Nothing great ought to be ventured on without preparation; but, above all, how sottish is it to engage extempore where the concern is eternity!
Robert South
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Psalm 126:3
The King James Version
Since you are tempted without ceasing, pray without ceasing.
C. H. Spurgeon
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It is no strain of metaphor to say that the love of God and the wrath of God are the same thing, described from opposite points of view. How we shall experience it depends upon the way we shall come up against it: God does not change; it is man’s moral state that changes. The wrath of God is a figure of speech to denote God’s unchanging opposition to sin; it is His righteous love operating to destroy evil. It is not evil that will have the last word, but good; not sorrow, but joy; not hate, but love.
R. J. Campbell
One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.”
Luke 8:22-25
The New International Version
Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.
Yiddish proverb
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Make use of time, if thou valuest eternity. Yesterday cannot be recalled; tomorrow cannot be assured; today only is thine, which, if thou procrastinatest, thou losest; which loss is lost forever.
Jeremy Taylor
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1 Peter 2:24
The King James Version
Life is fragile, handle with prayer.
Unknown
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If God send thee a cross, take it up willingly and follow him. Use it wisely, lest it be unprofitable. Bear it patiently, lest it be intolerable. If it be light, slight it not. If it be heavy, murmur not. After the cross is the crown.
Francis Quarles
“You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates. Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.”
Deuteronomy 24:14-15
The New King James Version
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Albert Schweitzer
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Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance in it; and the farther on we go, the more we have to come back.
Issac Barrow
As for me, I call to God, and the Lord saves me. Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
Psalm 55:16-18
The New International Version
A wise man reflects before he speaks; a fool speaks, and then reflects on what he has uttered.
French saying
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Trust with a child-like dependence upon God, and you shall fear no evil, for be assured that even “if the enemy comes in like a flood” the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. While at that dread hour, when the world cannot help you, when all the powers of nature are in vain, yea, when your heart and your flesh shall fail you, you will be enabled still to rely with peace upon Him who has said “I will be the strength of thy heart and thy portion for ever.”
Henry Blunt
Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
Proverbs 12:22
The English Standard Version
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Mother Teresa
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Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.
John Quincy Adams
I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus. I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people.
Philemon 1:4-7
The New International Version
This world is God’s world, after all.
Charles Kingsley
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Learn to live for your own sake and the service of God; and let nothing in the world be of any value with you but that which you can turn into a service to God, and a means of your future happiness.
William Law
O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
Psalm 136:1
The New Revised Standard Version
The evil impulse is at first like a passer-by, then like a lodger, and finally like the master of the house.
The Talmud
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Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult but utterly against human nature: to love those who hate us, to repay their evil deeds with benefits, to return blessings for reproaches. It is that we remember not to consider men’s evil intention but to look upon the image of God in them, which cancels and effaces their transgressions, and with its beauty and dignity allures us to love and embrace them.
John Calvin
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD.
Proverbs 21:30
The English Standard Version
Death for the Christian is a turning off the light because the dawn has come.
Leon Jaworski
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When thou receivest praise, take it indifferently, and return it to God, the giver of the gift, or blesser of the action.
Jeremy Taylor
“Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’”
Isaiah 58:9
The New King James Version
The higher the truth, the simpler it is.
Abraham Isaac Kook
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