I am not a theologian or a scholar, but I am very aware of the fact that pain is necessary to all… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
We, as parents, must understand the serious responsibility that we have in inculcating love for God in the hearts of children. If… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
Souls will be unable to reach perfection who do not strive to be content with having nothing, in such fashion that their… — St John Of The Cross Copy Share Image
Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The sun rejoicing round the earth, announced Daily the wisdom, power and love of God. The moon awoke, and from her maiden… — Robert Pollok Copy Share Image
“This is the foundation of the philosophy of Futuwwah. Futuwwah is a state of mind. It means placing other people above oneself.… — Ibn al-Husayn al-Sulami Copy Share Image
The love of God again makes us free, for it draws us to set a low value on those things wherein we… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
“My experience of ALL had made me realise that religions are both irrelevant and vitally important. Irrelevant to God, vitally important in… — Michelle Frost Copy Share Image
The simplest spiritual discipline is some degree of solitude and silence. But it's the hardest, because none of us want to be… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Be encouraged, child of God. He loves you even in the midst of your pain. He loves you even when you don't… — Ray Pritchard Copy Share Image
“Our spiritual journey is about the transformational work of Jesus Christ in our lives. The more time we spend in God’s presence,… — Debra Fileta Copy Share Image
“Why the difference? We are one! Yes, we are one! We are one because we breathe the same air no matter where… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
“For it is God’s love that warms me in the sun and God’s love that sends the cold rain. It is God’s… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“My life as a preacher, whether as pastor of a local congregation or as a general superintendent and episcopal leader of many… — Gennifer Benjamin Brooks Copy Share Image
“It is estimated that Josef Stalin killed more than twenty million people during his reign of terror. The Baltic states of Lithuania,… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“In our city, there is a growing homeless problem, and a number of city churches work to alleviate the problems. One of… — Patrick Davis Copy Share Image
“And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him”… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Not all souls are the same. Some rivers flow quietly between their banks; others overflow. There exist choice souls, whose love of… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
“You may possess only a small light, but uncover it, let it shine, use it in order to bring more light and… — John Murray Copy Share Image
“They said my solution was foreign because I lived on another planet. It required honesty. It required communication. It required kindness. It… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Take steadily some one sin, which seems to stand out before thee, to root it out, by God's grace, and every fibre… — Edward Bouverie Pusey Copy Share Image
“Jesus Christ does not only change our idea of what God is and what we might become: he also changes our idea… — Michael Mayne Copy Share Image
...it is presumptuous ridicule of God if someone thinks that only the person who desires great wealth chooses mammon. Alas, the person… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“The figure in the icon is not meant to represent literally what Peter or John or any of the apostles looked like,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“But in the biblical understanding revelation is a historical event: it is the word of God coming to the moment of human… — Hammann Konrad Copy Share Image
“In Him we have . . . the forgiveness of sins . . . —Ephesians 1:7 Beware of the pleasant view of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“If we are to believe he is really alive with all that that implies, then we have to believe without proof. And… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“Remember!--It is Christianity to do good always--even to those who do evil to us. It is Christianity to love our neighbours as… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Is a Can Opener a Can Opener . . . ? As we explain in The Shaping of Things to Come,[157] one of the “trick questions”… — Michael Frost Copy Share Image
“IN CHRIST I am accepted: • John 1:12 I am God’s child. • John 15:15 I am Christ’s friend. • Romans 5:1… — Neil T. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Stop thinking about her ass.” Beck growls, taking my hopes that we can just forget about this away in a flash. “Seriously,… — Harper Sloan Copy Share Image
The Ragamuffin rabble are the unsung assembly of saved sinners who are little in their own sight, conscious of their brokenness and… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I am determined, even if they throw mud in my face, never to show any resentment, nor break with them, nor deviate… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“The Church makes no man less free than he was before. But we chiefly value freedom in order to give it away;… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
With empathy you know in your heart that it's not a sign of weakness to attempt to understand that the people we… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Finding God in all things is not an 'empirical eureka.' When we desire to encounter God, we would like to verify him… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
...liberation from constraints that operate at the level of ordinary humanity---limits imposed by space and time, by the needs of the body,… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
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