Why did God make the universe?  God is Good, and being Good He could not, as it were, contain Himself: consequently, He told the secret of His Goodness to nothingness and that was Creation.  The world is the overflow of Divine Goodness.  Begotten of the Goodness of God, the Goodness of God is in it.

Fulton J. Sheen

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31
The King James Version

True faith drops its letter in the post office box and lets it go.  Distrust holds on to a corner of it and wonders that the answer never comes.

A. B. Simpson

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It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.

Oswald Chambers

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Philippians 4:4
The New International Version

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.

Victor Hugo

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No matter how many people steal, stealing remains wrong.  No matter how many people are corrupt, corruption remains wrong.  No matter how many people betray public trust, that action remains wrong.  The fact that any misdeed becomes popular does not make it permissible.  The problem of evil is not solved by multiplication.

Sidney Greenberg

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.  The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked, and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

Psalm 37:39-40
The Revised Standard Version

There is a story about a wise pilgrim: he was following a long road, under a dark stormy sky, down a valley in whose dip was a small field of ripe wheat.  The well-defined field, among rough scrub and under that black sky, was a perfect square of brightness rippling gently in the wind.  The pilgrim enjoyed the beautiful sight as he walked slowly along.  Soon he met a peasant returning home with downcast eyes after a hard day’s work, accosted him and pressed his arm, murmuring in a heartfelt tone: “Thank you.”  The peasant recoiled slightly: “I have nothing to give you, poor man.”  The pilgrim replied in a gentle voice: “I’m not thanking you to make you give me something, but because you have already given me everything.  You have cared for that square of wheat, and through your labour it has acquired the beauty it has today.  Now you are only interested in the price of each grain.  I’ve been walking, and all the way I have been nourished by its goldenness,” the old pilgrim ended with a kindly smile.  The peasant turned away and walked off, shaking his head and muttering about mad people.

Frédéric Gros

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There are many persons who desire the contemplative life, but they will not practice the things which lead to it.

Thomas à Kempis

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you.  If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us.  He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty.  But even if he doesn’t, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”

Daniel 3:16-18
The New Living Translation

The Christian life is a pilgrimage from earth to heaven, and our task is to take as many as possible with us as we make this journey.

Warren Wiersbe

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Prayer is a kind of calling home every day.  And there can come to you a serenity, a feeling of at-homeness in God’s universe, a peace that the world can neither give nor disturb, a fresh courage, a new insight, a holy boldness that you’ll never, never get any other way.

Earl G. Hunt, Jr.

“May the Lord repay you for what you have done.  May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

Ruth 2:12
The New International Version

Example is a lesson that all men can read.

Gilbert West

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There is a canyon of difference between doing your best to glorify God and doing whatever it takes to glorify yourself.  The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity.  The quest for power is childish.

Max Lucado

O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

Isaiah 25:1
The New Revised Standard Version

When I met Christ, I felt that I had swallowed sunshine.

E. Stanley Jones

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We have to carry on the struggle against the evil that is in mankind, not by judging others, but by judging ourselves.  Struggle with oneself and veracity toward oneself are the means by which we influence others.

Albert Schweitzer

Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil.  And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.  And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”  But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ”

Luke 4:1-4
The New King James Version

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

Thomas Fuller

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However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.

Teresa of Avila

Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.  Let all that you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 16:13-14
The New Revised Standard Version

Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray.

Victor Hugo

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Christian contemplation is not something esoteric and dangerous.  It is simply the experience of God that is given to a soul purified by humility and faith.

Thomas Merton

The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.

Psalm 119:160
The New King James Version

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.  Where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

Francis of Assisi

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God does not make clones.  Each person is different, a tribute to God’s creativity.  If we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, we must accept people as they are and not demand that they conform to our own image.

Henry Fehren

Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”

John 11:40
The English Standard Version

Little Matthew was asked by a stranger how old he was.  “I’m four,” replied the boy.  “And when will you be five?”  Matthew thought this over for a moment, and then said, “When I’m through being four.”

Unknown

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