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God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.
Pat Summitt
'The Almighty does not remove blessings to be harsh; He removes them to create room for new blessings, to lighten our burdens, and so we can soar.'
2.
Remember,
today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Dale Carnegie
Reflect on the fact that yesterday's apprehensions are today's realities.
3.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
'The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.'
4.
This life is the only hell believers will ever know. But for those who die in their sins, this is their only heaven.
Ray Comfort
This life is the only place of suffering for the godly, but for those who die unrepentant, this is their sole bliss.
5.
Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials.
Smith Wigglesworth
Superb trust is the result of challenging struggles. Outstanding testimonies are the consequence of difficult examinations. Splendid victories can only result from arduous tribulations.
6.
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
Gail Devers
Uphold your aspirations. Realize that attaining anything necessitates trust and confidence in yourself, foresight, hard labor, perseverance, and commitment. Recall everything is achievable for those who have faith.
7.
Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!
Francis of Assisi
Promote the message of salvation without uttering a word.
8.
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
Saint Augustine
To become enamored with God is the pinnacle of passion; to search for him the ultimate quest; to encounter him, the most remarkable accomplishment.
9.
The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
Martin Luther
The entire essence of any Christian is trust and affection. Trust elicits the individual to God, affection brings them to others.
10.
Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ, I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, "in Christ."
Watchman Nee
11.
Prayer is an act of faith. Just by praying to God, you are declaring our trust in someone other than yourself. Your faith is increased as you pray and watch how God answers your prayers. God says in Jeremiah 33:3, Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know. God is awesome in power and there is never a time when He is not beside you. He is faithful and holy.
Charles Stanley
12.
I am not moved by what I see. I am moved only by what I believe.
Smith Wigglesworth
I am not persuaded by what I observe. I am only influenced by what I accept.
13.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.
Oscar Romero
14.
People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Individuals can be classified as either kindred spirits in belief or peers in humanity.
15.
A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
Martin Luther
A Christian is never settled but continually evolving.
16.
Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.
Ellen G. White
'Utter doubt, and you will receive doubt; but declare faithfulness, and you will be granted trust. The result reaped is reflective of what was planted.'
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Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me.
Clare of Assisi
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
C. S. Lewis
I accept Christianity as I acknowledge the rising sun: not only because I observe it, but because through its light I am able to perceive all else.
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The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going.
Reinhard Bonnke
'The fewer spiritual influences we have, the more material resources are needed to sustain the congregation.'
20.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ looks out his compassion to the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now.
Teresa of Avila
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My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, HE is my righteousness. My faith rests not upon what I am or shall be or feel or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me. Hallelujah!
Charles Spurgeon
22.
Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
Corrie Ten Boom
Confidence perceives the intangible, trusts the improbable, and accepts the inconceivable.
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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Saint Augustine
'Confidence is to accept what is not visible; the benefit of this assurance is to witness what you have faith in.'
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Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.
John Calvin
'Supplication does not alter circumstances - God rectifies affairs in response to supplication.'
25.
I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.
Pope John Paul II
Urge you fervently--never forsake faith, never waver, never become exhausted, and never succumb to despondency. Be not terrified.
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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
Saint Augustine
Entreat fervently as if everything depended on Deity. Act as though the burden of success was solely yours to bear.
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Don't get upset with your imperfections. It's a great mistake because it leads nowhere - to get angry because you are angry, upset at being upset, depressed at being depressed, disappointed because you are disappointed. So don't fool yourself. Simply surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is always greater than our weakness.
Saint Francis de Sales
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I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
Mahatma Gandhi
'I revere your Saviour. I do not esteem your adherents. Your followers are so dissimilar to your Messiah.'
29.
I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing.... Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money as the smallest part of my resources. I had faith in a living God, faith in myself, and a desire to serve.
Mary McLeod Bethune
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Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.
Frantz Fanon
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Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation.
Clare of Assisi
Contemplate and reflect upon the timelessness of existence, letting your soul bask in the brilliance of grandeur, allowing your being to be remolded into the likeness of perfection.
32.
We cannot exercise our faith beyond what we believe to be possible.
John G. Lake
We cannot stretch our conviction beyond what we deem feasible.
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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
Soren Kierkegaard
The purpose of supplication is not to sway God, but rather to alter the character of the one who implores.
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Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.
Bruce Lee
Commit to the process, trust your instincts and you will achieve greatness.
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The voice you believe will determine the future you experience
Steven Furtick
'The trust you invest will define the destiny you encounter'
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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
Martin Luther
'Our redemption is through trust alone, yet the trust that brings salvation never exists in isolation.'
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Do everything calmly and peacefully. Do as much as you can as well as you can. Strive to see God in all things without exception, and consent to His will joyously. Do everything for God, uniting yourself to him in word and deed. Walk very simply with the Cross of the Lord and be at peace with yourself.
Saint Francis de Sales
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To the servant of God... every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.
St. Catherine of Siena
To the devotee of God... any space is suitable, and all moments are opportune.
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The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
Zig Ziglar
The bedrock of accomplishment lies in probity, personality, incorruptibility, trust, affection and allegiance.
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Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Confidence is the cornerstone of a life committed to helping others. Without it, nothing can be achieved. With it, anything is achievable.
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The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
George Muller
The initiation of dread is the termination of trust, and the commencement of real trust is the conclusion of apprehension.
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We walk by faith, not by sight.
Paul the Apostle
We proceed with trust, not what we can see.
43.
Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
Teresa of Avila
'I am the vessel through which Jesus carries out His will; my body is His temple, He employs my prayers, perceives through my sight, articulates with my tongue, acts with my hands, travels by means of my legs and loves through my soul.'
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Be willing to accept divine intercession.
45.
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following Your Will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact please You. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
Thomas Merton
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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man would stake his life on it one thousand times. This confidence in God's grace and knowledge of it makes men glad and bold and happy in dealing with God and with all creatures; and this is the work of the Holy Ghost in faith.
Martin Luther
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God hates the LUKEWARM GOSPEL OF HALF-TRUTHS that is now spreading over the Globe. This gospel says, 'Just believe in Jesus and you'll be Saved. There's nothing more to it.' It ignores the Whole Counsel of God, which speaks of Repenting from former Sins, of Taking up your Cross, of being conformed to the Image of Christ by the refining work of the Holy Spirit. It is totally silent about the Reality of Hell and an After-Death Judgment.
David Wilkerson
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To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.
John of the Cross
To be devoted to is to become akin to what we are devoted to. To revere God is henceforth to be changed into God.
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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
Corrie Ten Boom
'Is supplication your primary guidance or your backup plan?'
50.
It is a lesson we all need - to let alone the things that do not concern us. He has other ways for others to follow Him; all do not go by the same path. It is for each of us to learn the path by which He requires us to follow Him, and to follow Him in that path.
Katharine Drexel