The principle part of faith is patience.
George MacDonald
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God.
Hebrews 10:9
The King James Version
I am filled with shame and confusion, when I reflect on the one hand upon the great favors which God has done, and incessantly continues to do; and on the other, upon the ill use I have made of them, and my small advancement in the way of perfection.
Brother Lawrence
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Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.
Frederick William Faber
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.
James 1:27
The New Living Translation
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
Henry Ward Beecher
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If Christ comes to rule in the hearts of men, it will be because we take Him with us on the tractor, behind the desk, when we’re making a sale to a customer, or when we’re driving on the road.
Alexander Nunn
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Psalm 25:7
The King James Version
Contentment comes when we remember that what God chooses is far better than what we choose.
Unknown
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Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.
William Penn
At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.
Job 1:20-22
The New International Version
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
Augustine
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Almost all of us have received the word about God through faith, without having a secondary training in Greek philosophy, some of us without elementary education.
Clement of Alexandria
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isaiah 8:17
The King James Version
The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.
Pope John XXIII
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Our confidence in Christ does not make us lazy, negligent or careless, but on the contrary it awakens us, urges us on, and makes us active in living righteous lives and doing good. There is no self-confidence to compare with this.
Ulrich Zwingli
Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.
Deuteronomy 26:11
The New International Version
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.
Unknown
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I believe the promises of God enough to venture an eternity on them.
Isaac Watts
“The good ground represents the heart of a man who listens to the message and understands it and goes out and brings thirty, sixty, or even a hundred others into the Kingdom.”
Matthew 13:23
The Living Bible
O Lord, reform the world—beginning with me.
Unknown
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Not only have vast numbers of Americans lost all sense of the sacred, the moral, and the ethical, but the spiritual leaders from both the laity and the priesthood are often found in the forefront of this irreligious pursuit of comfort rather than conviction-of accommodation rather than truth-of the pleasant life rather than the meaningful life.
Frank Carlson
For we are the temple of the living God.
2 Corinthians 6:16
The New International Version
We can all get to heaven without health, without wealth, without fame, without learning, without culture, without beauty, without friends, without ten thousand things. But we can never get to heaven without Christ.
Corrie ten Boom
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All the strength and force of a man comes from his faith in things unseen.
James Freeman Clarke
“I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.”
Psalm 40:8
The New King James Version
The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
Charles Swindoll
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It is a terrible mistake to understand Jesus as having been crucified by some especially bad people in the first century. Jesus was crucified by the highest reach of human religiosity, morality, and political justice.
Albert T. Mollegen
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
1 Timothy 2:2
The King James Version
Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. There lies the land of song; there lies the poet’s native land.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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