Baxter

Then men will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.”

Psalm 58:11
The New International Version

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.

Henry Ward Beecher

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When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else when you get into the light.

Oswald Chambers

“For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’S; upon them he has set the world.”

1 Samuel 2:8 The New International Version

When we come to the last moment of this lifetime, and we look back across it, the only thing that’s going to matter is “what was the quality of our love?”

Richard Bach

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Forgiveness is every person’s deepest need and the greatest quality of being like Jesus.

Franklin Graham

He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.

Proverbs 22:9
The New King James Version

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Prayer is not the moment when God and humans are in relationship, for that is always.  Prayer is taking initiative to intentionally respond to God’s presence.

L. Robert Keck

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.”

Jeremiah 17:7
The New King James Version

What I do, you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do.  The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things.  But we can all do small things, with great love and together we can do something wonderful.

Mother Teresa

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To know the rose is to know God.
To know the faded rose will bloom again is to know eternity.

Lewis Nickerson

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Luke 4:18-19
The New International Version

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To enjoy the journey is to leap into people’s lives. To enjoy the journey is to give until the stretch is a sacrifice. The question always is: what is it in life that will pull you out of your seat to be brave, risk and serve?

Janie Jasin

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Romans 12:14
The King James Version

If you want trust, trust others.
If you want respect, respect others.
If you want help, help others.
If you want love and peace in your life, give them away.
If you want great friends, be one.
That’s how it works.

Dan Zadra 

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The most fruitful and the most joy-filled Christians are the most pruned Christians.

Bruce Wilkinson

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Ecclesiastes 9:7
The King James Version

Every day that you attempt to see things as they are in truth is a supremely successful day.

Vernon Howard

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When I am dealing with an all-powerful, all-knowing God, I, as a mere mortal, must offer my petitions not only with persistence, but also with patience. Someday I’ll know why.

Ruth Bell Graham

We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.

1 Thessalonians 2:4
The New International Version

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The Bible was not given to increase our knowledge but to change our lives.

D. L. Moody

I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.

1 Corinthians 1:10
The New Living Translation

God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.

Augustine

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If you can’t seem to put the brakes on impulsive behavior, you’re probably not praying hard enough.

Jim Gallery

I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.

Leviticus 26:12
The New King James Version

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If you are willing to honor a person out of respect for God, you can be assured that God will honor you.

Beth Moore

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

Psalm 118:6
The King James Version

To wait upon God is the perfection of activity.

Oswald Chambers

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Afflictions are but the shadow of God’s wings.

George MacDonald

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

Romans 16:17
The English Standard Version

Never lose sight of the fact that old age needs so little but needs that little so much.

Margaret Willour

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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.

Barbara Johnson

“Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

John 7:24
The New King James Version

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Those who are God’s without reserve are, in every sense, content.

Hannah Whitall Smith

But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth.

Psalm 34:16
The New Living Translation

A Bible That Is Falling Apart Belongs To Someone Who Isn’t
If You Want To Hear God Laugh, Tell Him Your Plans
Lent Is Spring Training For Christians
Now Open Between Easter And Christmas
Lost And Found Inside
Salvation Guaranteed, Or Your Sins Cheerfully Refunded!
Come Early To Get A Seat In Back
Happy Hour: Sundays At 10 A.M.
You think it’s hot here?
If At First You Don’t Succeed, Read The Instructions (The Bible!)
Ask About Our Pray-As-You-Go Plan
Have a God day!
Prepare For Your Finals! Read The Bible!
God Is. Any Questions?
Same Owner For 2,000 Years

The Little Book of Church Signs

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When we read of the great Biblical leaders, we see that it was not uncommon for God to ask them to wait, not just a day or two, but for years, until God was ready for them to act.

Gloria Gaither

“But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.”

Jeremiah 39:17
The English Standard Version

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If all things are possible with God, then all things are possible to him who believes in Him.

Corrie ten Boom

Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Job 5:2
The New International Version

The mind is like a clock that is constantly running down. It has to be wound up daily with good thoughts.

Fulton J. Sheen

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One drop of Christ’s blood is worth more than heaven and earth.

Martin Luther

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

Matthew 19:21
The New King James Version

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and couldn’t do it better. Every seed destroys its container or there would be no fruition.

F. Scott-Maxwell

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I choose gentleness. Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.

Max Lucado

And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.

Luke 20:25
The King James Version

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Don’t be a half-Christian. There are too many of them in the world already. The world has a profound respect for a person who is sincere in his faith.

Billy Graham

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Acts 10:38
The New King James Version

When considering the size of your problems, there are two categories that you should never worry about: the problems that are small enough for you to handle, and the ones that aren’t too big for God to handle.

Marie T. Freeman

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Make a plan now to keep a daily appointment with God. The enemy is going to tell you to set it aside, but you must carve out the time. If you’re too busy to meet with the Lord, friend, then you are simply too busy.

Charles Swindoll

The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful.

Proverbs 12:22
The New International Version

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The main thing is this: we should never blame anyone or anything for our defeats. No matter how evil their intentions may be, they are altogether unable to harm us until we begin to blame them and use them as excuses for our own unbelief.

A. W. Tozer

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Luke 20:38
The King James Version

God isn’t a talent scout looking for someone who is “good enough” or “strong enough.” He is looking for someone with a heart set on Him, and He will do the rest.

Vance Havner

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Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellow men and I will tell how much you have loved them.

Unknown

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

1 Peter 4:14
The English Standard Version

Hold everything you own with an open hand.

Terri Green

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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

William Inge

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Ephesians 3:12
The New International Version

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You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

C. S. Lewis

Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:11-13
The New Living Translation

An atheist cannot find God for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman.

Unknown

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Late have I loved You, Beauty so old and so new: late have I loved You. And see, You were within and I was in the external world and sought You there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which You made. You were with me, and I was not with You. The lovely things kept me far from You, though if they did not have their existence in You, they had no existence at all. You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, You put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after You. I tasted You, and I feel but hunger and thirst for You. You touched me, and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is Yours. For what am I to myself without You, but a guide to my own downfall?

Augustine

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 15:18
The Revised Standard Version

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People often say, “I do not understand love of God; what is love of God?” It would be more exact to say, “cannot understand love in this world without love of God.”

Leo Tolstoy

“O Lord,” I prayed, “be kind and heal me, for I have confessed my sins.”

Psalm 41:4
The Living Bible

Who goes to bed and does not pray
Maketh two nights to every day.

George Herbert

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Afflictions are the steps to heaven.

Elizabeth Seton

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:22
The King James Version

The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I am filled with shame and confusion, when I reflect on the one hand upon the great favors which God has done, and incessantly continues to do; and on the other, upon the ill use I have made of them, and my small advancement in the way of perfection.

Brother Lawrence

The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 18:2
The New International Version

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God is impressed, not with noise or size or wealth, but with quiet things…things done in secret- the inner motives, the true heart condition.

Charles Swindoll

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.”

Matthew 18:1-6
The English Standard Version

Time to think: it is the source of power.

Time to play: it is the secret of perpetual youth.

Time to read: it is the fountain of wisdom.

Time to pray: it is the greatest power on earth.

Time to laugh: it is the music of the soul.

Time to give: it is too short a day to be selfish.

Unknown

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God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn…That is why it is no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about religion. God cannot give us a happiness apart from Himself, because there is no such thing.

C. S. Lewis

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:9
The King James Version

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Your life is to be lived in such a way as to reflect Him, to show the world the character of God- His love, His peace, His mercy, His gentleness. You are to live for Him, to accomplish His will. To miss this purpose is to miss fulfillment. It is to have existed rather than to have lived.

Kay Arthur

That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.

2 Corinthians 4:16
The New Living Translation

I remember a friend of mine telling a story about one of his first paying jobs. When he was in seminary, he and his wife pastored a small church in a rough part of Houston. They lived in the parsonage and received a salary of one hundred dollars a week. One day a college friend of his passed through town and stopped by for a visit. The friend’s career was in sales, and at the time, 1972, he was doing quite well, with a six-figure salary. He said to the young pastor, “You were pretty sharp in school. You know, you could be doing a lot better financially if you had chosen a different profession. For instance, if you were with my company, you could be making a hundred thousand dollars a year.” My friend eyed his buddy and said, “ Well, I don’t know if I could live on that.” “What do you mean, you don’t know if you could live on that? You don’t look like you’re making half that much now.” My friend said, “Well, I don’t right now, but I work for someone who promised to pay me whatever I need. This last year I didn’t need much, but what if next year I needed more? I sure would be in a mess if all I had was a hundred thousand dollars.”

Amy Grant

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In the midst of winter, I finally learned there was within me an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us,

Psalm 67:1
The English Standard Version

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more correctly, being loved in spite of yourself.

Unknown

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I can understand the greatness of God but I cannot understand his humility. It becomes so clear in him being in love with each one of us separately and completely. It is as if there is no one but me in the world. He loves me so much. Each one of us can say this with great conviction.

Mother Teresa

First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

2 Peter 1:20-21
The Revised Standard Version

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God comes right out and tells us why He gives us more money than we need. It’s not so we can find more ways to spend it. It’s not so we can indulge ourselves and spoil our children. It’s not so we can insulate ourselves from needing God’s provision. It’s so we can give and give generously.

Randy Alcorn

Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.

Job 37:14
The New King James Version

Life is short and we have not too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.

Henry Frederick Amiel

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The greatest wonder that I ever heard of is that God should ever justify me. I feel myself to be a lumpy of unworthiness, a mass of corruption, and a heap of sin apart from His almighty love. I know and am fully assured that I am justified by faith which is in Christ Jesus, and I am treated as if I had been perfectly just and made an heir of God and a joint-heir with Christ. And yet, by nature I must take my place among the most sinful. I, who am altogether undeserving, am treated as if I had been deserving. I am loved with as much love as if I had always been Godly, whereas before I was ungodly. Who can help being astonished at this? Gratitude for such favor stands dressed in robes of wonder.

Charles H. Spurgeon

“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.”

Matthew 3:11
The New International Version

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Prayer is the sum of our relationship with God. We are what we pray. The degree of our faith is the degree of our prayer. Our ability to love is our ability to pray.

Carlo Carretto

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

Psalm 101:5
The English Standard Version

I wake up early in the morning to do my dreaming- at four o’clock, ‘cause I’m not a big sleeper. I think of God as a farmer throwing out nuggets of wisdom and inspiration first thing. I get out there and pick ‘em up before everyone else. In the wee hours, the world is quiet and I can really listen to God.

Dolly Parton

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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.

Dag Hammarskjold

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.

James 1:19-20
The New Living Translation

If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.

Corrie ten Boom

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If God’s justice could be recognized as just by human comprehension, it would not be divine.

Martin Luther

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Luke 15:10
The King James Version

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God wants us to pray and will tell us how to begin where we are.

The Cloud of Unknowing

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you we’re justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11
The English Standard Version

Live simply that others may simply live.

Unknown 

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Patience is the virtue that transforms an angry tongue. Patience takes time to hesitate and evaluate. It rejects anger sins. True patience finds its strength in an unflinching focus on God and an unconditional love toward those who have hurt us.

Joseph Stowell

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 34:6
The King James Version

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Sin cannot be reduced to manageable proportions.

Sinclair Ferguson

“For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ’Move from here to there,’ and it will move and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Matthew 17:20
The English Standard Version

Love is a fruit, in season at all times and within the reach of every hand. Anyone may gather it and no limit is set. Everyone can reach this love through mediation, the spirit of prayer, and sacrifice.

Mother Teresa

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Learn to hold loosely all that is not eternal.

A. Maude Royden

Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 15:5-6
The New King James Version

What’s true of biology is also true of faith: If it isn’t growing, it’s probably dead.

Unknown

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In the prison house I sung praises to my God, and esteemed the bolts and locks put upon me as jewels.

William Dewsbury

“‘Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.’”

Jeremiah 32:17
The New King James Version

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The will of God is the measure of things.

Unknown

Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.

Isaiah 26:4
The English Standard Version

It’s impossible to overestimate the unimportance of most things.

John Lange

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Be thou a bright flame before me,
Be thou a guiding star above me,
Be thou a smooth path below me,
And be a kindly Shepherd behind me,
Today, tonight and for ever.

Alexander Carmichael

A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.

Proverbs 29:11
The New International Version

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Give rest to the weary, visit the sick, support the poor; for this also is prayer.

Aphrahat

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”

Psalm 91:1-2
The New King James Version

Will you be the rock that redirects the course of the river?

Claire Nuer

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.

Philo of Alexandria

Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

Jude v. 2
The King James Version

I looked at God and He looked at me, and we were one forever.

C. H. Spurgeon

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The most creative job in the world involves fashion, decorating, recreation, education, transportation, psychology, romance, cuisine, literature, art, economics, government, pediatrics, geriatrics, entertainment, maintenance, purchasing, law, religion, energy, and management. Anyone who can handle all those has to be somebody special. She (or he) is. They’re a homemaker.

Richard Kerr

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Romans 7:18-25
The English Standard Version

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He who has the Holy Spirit in his heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.

Alexander MacLaren

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8
The New International Version

A little boy kneeling by the side of the bed looked up to heaven and prayed, “And now, God, let me tell you about the things I’m not thankful for.”

Unknown

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If you’re a believer- if you’re “in Christ” – then kick up your heels! Celebrate the Lord! Celebrate yourself! Discover a life of pleasure you never dreamed possible.

Anne Ortlund

Give generously, for your gifts will return to you later.

Ecclesiastes 11:1
The Living Bible

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The key step between the Bible and life is apply. That’s where the truths of scripture begin to move beyond statements of fact or principles…Biblical application means allowing the truth of scripture to penetrate our lives, to make a difference in how we live.

Dave Veerman

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”

Genesis 8:20-22
The New King James Version

Today I’m going two examinations. One in trigonometry and the other in honesty. I hope you will pass them both. If you must fail one, fail trigonometry. There are many good people in the world who can’t pass trig, but there are no good people in the world who cannot pass a test of honesty.

What Dr. Madison Sarratt used to tell his class at Vanderbilt University each year.

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The bread that you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies on your chest belongs to the naked; and the gold that you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.

Basil of Caesarea

Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

Ephesians 6:17-18
The New International Version

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

Stephen Levine

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The best thing to give your enemy is forgiveness;
to an opponent, tolerance;
to a friend, your heart;
to your child, a good example;
to a father, deference;
to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you;
to yourself, respect;
to all men, charity.

John Balfour

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Hebrews 3:12
The King James Version

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The destined end of a man is not happiness, nor health, but holiness. God’s one aim is the production of saints.

Oswald Chambers

How great are your works, O LORD, how profound your thoughts!

Psalm 92:5
The New International Version

Insomuch as love grows in you, so in you beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

Augustine

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My Lord, God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following Your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing. And I know that if I do this, You will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death, I will not fear, for You are ever with me and You will never leave me to face my perils alone.

Thomas Merton

A good man’s mind is filled with honest thoughts; an evil man’s mind is crammed with lies.

Proverbs 12:5
The Living Bible

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Jesus Christ is the center of everything,
And he that does not know Him
Knows nothing of nature,
And nothing of himself.

Blaise Pascal

The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will. The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me, and I have listened. I have not rebelled or turned away.

Isaiah 50:4-5
The New Living Translation

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Albert Schweitzer

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There are certainly things in this life that God can reveal to us only in the midst of adversity. There are hidden places deep in our souls He can reach only through our suffering.

Mary Nelson

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

John 15:5
The New International Version

We do not hug our miracles close. We put them hastily away, preferring the commonplace to live with.

Fulton Oursler

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If Jesus had to take time alone with God, then we surely need to.

Sharon Daugherty

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

Proverbs 24:3-4
The Revised Standard Version

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No man truly has joy unless he lives in love.

Thomas Aquinas

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalm 51:10
The New International Version

Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.

Unknown

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Our gracious heavenly Father entrusts us to confess our mess. And to show us that it’s okay to let down our pretenses, His Word is full of stories about unlikely people becoming heroes- a stuttering ex-con who leads God’s people out of slavery; an unethical little “IRS agent” who becomes a friend of Jesus; a sleazy woman whose testimony triggers a revival in her hometown. If you’re embarrassed by your past, you’re in good company!

Lisa Harper

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises, unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.

Acts 16:25-26
The King James Version

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One of most refreshing daily exercises that you will ever participate in is the choice to spend time in worship.  It is of vital importance that you understand that the time spent in sheer worship is going to enable you to withstand the storms of life.

Carol McLeod

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:4-10
The New King James Version

Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.

Fred Rogers

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I prayed for faith and thought it would strike me like lightening. But faith did not come. One day I read, “Now faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” I had closed my Bible and prayed for faith. I now began to study my Bible and faith has been growing ever since.

Dwight L. Moody

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, And when you run, you will not stumble.

Proverbs 4:10-12
The New King James Version

Death for the Christian is a turning off the light because the dawn has come.

Leon Jaworski

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We regret losing a purse full of money, but a good thought which has come to us, which we’ve heard or read, a thought which we should have remembered and applied to our life, which could have improved the world- we lose this thought and promptly forget about it, and we do not regret it, though it is more precious than millions.

Leo Tolstoy

You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.

James 2:20-24
The New International Version

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The love of Christ becomes the mightiest force in the world to the man who is yielded to it.

E. W. Kenyon

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 1:17
The English Standard Version

I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubts, anxiety, or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal- and soon they’ll forget my number.

Edith Armstrong

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I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

Abraham Lincoln

“For if you give, you will get! Your gift will return to you in full and overflowing measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use to give- large or small- will be used to measure what is given back to you.”

Luke 6:38
The Living Bible

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God’s thoughts, His will, His love, His judgements are all man’s home. To think His thoughts, to choose His will, to love His loves, to judge His judgements, and thus to know that He is in us, is to be at home.

George MacDonald

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 4:16
The New King James Version

An American tourist in India stood by in awe as he watched Mother Teresa lovingly clean the infected wounds of a horribly disfigured leper, “Sister,” he commented, “I wouldn’t do that for a million dollars!” Her response, “Neither would I, brother. Neither would I.”

Mother Teresa

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We do not exist for ourselves.

Thomas Merton

Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Hebrews 13:1-2
The Revised Standard Version

Anybody can become angry- that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way- that is not easy.

Aristotle

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According to the values which govern my life, my most important reason for living is to get the baton- the gospel- safely in the hands of my children.

James Dobson 

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.

1 Peter 1:3-5
The New Living Bible

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O God, my God, the night has values that the day never dreamed of.

Thomas Merton

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

1 Peter 3:17
The English Standard Version

Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will end.

Marcelene Cox 

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I am eighty-five years old and I am so thankful that I am able to continue the work I love. God has a plan for every life. All of us are called to be the light of the world wherever He places us. We are within His perfect guidance when we trust and obey Him. A tool does not decide where to work. It is the Master who decides where it is to be used.

Corrie ten Boom

For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight;

Ecclesiastes 2:26
The New King James Version

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Try to live with the part of your soul which understands eternity, which is not afraid of death. And that part of your soul is love.

Leo Tolstoy

Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!

Psalm 144:15
The English Standard Version

Every thought a person dwells upon, whether he expresses it or not, either damages or improves his life.

Lucy Malory

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On the third day the friends of Christ coming at daybreak to the place found the grave empty and the stone rolled away. In varying ways they realized the new wonder; but even they hardly realized that the world had died in the night. What they were looking at was the first day of a new creation, with a new heaven and a new earth; and in a semblance of the gardener God walked again in the garden, in the cool not of the evening but the dawn.

G. K. Chesterton

Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high.” Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God.

Luke 24:44-53
The Revised Standard Version

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.

Augustine

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The resurrection is an exploding flare announcing to all sincere seekers that it is safe to believe.  Safe to believe in ultimate justice.  Safe to believe in eternal bodies.  Safe to believe in heaven as our estate and the earth as its porch.  Safe to believe in a time where questions won’t keep us awake and pain won’t keep us down.  Safe to believe in open graves and endless days and genuine praise.

Max Lucado

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

Mark 16:1-8
The English Standard Version

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How different is the epitaph on the tomb of Jesus! It is neither written in gold nor cut in stone. It is spoken by the mouth of an angel and is the exact reverse of what is put on all other tombs: “He is not here; for he is risen, as he said.” (Matthew 28:6)

Billy Graham

Two others, criminals, were led out to be executed with him at a place called “The Skull.” There all three were crucified—Jesus on the center cross, and the two criminals on either side. “Father, forgive these people,” Jesus said, “for they don’t know what they are doing.” And the soldiers gambled for his clothing, throwing dice for each piece. The crowd watched. And the Jewish leaders laughed and scoffed. “He was so good at helping others,” they said, “let’s see him save himself if he is really God’s Chosen One, the Messiah.” The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink—of sour wine. And they called to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself !” A signboard was nailed to the cross above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.” One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!” But the other criminal protested. “Don’t you even fear God when you are dying? We deserve to die for our evil deeds, but this man hasn’t done one thing wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” And Jesus replied, “Today you will be with me in Paradise. This is a solemn promise.”

Luke 23:32-43
The Living Bible

The benefits [of the resurrection] are innumerable. To list a few: Our illnesses don’t seem nearly so final; Our fears fade and lose their grip; Our grief over those who have gone on is diminished; Our desires to press on in spite of the obstacles is rejuvenated… Our identity as Christians is strengthened as we stand in the lengthening shadows of saints down through the centuries, who have always answered back in antiphonal voice: “He is risen, indeed!”

Charles Swindoll

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Dost thou understand me, sinful soul? He wrestled with justice, that thou mightest have rest; He wept and mourned, that thou mightest laugh and rejoice; He was betrayed, that thou mightest go free; was apprehended, that thou mightest escape; He was condemned, that thou mightest be justified; and was killed, that thou mightest live; He wore a crown of thorns, that thou mightest wear a crown of glory; and was nailed to the cross, with His arms wide open, to show with what freeness all His merits shall be bestowed on the coming soul; and how heartily He will receive it into His bosom?

John Bunyan

Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.” He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.” Then He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Again He went away and prayed, and spoke the same words. And when He returned, He found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him. Then He came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”

Mark 14: 32-42
The New King James Version

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Christianity begins where religion ends- with the resurrection of Christ.

Unknown

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?  And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.  And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.  Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.  And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.  And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?  And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.  The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed!  it had been good for that man if he had not been born.  Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I?  He said unto him, Thou hast said.  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.  And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;  For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.  But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.  And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

Matthew 26:17-30
The King James Version

A very learned man once said to a little child who believed in the Lord Jesus, “My poor little girl, you don’t know whom you believe in. There have been many christs. In which of them do you believe?” “I know which one I believe in,” replied the child. “I believe in the Christ who rose from the dead.”

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You can never speak to the wrong person about Christ.

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let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Ephesians 4:26
The King James Version

Joy is the serious business of heaven.

C. S. Lewis

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I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

Mahatma Gandhi

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

John 3:1-8
The English Standard Version

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If we demonstrate unconditional love, daily prayer, persistent faith, and adherence to God’s laws, we give our children a gift.  If we teach them that good deeds and kind words are expressions of the Spirit, we are on track toward living more like Jesus.

Jane Jarrell

There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24
The New Living Translation

King Philip II of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great, was a wise man.  He ordered one of his servants to come to him every morning without fail, and, no matter what the king was doing, declare loudly, “Remember, Philip, that you must die.”

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Pray remember what I have recommended to you, which is, to think often on God, by day, by night, and even in diversions.  He is always near you and with you; leave Him not alone.  You would think it rude to leave a friend alone who came to visit you; why then must God be neglected?  Do not then forget Him; this is the glorious employment of a Christian; in a word, this is our profession.  If we do not know it we must learn it.

Brother Lawrence

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor?” “Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?” For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Romans 11:33-36
The New King James Version

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Let me learn by paradox that the way down is up, that to be low is to be high…that to have nothing is to possess all, that to bear the cross is to wear the crown…that the valley is the place of vision.

The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers 

For the Lord is our Judge, our Lawgiver and our King; he will care for us and save us.

Isaiah 33:22
The Living Bible

It’s terribly amusing how many different climates of feeling one can go through in a day.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.

David Grayson

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
The English Standard Version

Blessed is the man who has discovered that there is nothing permanent in life but change.

Unknown

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When you meet a man or woman who puts Jesus Christ first, knit that one to your soul.

Oswald Chambers

Solomon loved the Lord and followed all the decrees of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local places of worship. The most important of these places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings. That night the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!” Solomon replied, “You showed faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued your faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne. “Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around. And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted! Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?” The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom. So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies— I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have! And I will also give you what you did not ask for—riches and fame! No other king in all the world will be compared to you for the rest of your life! And if you follow me and obey my decrees and my commands as your father, David, did, I will give you a long life.”

1 Kings 3:3-14
The New Living Translation

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A humble person can neither be put down nor exalted; he can neither be humiliated nor honored: he remains the same person under all circumstances.

Unknown

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Psalm 23:6
The English Standard Version

Jesus is the yes to every promise of God.

William Barclay

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more.  It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.  It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Matthew 6:19-21
The New King James Version

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Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God.

Unknown

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Colossians 4:6
The New International Version

Laugh, if you are wise.

Latin proverb

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The most important missionary journey a person can make is to walk next door.

Unknown

They went each to his own house; but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”

John 8:1-11
The English Standard Version

Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it.

Swedish proverb

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Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of our recollection, the seat of mediation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest.

Jeremy Taylor

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 16:15
The King James Version

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