Christianity spread rapidly during the first century because all Christians saw themselves as responsible for disseminating the gospel.

Erwin W. Lutzer

Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

Nehemiah 9:12
The King James Version

The holy heart can be hurt.  But it answers injury with love and prayer and forgiveness.

W. E. McCumber

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I looked upon the works of God in this visible creation, and an awfulness covered me; my heart was tender and often contrite, and a universal love to my fellow creatures was increased in me.

John Woolman

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear.

2 Timothy 4:17
The New King James Version

Constant prayer quickly straightens out our thoughts.

The Desert Fathers

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If we are to be saved from our futility we must recover the faculty of being still: we must make an enclave of silence within our own souls.

Gerald Vann

Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?  He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.

Micah 7:18
The New King James Version

True contentment is a real, ever an active virtue—not only affirmative but creative.  It is the power of getting out of any situation all there is in it.

G. K. Chesterton

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Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

W. T. Purkiser

“The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”

Psalm 50:23
The English Standard Version

Thanksgiving is a time of quiet reflection upon the past and an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful.

Charles Swindoll

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Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember.

Unknown

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body.  And be thankful.

Colossians 3:15
The New Revised Standard Version

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received.
Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling.
Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Henry Van Dyke

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Why did God make the universe?  God is Good, and being Good He could not, as it were, contain Himself: consequently, He told the secret of His Goodness to nothingness and that was Creation.  The world is the overflow of Divine Goodness.  Begotten of the Goodness of God, the Goodness of God is in it.

Fulton J. Sheen

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31
The King James Version

True faith drops its letter in the post office box and lets it go.  Distrust holds on to a corner of it and wonders that the answer never comes.

A. B. Simpson

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It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.

Oswald Chambers

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Philippians 4:4
The New International Version

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.

Victor Hugo

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No matter how many people steal, stealing remains wrong.  No matter how many people are corrupt, corruption remains wrong.  No matter how many people betray public trust, that action remains wrong.  The fact that any misdeed becomes popular does not make it permissible.  The problem of evil is not solved by multiplication.

Sidney Greenberg

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.  The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked, and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

Psalm 37:39-40
The Revised Standard Version

There is a story about a wise pilgrim: he was following a long road, under a dark stormy sky, down a valley in whose dip was a small field of ripe wheat.  The well-defined field, among rough scrub and under that black sky, was a perfect square of brightness rippling gently in the wind.  The pilgrim enjoyed the beautiful sight as he walked slowly along.  Soon he met a peasant returning home with downcast eyes after a hard day’s work, accosted him and pressed his arm, murmuring in a heartfelt tone: “Thank you.”  The peasant recoiled slightly: “I have nothing to give you, poor man.”  The pilgrim replied in a gentle voice: “I’m not thanking you to make you give me something, but because you have already given me everything.  You have cared for that square of wheat, and through your labour it has acquired the beauty it has today.  Now you are only interested in the price of each grain.  I’ve been walking, and all the way I have been nourished by its goldenness,” the old pilgrim ended with a kindly smile.  The peasant turned away and walked off, shaking his head and muttering about mad people.

Frédéric Gros

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There are many persons who desire the contemplative life, but they will not practice the things which lead to it.

Thomas à Kempis

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you.  If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us.  He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty.  But even if he doesn’t, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”

Daniel 3:16-18
The New Living Translation

The Christian life is a pilgrimage from earth to heaven, and our task is to take as many as possible with us as we make this journey.

Warren Wiersbe

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Prayer is a kind of calling home every day.  And there can come to you a serenity, a feeling of at-homeness in God’s universe, a peace that the world can neither give nor disturb, a fresh courage, a new insight, a holy boldness that you’ll never, never get any other way.

Earl G. Hunt, Jr.

“May the Lord repay you for what you have done.  May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

Ruth 2:12
The New International Version

Example is a lesson that all men can read.

Gilbert West

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