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> [Be not afraid, though every stay Should fail, or be removed away, And thou be stript of all; But lose thyself in that vast sea, The ocean of the Deity, And all they cares shall fall. In death which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/be-not-afraid-though-every-stay-should-fail-or-be-removed-away-and/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

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## More by Gerhard Tersteegen

> [As long as we want to be different from what God wants us to be at the time, we are only tormenting ourselves to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/as-long-as-we-want-to-be-different-from-what-god-wants-us-to-be-at/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

> [He brings to naught, destroys and rejects all that is not His own work; how He draws everything to Himself and absorbs it, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/he-brings-to-naught-destroys-and-rejects-all-that-is-not-his-own-work/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

> [A God comprehended is no God. (Ein begriffener Gott ist kein Gott.)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/a-god-comprehended-is-no-god-ein-begriffener-gott-ist-kein-gott/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

> [To walk before God and in His presence, is the ground and the costly jewel of true Christian living. I would have you above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/to-walk-before-god-and-in-his-presence-is-the-ground-and-the-costly/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

> [Let none, however difficult the circumstances, consider himself as debarred from the way of holiness. Have we but God and the cross of Christ,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/let-none-however-difficult-the-circumstances-consider-himself-as/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

> [Be not afraid, though every stay Should fail, or be removed away, And thou be stript of all; But lose thyself in that vast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/be-not-afraid-though-every-stay-should-fail-or-be-removed-away-and/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

> [Prayer brings to us blessings which we need, and which only God can give, and which prayer can alone convey to us ... This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/prayer-brings-to-us-blessings-which-we-need-and-which-only-god-can/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

> [Your own self-will and anxiety, your hurry and labor, disturb your peace and prevent Me from working in you. Look at the little flowers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/your-own-self-will-and-anxiety-your-hurry-and-labor-disturb-your/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

> [The love ofChrist is my prayer-book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/the-love-ofchrist-is-my-prayer-book/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

> [Prayer brings to us blessings which we need, and which only God can give, and which prayer can alone convey to us...Prayer is simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/prayer-brings-to-us-blessings-which-we-need-and-which-only-god-can-2/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

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