"It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to."
"Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as
He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image."
"Jesus Christ is a peacemaker. So, if we want to be God's children and Christ's disciples, we must be peacemakers too."
"The only ultimate disaster that can befall us, I have come to realize, is to feel ourselves at home here on earth."
"Christ has not only spoken to us by his life, but has also spoken for us by his death."
"Christians have to look more redeemed, if the world is to believe in our Redeemer."
"God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life."
"Nothing under God's control is ever out of control."
"I am not where I need to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be."
"Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God."
"I have this theory that if one person shows compassion to another then that person will start a chain reaction of the same."
"The phrase "God is good" cannot be reserved only for those moments when life turns out the way we had hoped."
"Beware of cut-and-dried theologies that reduce the ways of God to a manageable formula that keeps life safe.
God often does the unexplainable not just to keep us on our toes -- and also on our knees."
"Today Jesus Christ is being dispatched as the Figurehead of a Religion, a mere example.
He is that, but he is infinitely more; He is salvation itself, He is the Gospel of God."
"Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half-sorrow."
"Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts."
"In the sorest trials God often makes the sweetest discoveries of Himself."
"Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience, the bloom on the fruit."
"When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence."
"It is no small thing to be on terms of friendship with God."
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