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Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.John Wesley
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What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.Unknown
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CONCERNED BUT NOT CONSUMED!Ron Sanders
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We live by revelation, as Christians, as artists, which means we must be careful never to get set into rigid molds. The minute we begin to think we know all the answers, we forget the questions, and we become smug like the Pharisee who listed all his considerable virtues, and thanked God that he was not like other men. Unamuno might be describing the artist as well as the Christian as he writes, "Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself.Madeleine LEngle
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The logic of the Bible says: Act according to God's "will of command, " not according to his "will of decree." God's "will of decree" is whatever comes to pass. "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that" (James 4:15). God's "will of decree" ordained that his Son be betrayed (Luke 22:22), ridiculed (Isaiah 53:3), mocked (Luke 18:32), flogged (Matthew 20:19), forsaken (Matthew 26:31), pierced (John 19:37), and killed (Mark 9:31). But the Bible teaches us plainly that we should not betray, ridicule, mock, flog, forsake, pierce, or kill innocent people. That is God's "will of command." We do not look at the death of Jesus, clearly willed by God, and conclude that killing Jesus is good and that we should join the mockers.John Piper
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When we struggle for human rights, for freedom, for dignity, when we feel that it is a ministry of the church to concern itself for those who are hungry, for those who have no schools, for those who are deprived, we are not departing from God’s promise. He comes to free us from sin, and the church knows that sin’s consequences are all such injustices and abuses. The church knows it is saving the world when it undertakes to speak also of such things.Oscar A. Romero
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For the church, the many abuses of human life, liberty, and dignity are a heartfelt suffering. The church, entrusted with the earth’s glory, believes that in each person is the Creator’s image and that everyone who tramples it offends God. As holy defender of God’s rights and of his images, the church must cry out. It takes as spittle in its face, as lashes on its back, as the cross in its passion, all that human beings suffer, even though they be unbelievers. They suffer as God’s images. There is no dichotomy between man and God’s image. Whoever tortures a human being, whoever abuses a human being, whoever outrages a human being abuses God’s image, and the church takes as its own that cross, that martyrdom. .Oscar A. Romero
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Let us be today’s Christians. Let us not take fright at the boldness of today’s church. With Christ’s light let us illuminate even the most hideous caverns of the human person: torture, jail, plunder, want, chronic illness. The oppressed must be saved, not with a revolutionary salvation, in mere human fashion, but with the holy revolution of the Son of Man, who dies on the cross to cleanse God’s image, which is soiled in today’s humanity, a humanity so enslaved, so selfish, so sinful. .Oscar A. Romero
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It is ignorance or at least lack of consideration of heavenly things that make the temporal things of this world, whether good or evil, greater than they really are.Tom Patton
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Your heart of devotion and obedience is not in vain. Who knows but God how many people have come near to you and were forever changed simply by the fragrance of his love in you? Who knows but God if he will put you before kings and leaders to speak the truth, redirecting the future of nations? Who knows when that small crack in the dam of our enemy’s plans will give way and God’s glory will truly cover the earth as the sea? Do not become distracted or discouraged by the death around you. Death must always give way when the life of Christ enters the picture.Amy Layne Litzelman
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I believe in what you see is what you get, but I also believe in what you see is getting better!DeWayne Owens
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I believe in what you see is what you get, but I also believe in what you see is getting better.DeWayne Owens
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Fill your mind Holy Scripture, that speak life into your life.Lailah Gifty Akita
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With faith in God, we can walk through the fires unharmed.Lailah Gifty Akita
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The vision is always for the appointed time. Though it tarry, it will not fail. It shall surely come to pass in perfect moment.Lailah Gifty Akita
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The moral of the story is, faith does not always bring you happiness, wealth or a comfortable lifestyle filled with fun things to do. What faith does bring us is hope while living out God's attitudes of: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, all for the glory of God and the establishment of his kingdom.Reid A. Ashbaucher
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So much can change from one day to the next, but the one thing that always remains the same is God. Stay focused on Him. In God We Trust.Germany Kent
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Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.Bernard Branson
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On the concept of unity- “Thatʼs right- Jesusʼ most pressing concern beforeleaving the earth was our unity. He was looking ahead, to every generation ofbeliever. And as he prayed, he made it clear that our witness as his body in thisfractured , messed-up, chaotic world would depend on our love for another.Ed Galisewski
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Two natures beat within my breast The one is foul, the one is blessed The one I love, the one I hate. The one I feed will dominate.- AnonymousTara Leigh Cobble
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Why could he not have chosen some other woman? Why Avelina? But he knew why. It was because she had seemed good and kind and had expressed her thoughts without any false pride or pretense. He had admired her forthrightness and her compassion. And although he had never thought of a wife with strong opinions was a good thing, he actually found he liked her opinions-or at least admired her for having them. He wanted to get to know her, to know everything that was in her heart. He wanted to marry her and, surprising even himself, to love her.Melanie Dickerson
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What a privilege to pray?Lailah Gifty Akita
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With God, you are stronger than your struggles and more fierce than your fears. God provides comfort and strength to those who trust in Him. Be encouraged, keep standing, and know that everything's going to be alright.Germany Kent
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Faith is about the connection of people as much as it is about God. We are called to be in community and treat others with divine love.Rev. Kellen Roggenbuck
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When it comes to loving people, let's not allow it to be something we do on the side. Let's make it a lifestyle. Whether we are at the gas station, picking up groceries, even waiting to get our car repaired, there is always an open opportunity to love someone in need.Jarrid Wilson
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There can never be someone greater at being you than you.DeWayne Owens
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A crisp, clean $100 bill that is crumbled up, thrown to the ground, stepped on and rubbed in the dirt still maintains its value. Life may crumble you, throw you to the ground, step on you and rub you in the dirt, but you still maintain your value. Just as a crumbled up $100 bill still has purchasing power, your life still has purposeful power; and nothing or no one can ever take that away from you.DeWayne Owens
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In the pages of a book, we are in paradise.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Sometimes, we must travel on the longest path to our sacred-destination.Lailah Gifty Akita
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The motive for marriage must be eternal not just temporal.Ugochi Oritsejolomisan
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The point at which things happen is a decision. In stead of focusing on yourself, focus on how you can help someone else.Germany Kent
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There is no difference between ancient and modern paganism. Christianity has five gods: three that band together against one who apparently has managed to stand his ground for millennia, and a mother of god who is worshiped at the same level as the other members of the quadrinityBangambiki Habyarimana
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Forgiveness brings us closer to those who have hurt us and helps them to experience the forgiveness and love of Jesus through us who forgives them.Omoakhuana Anthonia
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Be like Jesus. Live love, speak love, think love…..do all things in love.Omoakhuana Anthonia
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Enjoy the beauty, love and peace of a sacred Christmas.Lailah Gifty Akita
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We ought to live heaven on earth, clean environment, the beauty of blissful realms.Lailah Gifty Akita
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We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God.Max Lucado
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Jesus tends to his people individually. He personally sees to our needs. We all receive Jesus' touch. We experience his care.Max Lucado
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Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do not waste your life on hobbies, sports, and other recreational pursuits. Do not throw away the precious moments of your life on entertainment, movies, and video games. Though some of these things can properly have a 'small place' in the Christian’s life, we must be careful not to give undue attention to temporal and fruitless activities. Do not waste your life. Employ the time of your youth in developing the character and skills necessary to be a useful servant of God. .Paul David Washer
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I wasn't there yet, I wasn't finding joy and gladness in my barrenness, but I believed I would. I believed He would make my barren soul as beautiful as His perfect garden.Natalie Brenner
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The purpose of God's Word is to transform people in every country and every century into the image of God.David Platt
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Help me to keep my oil That my lamp may not go off in the middle of the toil When all others have light in the night Help me to keep my oil That I may keep vigil with all my might And stay waiting for my King all the night Saints! An hour is coming for His coming! Behold He comes! Behold with a reward! Jesus is coming again! Christ is appearing soon! Help me take enough oil So I may walk through the night to give a good account of all my toil Help me take enough oil So my light shall keep brighten all day and all night And when you come in the night, I may see you and you may see me! The night be long; the hour of Thy coming be unknown! Saints! An hour is coming for His coming! Behold He comes! Behold with a reward! Jesus is coming again! Christ is appearing soon! Make my lamp brighter When the night grows darker So my account of stewardship would smell better To attract a better reward from Thee my MasterFor I may not know when you shall appear in splendor The night be long; the hour of Thy coming be unknown! Saints! An hour is coming for His coming! Behold He comes! Behold with a reward! Jesus is coming again! Christ is appearing soon! Help me to take extra oil That I may not get lost when the night grows darker And my lamp goes dimmer And when though my lamp grows dimmer Fuel it for me oh my SaviorFor you alone a hold; for in you alone I trust! Saints! An hour is coming for His coming! Behold He comes! Behold with a reward! Jesus is coming again! Christ is appearing soon! .Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Help me to keep my oil That my lamp may not go off in the middle of the toil When all others have light in the night Help me to keep my oil That I may keep vigil with all my might And stay waiting for my King all the night Saints! An hour is coming for His coming! Behold He comes! Behold with a reward! Jesus is coming again! Christ is appearing soon! Help me take enough oil So I may walk through the night to give a good account of all my toil Help me take enough oil So my light shall keep brighten all day and all night And when you come in the night, I may see you and you may see me! The night be long; the hour of Thy coming be unknown! Saints! An hour is coming for His coming! Behold He comes! Behold with a reward! Jesus is coming again! Christ is appearing soon! Make my lamp brighter When the night grows darker So my account of stewardship would smell better To attract a better reward from Thee my MasterFor I may not know when you shall appear in splendor The night be long; the hour of Thy coming be unknown! Saints! An hour is coming for His coming! Behold He comes! Behold with a reward! Jesus is coming again! Christ is appearing soon! Help me to take extra oil That I may not get lost when the night grows darker And my lamp goes dimmer And when though my lamp grows dimmer Fuel it for me oh my SaviorFor you alone I hold; for in you alone I trust! Saints! An hour is coming for His coming! Behold He comes! Behold with a reward! Jesus is coming again! Christ is appearing soon! .Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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This invitation [to deny oneself] is less about depriving the self, and more about disowning, or renouncing a relationship with the part of ourself that is not what God created us to be.Marilyn Vancil
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It's helpful to remember that God doesn't belong to Christians, Jews, Muslims or anyone. We belong to God, not the other way around.Rev. Kellen Roggenbuck
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The act of extending forgiveness and asking for forgiveness must come from our heart.Sara Dormon
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Prayer is like breathing....how long can you hold your breath?Kingsley Opuwari Manuel
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The problem Christians have isn’t our belief in what God could do, but on what God should do.Todd Stocker
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The Bible does not deny that we were various things–addicts, homosexuals, hateful, prideful, pornographic masturbators–but that is what we were (past tense) (1 Cor. 6:9-11; Titus 3:3-5). The emphasis in Scripture is on what we are and what we are called to be. The Christian does not say, Hello, my name is _____ and I am an X Y or Z.” The Christian says I was dead, but now I am alive. The Christian says I am a struggling sinner, yet I am a saint. The Christians says I am a new creation; I am transformed.Paul OBrien
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So many people concentrate on knowing who a good preacher or a bad preacher is and so many people concentrate on knowing what the word of God is! The former is good but the latter is noble. The latter is the best answer to the former. The real duty of man is never to know man but to know God through Christ Jesus! Knowing the word of God is the true way to knowing God!Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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If... I focus only on what God commands for us as wives to do, it detracts nothing from God's commands for our men. His Word for them still stands.April Cassidy
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I decided to throw out everything I thought I knew about following Christ, being a woman, being a godly wife, masculinity, and marriage.April Cassidy
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If you really want to understand the real fear of God, ponder over Joseph with Potiphar's wife in the secret place; think about Abraham on his arduous errand to sacrifice Isaac without the knowledge of Sarah ; understand the urgency Jesus Christ attached to His work and His eagerness to do His Fathers will; appreciate the courage with which Shadrach Meshach and Abednego stood against all odds and also remember Daniel in the Lions Den.Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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When we love God with our hearts in disproportion to our minds, our faith is out of kilter with the kind of faith God wants us to have.Patty Houser
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In sorrow and in pain, still do remember your Master Jehovah; He can make things that do not matter, matter.Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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If it isn't one blessing, it's another!Chari TwittyHawkins
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May every soul reconnect to the Creator.Lailah Gifty Akita
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You ought to forgive others. Sometimes, the dark deed of others is due to inner struggles and fears. With your shining light and kind deeds, you will help them to turn to the light.Lailah Gifty Akita
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You must daily communicate with God.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Love with all your heart, soul and mind.Lailah Gifty Akita
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The spirit awaken, the soul revive.Lailah Gifty Akita
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The living WORD, medicine for the soul.Lailah Gifty Akita
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The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.Martin Luther
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Never complain, proclaim positive-words. Then, you will possess the divine grace for a change situation.Lailah Gifty Akita
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We were despised and trampled upon but the Lord lifted us.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Lord keep us from all evil so that our lives will be free of pain.Lailah Gifty Akita
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We must read, mediate and affirm the writings of Holy Scriptures, to partake in the divine nature and overcome the struggles of life.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Sex is not about genitalia. It’s about relationship. When God said ‘the two shall become one flesh, ’ he didn’t mean it only physically.Sheila Wray Gregoire
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The sacred time will define the sacred event.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Husband and wife, must complement each other.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Love is the key that opens every heart.Lailah Gifty Akita
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More than any other attribute of Jesus, his humility is the key to a healthy marriage. If two people make it their goal to imitate the humility of Christ, everything else will take care of itself.Francis Chan
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Never wait until the end of your life to realize you have not live to fully love.Lailah Gifty Akita
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My love, you are always on my mind and heart.Lailah Gifty Akita
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You don’t’ have to fear. You only need to have faith.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Music promotes spiritual, physical and emotional well-being.Lailah Gifty Akita
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The Lord our God reigns! The Lord our God is righteous!Lailah Gifty Akita
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Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.Matthew 5:8
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Doing things God’s way is always a matter of the heart.Elizabeth George
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You will breathe throughout your life, every moment of it, but an opportunity like this comes once in a lifetime, and not even to everyone. Go for it!K. Hari Kumar
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Blessed is the person who desired to read the Holy Scriptures. It’s brings great reward to those who believe, trust and obey the Holy instructions.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Be content with what you have. You have enough to live happy life.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Gracious words refresh, restore and revive the soul.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Children of God, Children of the light.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Believe and have faith in God.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Believe in God, the Creator of all possibilities.Lailah Gifty Akita
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I walk boldly and confidently relying on God.Lailah Gifty Akita
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We can still find joy in the midst of the storm.Lailah Gifty Akita
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I shall not be afraid of a calamity. God is my defender.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Always look heavenward in any situation. Trust God to grant you the needed grace and strength to overcome the situation.Lailah Gifty Akita
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If we seek for the best times to act, we may miss some opportunities. We must seize the moment and make it great.Lailah Gifty Akita
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God bless my soul.Lailah Gifty Akita
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When I was a child, I thought like a child. When I became adult, I seek a deeper understanding of life.Lailah Gifty Akita
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God is love. He who loves knows God.Lailah Gifty Akita
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All life is bound to a simple truth... that time goes on, that in each person's life begins a tale, a tale that will either end in memory or in legend.M.J. Chrisman
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Cold be night, cold be heart; I shall forever sit in dark, Until one day ride at FlightAgainst armies of Thalorion For last fight….M.J. Chrisman
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One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.Brant Hansen
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The Lord seeks to establish status quo before His return. He is gathering His sheep, His birds, His people under His wings, under His authority, His Kingship, the only authority and Kingship of our Lord God and Master, as in the times of Abraham, Moses, Isaac and Jacob.Unknown
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We can prevail with prayer.Lailah Gifty Akita
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I know I am awful. But how much more awful I should be without the Faith.Evelyn Waugh