The task of an author is, either to teach what is not known, or to recommend known truths by his manner of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace,… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
Since we are dead in sin, a spiritual light and flame in the heart suitable to the nature of the object of… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
Vegetarianism functioned as a purification. When you eat animals you are more under the law of necessity. You are heavy, you gravitate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What it 't to us, if taxes rise or fall, Thanks to our fortune, we pay none at all. Let muckworms who… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
The reason that we have both good and wicked thoughts together is not, as some suppose, because the Holy Spirit and the… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
Aunt Mercy put down her tiles, one at a time. I-T-C-H-I-N. Aunt Grace leaned closer to the board, squinting. "Mercy Lynne, you're… — Margaret Stohl Copy Share Image
The law demands good works and uses its terror--rejection, shame, fear of punishment, unanswered prayer, personal tragedy, etc.--as motivation. Here performance is… — Richard Jordan Copy Share Image
The infinite reservoir of future grace is flowing back through the present into the ever-growing pool of past grace. The inexhaustible reservoir… — John Piper Copy Share Image
It's hard to explaining exactly what happened, but I felt in that moment that the divine, however we may choose to define… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged; and when they died within a few… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
“If God absolutely and pretemporally decrees that particular persons shall be saved and others damned, apart from any cooperation of human freedom,… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share Image
While it is tempting to believe that you are the victim of certain people or forces beyond your control, A Course in… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The joy resulting from the diffusion of blessings to all around us is the purest and sublimest that can ever enter the… — Beilby Porteus Copy Share Image
My mother became a believer, and then I became a believer. But when I was 43 years old, I began to think… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
He draws us to Himself by grace, by example, by power, by lovingness, by beauty, by pardon, and above all by the… — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
It seems to me one cannot sit down in that place [the Round Reading room of the British Museum] without a heart… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Why not? It's true. My best hope is to not disgrace myself and..." He hesitates. And what?" I say. I don't know… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Unconditional love is not affirming another in every decision they make especially when those choices are unhealthy. Unconditional love will risk offending… — Michael M. Rose Copy Share Image
“They must have His grace, the Spirit of Christ, to help their infirmities, or they cannot resist evil. Jesus loves to have… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
“If a person truly understands the message of the cross, then he understands grace. Jesus did not just make a token sacrifice… — David Corbin Copy Share Image
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The people at the very top could fall by and grace you with their presence and give you a little largesse, and… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
“She wonders when it was that she began to despair. All these years she mistook it for pious resignation. Now she sees… — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
To love God does not mean to meet His needs, but rather to delight in Him and to be captivated by His… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Sin! Sin! Thou art a hateful and horrible thing, that abominable thing which God hates. And what wonder? Thou hast insulted His… — Thomas Guthrie Copy Share Image
“O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities: For nought so vile that on… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“When we measure ourselves by the life of Jesus, who humbled Himself on the cross, we are overwhelmed with the shabbiness, even… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Will you keep going when you don't know why? When you can't get any answers that would make the pain go away,… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
“What I noticed at Grace-Calvary is the same thing I notice whenever people aim to solve their conflicts with one another by… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
Reform immigration to make it easy for individuals to come over here, be documented, pay taxes - immigration reform is needed to… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
A life of love is difficult, but it is not a bleak or unrewarding life. In fact, it is the only true… — John Powell Copy Share Image
“People are tenacious when it comes to the treasure of their imaginary independence. They hoard and hold their sickness with a firm… — Wm. Paul Young Copy Share Image
“In the New Testament, grace means God's love in action toward people who merited the opposite of love. Grace means God moving… — J.I. Packer Copy Share Image
Politics draws lines between people; in contrast, Jesus' love cuts across those lines and dispenses grace. That does not mean, of course,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Cole made a hissing sound. "Are you inside yet? God bless America and all her sons. What is taking you so long?"… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Lay your wishes aside for a spell, and look deep into what you believe about yourself. Make sure your beliefs about your… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
![“It seems to me one cannot sit down in that place [the Round Reading room of the British Museum] without a heart full of grateful reverence. I own to have said my grace at the table, and to have thanked Heaven for my English birthright, freely to partake of these beautiful books, and speak the…” quote by William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/21d/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_beautiful_it-seems-to-me-one-cannot-sit-down-in-th_291707.jpg)
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