The Christian life could be described as getting to know God better every day. A friendship which does not grow closer with the years tends to vanish with the years. And it is so with us and God.
William Barclay
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Proverbs 8:14
The King James Version
The “living Bible” people really read, is you.
Unknown
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Give all to God, take all from God, and use all for God.
F. B. Meyer
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
Psalm 111:10
The Revised Standard Version
(Written about AD 130, this is one of the earliest descriptions of Christians.)
They dwell in their own countries but simply as sojourners. As citizens, they share in all things with others, and yet endure all things as if foreigners. Every foreign land is to them as their native country, and every land of their birth as a land of strangers. They marry, as do others; they beget children; but they do not destroy their offspring. They have a common table but not a common bed. They are in the flesh, but they do not live after the flesh. They pass their days on the earth, but are citizens of heaven. They obey the prescribed laws, and at the same time surpass the laws in their lives. They love all, and are persecuted by all. They are poor, yet they make many rich; they are completely destitute, and yet they enjoy complete abundance. They are reviled, and yet they bless. When they do good they are punished as evildoers; undergoing punishment, they rejoice because they are brought to life.
Epistle to Diognetus, author unknown
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There is in man a higher than love of happiness; he can do without happiness, and instead thereof find blessedness!
Thomas Carlyle
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:10
The King James Version
The Christian who is truly spiritual revels as much in his ignorance of God as in his knowledge of him.
John Blanchard
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Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, “Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee.” Keep still, and He will mould thee to the right shape.
Martin Luther
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58
The New American Standard Bible
To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian—to help them is.
Fred Clark
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Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is a happening-with-God.
David Augsburger
“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever. Take heed now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.”
1 Chronicles 28:9-10
The Revised Standard Version
How goodness heightens beauty!
Hannah More
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For growth in virtue the important thing is to be silent and work.
John of the Cross
But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Joshua 23:8
The King James Version
A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.
George Herbert
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We learn that faith isn’t proven in the comfort of stability but in the disruptions that follow it. Every setback, every loss, every unexpected turn becomes another reminder that God’s plan is far deeper than our understanding. And yet, through it all, we keep moving forward—trusting that the same God who carried us through the chaos before will meet us again in whatever lies ahead.
Timothy Graumann
He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
Luke 3:11
The New King James Version
It is impossible to be too preoccupied with God, and it is only as we fill our hearts and minds with him that we become melted out of our likeness and moulded into his.
John Blanchard
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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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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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Jesus did not finish all the urgent tasks in Palestine or all the things He would have liked to do, but He did finish the work which God gave Him to do. The only alternative to frustration is to be sure that we are doing what God wants. Nothing substitutes for knowing that this day, this hour, in this place, we are doing the will of the Father. Then and only then can we think of all the other unfinished tasks with equanimity, and leave them with God.
Charles E. Hummel
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
John 15:17
The King James Version
That which is infinite is as much above what is great as it is above what is small. Thus God, being infinitely great, He is as much above kings as He is above beggars; He is as much above the highest angel as He is above the meanest worm.
Jonathan Edwards
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