To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any… — Peter Abrahams Copy Share Image
Speak quietly to yourself and promise there will be better days. Whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are… — mary anne radmacher Copy Share Image
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Whatever events in progress shall disgust men with cities, and infuse into them the passion for country life, and country pleasures, will… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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We [should not] make the mistake of thinking that marriage will provide the ultimate satisfaction for which we all hunger. To assume… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
The bravest love is wildly faithful and it falls hard again every morning... It knows what we seek may be found in… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
Harmony sinks deep into the recesses of the soul and takes its strongest hold there, bringing grace also to the body &… — Plato Copy Share Image
Our work is not to save souls, but to disciple them. Salvation and sanctification are the work of God's sovereign grace, and… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
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“the truths of sovereign grace emboldened these men to further the cause of Christ on the earth. This fact should not surprise… — Steven J. Lawson Copy Share Image
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“West couldn't simply leave the man like this, he didn't have it in him. "Goodman Heath," he said as he approached, and… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
I accepted the forgiveness of God. I got off track as an adult and because I believe in God's grace, I believe… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“The God I serve is able to save us both. To give us the winning lottery ticket so all our money problems… — Anna White Copy Share Image
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My, how your life has been taken over! Oceans have flooded your once urbane hours, testing with tumult the limits of joy.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Grace is not against good works! It simply does not bless on the basis of good works. We receive blessing from God… — Richard Jordan Copy Share Image
Should thoughts of self-praise, of self-satisfaction, occur to you, say: 'I myself am nothing; all that is good in me is accomplished… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise isgone! it isgone, that… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
If men come unto me, I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble;… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
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![“We [should not] make the mistake of thinking that marriage will provide the ultimate satisfaction for which we all hunger. To assume so would be to be guilty of blasphemy. Only God satisfies the hungry heart. Marriage is but one of the channels He uses to enable us to taste how deeply satisfying…” quote by Sinclair B. Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/sinclair-b-ferguson-3915_assuming_we-should-not-make-the-mistake-of-thinki_1123892.jpg)
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