If the spirit rule and the body be humbled, man will seek nothing beyond the necessary. He will be satisfied with little and will disdain superfluity.
Maimonides
Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
The New Living Translation
Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayers and worn with thanks.
Thomas Goodwin
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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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BEGIN THE DAY WITH GOD. Kneel down to Him in prayer; lift up your heart to Him. And seek His love to share.
OPEN THE BOOK OF GOD. Read a portion there, that it may clarify all your thoughts and sweeten all your care.
GO THROUGH THE DAY WITH GOD. Even though you may not see Him, wherever you are He is near.
CONVERSE IN YOUR MIND WITH GOD. Raise your spirit heavenward; acknowledge every good He provides, and offer grateful praise.
CONCLUDE YOUR DAY WITH GOD. Confess your sins to Him; trust in the Lord’s atoning blood, and plead His righteousness.
Richard DeHaan
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9
The Revised Standard Version
There is nothing that can be done with anger that cannot be done better without it.
Dallas Willard
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Slow me down, Lord! Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me, amidst the confusion of my day, the calmness of the everlasting hills. Break the tensions of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music of singing streams that live in my memory. Teach me the art of taking minute vacations…of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to read a few lines from a good book. Remind me each day of the fable of the hare and the tortoise, that I may know that the race is not always to the swift; that there is more to life than measuring its speed. Let me look upward into the branches of the towering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well. Slow me down, Lord, and inspire me to send my roots deep into the soil of life’s enduring values that I may grow toward the stars of my greater destiny.
Wilferd Arlan Peterson
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14
The King James Version
Nobody is kind to only one person at once, but to many persons in one.
Frederick W. Faber
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I have never committed the least matter to God, that I have not had reason for infinite praise.
Anna Shipton
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
John 8:36
The English Standard Version
For worship is a thirsty land crying out for rain,
It is a candle in the act of being kindled,
It is a drop in quest of the ocean,
It is a voice in the night calling for help,
It is a soul standing in awe before the mystery of the universe,
It is time flowing into eternity,
A man climbing the altar stairs to God.
Dwight Bradley
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It is for the sake of man, not of God, that worship and prayers are required; that man may be made better—that he may be confirmed in a proper sense of his dependent state, and acquire those pious and virtuous dispositions in which his highest improvement consists.
Hugh Blair
A man’s pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Proverbs 29:23
The New American Standard Bible
There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death: what might have been said or might have been done that never can be said or done.
Arthur Hopkins
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Meditation is like a needle after which comes a thread of gold, composed of affections, prayers and resolutions.
Alphonsus Liguori
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
James 4:10
The New International Version
The stars shine over the mountains, the stars shine over the sea.
The stars look up to the mighty God, the stars look down on me;
The stars shall last for a million years, a million years and a day.
But God and I will live and love when the stars have passed away.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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It helps to resign as the controller of your fate. All that energy we expend to keep things running right is not what keeps things running right.
Anne Lamott
Make the most of your chances to tell others the Good News. Be wise in all your contacts with them. Let your conversation be gracious as well as sensible, for then you will have the right answer for everyone.
Colossians 4:5-6
The Living Bible
Bishop Festo Kivengere told the story of how he was going off to preach after a row with his wife. The Holy Spirit said to him, “Go back and pray with your wife!” He argued, “I’m due to preach in twenty minutes. I’ll do it afterwards.” “OK,” said the Holy Spirit. “You go and preach; I’ll stay with your wife.”
Festo Kivengere
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Alas! that idol myself is the master-idol we all bow to.
Samuel Rutherford
The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Proverbs 18:15
The New King James Version
Give us Lord, a bit o’sun,
A bit o’work, and a bit o’fun;
Give us all, in the struggle and sputter
Our daily bread and a bit o’butter.
On an old inn, Lancaster, England
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No learning is commendable which is not dipped in the love of God.
John Calvin
And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Job 42:10
The Revised Standard Version
Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.
Jonathan Edwards
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