We can never be the better for our religion if our neighbor is the worse for it.

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I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection.  But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.  No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

Philippians 3:12-14
The New Living Translation

If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world.

C. S. Lewis

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I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on others, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies.

A. B. Simpson

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.  And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

John 8:31-32
The New King James Version

It is right for the Church to be in the world; it is wrong for the world to be in the Church.  A boat in water is good; that is what boats are for.  However, water inside the boat causes it to sink.

Harold Lindsell 

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Fear God and work hard.

David Livingstone

God blesses those who obey him; happy the man who puts his trust in the Lord.

Proverbs 16:20
The Living Bible

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

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The untended garden will soon be overrun with weeds; the heart that fails to cultivate truth and root out error will shortly be a theological wilderness.

A. W. Tozer

When I am afraid, I put my trust in thee.  In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust without a fear.  What can flesh do to me?

Psalm 56:3-4
The Revised Standard Version

Temptations discover what we are.

Thomas a Kempis

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Solitude is the furnace of transformation.

Henri J. Nouwen

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.

Nehemiah 1:11
The King James Version

We have all a few moments in life of hard, glorious running; but we have days and years of walking—the uneventful discharge of small duties.

Alexander Maclaren

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In life troubles will come which seem as if they never will pass away.  The night and the storm look as though they will last forever; but calm and the morning cannot be stayed; the storm in its very nature is transient.  The effort of nature, as that of the human heart, is to return to its repose, for God is peace.

George MacDonald

But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.

Isaiah 64:8
The New King James Version

Today I’m going to give 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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You cannot change the past, but the past can change you, either for better or for worse.  It all depends on how you look at it.  The past can be a rudder that guides you or an anchor that hinders you.  Leave your past mistakes with God, and look to the future by faith.

Warren Wiersbe

So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?  And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.  And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’  Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”

Luke 15:3-7
The English Standard Version

The triumphant Christian does not fight for victory; he celebrates a victory already won.

Reginald Wallis

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The true goal of the Christian life is heaven: nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else.

Sherwood Eliot Wirt

so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

Hebrews 9:28
The New International Version

A few years ago I had managed to screw up my life so badly that I found myself without a home and without hope.  I’m ashamed to admit it, but even then I was so absorbed by my own self-pity that all I could think of was begging enough money to buy the cheapest drink I could find.  One day I was sitting in front of a store panhandling when a woman walked by with a small boy in tow.  She ignored my pitch and hurried away.  As I watched them go down the sidewalk the small boy broke free and came running back.  He stood in front of me, fumbling in his coat pocket; he pulled out a five-dollar bill that was almost certainly more money than he had ever held before, and handed it to me.  I was completely dumbstruck and just sat there staring at him with the money in my hand.  By then his mother had returned and with tears in her eyes gently led the boy away.  He turned back once to wave and they were gone.  I don’t know how long I sat there, but I have not had another drink since then.

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God is on the lookout for a man whose heart is perfect toward Him.  Will you be quiet enough to hear Him, brave enough to proclaim Him, and honest enough to obey Him?

Vance Havner

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalm 32:11
The King James Version

A doctor was once asked by a patient who had met with a serious accident, “Doctor, how long shall I have to lie here?”  “Only a day at a time,” was his answer.  This taught the patient a valuable lesson.  It was the same lesson God had recorded for His people for all ages.  If we are faithful a day at a time, the long years will take care of themselves.

Andrew Murray

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Love for the Lord is not an ethereal, intellectual, dreamlike thing; it is the intensest, most vital, most passionate love of which the human heart is capable.

Oswald Chambers

My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you.

Proverbs 3:1-2
The New King James Version

A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.  A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand.

Frederick Buechner

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