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"Without a spiritual wakefulness to divine purposes and connections in all things, we will not know things for what they truly are."
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"Sometimes what we want isn't what we need."
"A rational human being of the civilized world would be like the swan that can draw the milk from a mixture of milk and water, leaving aside the water."
"If you are going to share something with a person, first look on their social media accounts and see how they have handled other people trust. If someone has shared the secrets of others, they will share yours."
"I neither oblige the belief of other person, nor overhastily subscribe mine own. Nor have I stood with others computing or collating years and chronologies, lest I should be vainly curious about the time and circumstance of things, whereof the substance is so much in doubt. By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes."
"The great danger is to always single out some aspect of God's good creation and identify it, rather than alien intrusion of sin, as the villain."
"The voice incessantly quelled in the chorus of human voices will always be the voice of God. And given a reality of this magnitude, I would be well advised to cease my babbling and encourage those around me to do the same."
"To know the good from the bad, study a man or woman's history of actions, not their record of intentions."
"When people show you who they are, believe them."
"Dear Lord please show me what really matters so that I may be able to determine what is distraction and God's direction in my life."
"Those who receive the blessing are those who see beyond its disguise."
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"Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don't coast through life without a passion."
"The Word frees us from smallness of mind (1 Kings 4:29) and from threatening confinements (Psalm 18:19)."
"When something drops into your life that seems to threaten your future, remember this: the first shockwaves of the bomb are not sin. The real danger is yielding to them. Giving in. Putting up no spiritual fight. And the root of that surrender is unbelief - a failure to fight for faith in future grace. A failure to cherish all that God promises to be for us in Jesus."
"Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces pride instead of love is not true thinking."
"Did you wake up feeling fragile? Read the bible till you find a promise strong enough to carry you through the day."
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