Acceptances says, “True, this is my situation at the moment.  I’ll look unblinkingly at the reality of it.  But I’ll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me.”

Catherine Marshall

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.  It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

Isaiah 35:1-2
The King James Version

The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Christ.

Henry Varley

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When we yield to discouragement, it is usually because we give too much thought to the past or to the future.

Therese of Lisieux

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.  For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12
The King James Version

Peace is our final good.

Augustine

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Not what the disciple says in public prayer, not what he preaches from pulpit or platform, not what he writes on paper or in letters, but what he is in his heart which God alone knows, determines God’s revelation of himself to him.  Character determines revelation.

Oswald Chambers

Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

Proverbs 11:25
The English Standard Version

Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace.  And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.

Jerry Bridges

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To obey God in some things and not in others shows an unsound heart.  Childlike obedience moves toward every command of God, as the needle points where the lodestone draws.

Thomas Watson

“You are the light of the world.  A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.  Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”

Matthew 5:14-16
The English Standard Version

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

Benjamin Franklin

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In times of dryness and desolation we must be patient, and wait with resignation the return of consolation, putting our trust in the goodness of God.  We must animate ourselves by the thought that God is always with us, that he only allows this trial for our greater good, and that we have not necessarily lost his grace because we have lost the taste and feeling of it.

Ignatius of Loyola

“Return, you backsliding children, And I will heal your backslidings.    Indeed we do come to You, For You are the Lord our God.”

Jeremiah 3:22
The New King James Version

Every Sunday the ducks waddle out of their houses and waddle down Main Street to their church.  They waddle into the sanctuary and squat in their proper pews.  The duck choir waddles in and takes its place, then the duck minister comes forward and opens the duck Bible.  He reads to them:  “Ducks!  God has given you wings!  With wings you can fly!  With wings you can mount up and soar like eagles.  No walls can confine you!  No fences can hold you!  You have wings.  God has given you wings and you can fly like birds!”  All the ducks shouted, “Amen!”  And they all waddled home.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Obedience must be the struggle and desire of our life.  Obedience, not hard and forced, but ready, loving and spontaneous; the doing of duty, not merely that the duty may be done, but that the soul in doing it may become capable of receiving and uttering God.

Phillips Brooks

The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.  The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night.  The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.  The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and for evermore.

Psalm 121:5-8
The Revised Standard Version

Half the world is unhappy because it can’t have the things that are making the other half unhappy.

Unknown

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The faith of Christ offers no buttons to push for quick service.  The new order must wait the Lord’s own time, and that is too much for the man in a hurry.  He just gives up and becomes interested in something else.

A. W. Tozer

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Isaiah 63:7
The King James Version

Nature has some perfections, to show that she is the image of God; and some defects, to show that she is only His image.

Blaise Pascal

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

Unknown

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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