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- He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitible? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other things.' Saturate me with the…
- God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is…
- Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on Earth! I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, if only I…
- The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for.
- Desire is the putting of my will into God’s concern. It’s not a passive, sitting back in your easy chair, folding your arms sort of…
- Father, let me be weak that I might loose my clutch on everything temporal. My life, my reputation, my possessions, Lord, let me loose the…
- I have prayed for new men, fiery, reckless men, possessed of uncontrollably youthful passion-these lit by the Spirit of God. I have prayed for new…
- In my own experience I have found that the most extravagant dreams of boyhood have not surpassed the great experience of being in the Will…
- Our young men are going into the professional fields because they don't 'feel called' to the mission field. We don't need a call; we need…
- Always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always abounding in the…
- We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with.... Oh that God would…
- For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.
- Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.
- God is still on His throne, we're still on His 'footstool,' and there's only a knee's distance between!
- God deliver me from the dread asbestos of “other things.” Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be aflame.
- God, I pray light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn up for thee.
- God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.
- Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores -…
- Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.
- The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
- Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.
- Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!
- Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.
- Dreams are tawdry when compared with the leading of God, and not worthy of the aura of wonder we usually surround them with. God only…
- Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.
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- Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for… — Karen Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
- It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi