The first coming of Christ the Lord, God’s son and our God, was in obscurity; the second will be in the sight of the whole world.  When he came in obscurity no one recognized him but his own servants; when he comes openly he will be known by both good people and bad.  When he came in obscurity, it was to be judged; when he comes openly it will be to judge.

Augustine

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.  Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 9:9-10
The Revised Standard Version

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The word grace emphasizes at one and the same time the helpless poverty of man and the limitless kindness of God.

William Barclay

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Ephesians 4:6
The King James Version

“The Lord is my Shepherd”…links a lump of common clay to divine destiny.

Philip Keller

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God loves old ordinary me, even or especially at my most scared and petty and mean and obsessive.  Loves me; chooses me.

Anne Lamott

He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.

Isaiah 40:11
The New King James Version

In the Kingdom of Heaven all is in all, all is one, and all is ours.

Meister Eckhart

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Every bit of love and beauty and truth that anyone ever experiences on earth is made in heaven and is a participation in heaven.  For heaven is God’s presence; and God is present in all goodness, all truth, and all beauty.  God is not a truth, a good, a beauty, but Goodness Itself and Truth Itself and Beauty Itself.

Peter J. Kreeft

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Luke 6:38
The New International Version

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We have to realize that we cannot earn or win anything from God; we must either receive it as a gift or do without it.

Oswald Chambers

Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.

Revelation 3:10
The Revised Standard Version

God has not gone on vacation and left you in charge.

Church sign

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We who have once for all clothed ourselves in Christ, and been made worthy to have him dwelling within us, may show everyone, if we choose, simply by the strict discipline of our life and without saying a word, the power of him who dwells in us.

John Chrysostom

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made.

Psalm 145:17
The New International Version

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When we understand that God has called us individually by name, it profoundly alters the way we live.

Mother Angelica

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Mark 16:16
The King James Version

A good sleep is grace and so are good dreams.  Most tears are grace.  The smell of rain is grace and somebody loving you is grace.

Frederick Buechner

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Praise is like a plow set to go deep into the soil of believers’ hearts.  It lets the glory of God into the details of daily living.

C. M. Hanson

the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Nehemiah 8:10
The Living Bible

Prayer is asking for rain; faith is carrying the umbrella.

John Mason

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Whenever we give heed to the word, we acquire pure and clear knowledge of the will of God and are drawn to him by his Spirit and transformed into his likeness.

Ulrich Zwingli

It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.  How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders!  His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; his dominion endures from generation to generation.

Daniel 4:2-3
The New International Version

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It is the righteous man who lives for the next generation.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Thus says the Lord to you, ‘Fear not, and be not dismayed at this great multitude; for the battle is not yours but God’s.

2 Chronicles 20:15
The Revised Standard Version

By miracles we don’t mean contradictions to nature.  We mean that left to her own resources, she could never produce them.

C. S. Lewis

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