If education can fit youth to face what the world calls failure, it will help them to find what God calls success.
Ralph W. Sockman
“And everything you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.”
Matthew 21:22
The New American Standard Bible
A mother was asked: “Which of your children do you love the most?” She replied, “The one who is sick until it gets well, and the one who is away until it gets home.”
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Are you willing to stoop down and consider the
needs and the desires of little children;
To remember the weakness and loneliness
of people who are growing old;
To stop asking how much your friends love you,
and ask yourself whether you love them enough;
To bear in mind the things that those who live in the same house with you really want,
without waiting for them to tell you;
To trim your lamp so that it will give more light and less smoke,
and to carry it in front so that your shadow will fall behind you;
To make a grave for your ugly thoughts, and
a garden for your kindly feelings, with the gate open?
Henry van Dyke
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 15:7
The English Standard Version
The eye with which I see God is the same with which God sees me.
Meister Eckhart
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
Francis de Sales
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God! Let thy good spirit lead me on a level path!
Psalm 143:10
The Revised Standard Version
For all that has been—thanks.
For all that will be—yes.
Dag Hammarskjöld
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You are that which you are seeking.
Francis of Assisi
Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.
2 Timothy 2:7
The Revised Standard Version
A man told his wife that on a particular Friday he was going into the boss’ office to request the raise that he believed he more than deserved. He was quite nervous and upset. When he finally got his courage to go into the boss’ office toward the end of the day, the boss agreed that he deserved the raise and gave him even a larger increase in salary than he had anticipated. When he arrived home, he noticed the dining room table was set with the best dishes. There were candles burning. His wife was preparing a delicious meal. He thought to himself, “Someone has called her from the office to tell her.” He went into the kitchen, told her the good news, they kissed, and then soon sat down at the table for a delicious meal. Beside his plate was a beautifully lettered note which read: “Congratulations, darling! I knew you’d get the raise. These things will tell you how much I love you.” They enjoyed the delicious meal together. When she got up to get the dessert, he noticed a second card fell from her pocket. He bent over, picked it up, and read: “Don’t worry about not getting the raise. You deserved it anyway. These things will tell you how much I love you.”
Joe A. Harding
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One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others.
Lewis Carroll
Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires, that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other. Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.
1 Kings 8:59-61
The English Standard Version
One thing we may be sure of: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no question that adversity is difficult. It usually takes us by surprise and seems to strike where we are most vulnerable. To us it often appears completely senseless and irrational, but to God none of it is either senseless or irrational. He has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. We can be sure that in some way He intends it for our profit and His glory.
Jerry Bridges
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Of all human pursuits the pursuit of wisdom is the most perfect, the most sublime, the most profitable, the most delightful.
Thomas Aquinas
All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.
Matthew 23:12
The New Revised Standard Version
Giving is living. Taking is not.
Unknown
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We desire unity of religion but not when purchased at the cost of the unity of truth.
Fulton J. Sheen
Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
John 10:7-10
The New International Version
Had an hour’s conversation with a gentleman about new birth in Jesus Christ. Breakfasted with some gentlemen in the great cabin, who were very civil and let me put in a word for God. About eleven at night went and sat down among the sailors in the steerway and reasoned with them concerning the Christian life. Gained an opportunity, by walking at night on the deck, to talk closely to the chief mate and one of the sergeants of the regiment and hope my words were not altogether in vain.
George Whitefield (as he noted in his journal the contacts he made on shipboard)
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The world with all its goods cannot content the heart of man; for he was created not for them, but for God alone; hence God alone can make him happy and content.
Alphonsus Liguori
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalm 37:5
The King James Version
My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure.
Alfred Tennyson
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Neither power nor wealth, neither education nor ability, neither gifts of creativity nor stores of human energy can insure against the reality that suffering will be our companion at some time during our journey. It is a presence as inseparable from the human condition as food and oxygen are from human life. It is part of our legacy.
Paula Ripple
Wisdom is good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun. For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Ecclesiastes 7:11-12
The English Standard Version
A good man finds every place he treads upon holy ground; to him the world is God’s temple.
John Smith
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If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be. Life is supplied with a basic adequacy. The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions are just as important as the actions. Many Christians are Christians in their actions—they don’t lie, steal, commit adultery, or get drunk; but they react badly to what happens to them: they react in anger, bad temper, self-pity, jealousy, and envy. When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
E. Stanley Jones
O my son, give me your heart. May your eyes take delight in following my ways.
Proverbs 23:26
The New Living Translation
God has not promised skies always blue,
flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;
God has not promised sun without rain,
joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
But God has promised strength for the day,
rest for the labor, light for the way,
grace for the trials, help from above,
unfailing sympathy, undying love.
Annie Johnson Flint
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