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God Quotes by Lewis B. Smedes
- God is the original, master forgiver. Each time we grope our reluctant way through the minor miracle of forgiving, we are imitating his style. I…
- Not even God can make something fair out of what is intrinsically unfair. Only one thing can be done. Something must break through the crust…
- God invented forgiving as a remedy for a past that not even he could change and not even he could forget. His way of forgiving…
- The God who has the whole world in his hands has grace for the whole world in his heart.
- I am personally thankful that we live together in a large moral house even if we do not drink at the same fountain of faith.…
- The moment of grace comes to us in the dynamics of any situation we walk into. It is an opportunity that God sews into the…
- Forgiveness is God's invention for coming to terms with a world in which people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply. He…
- God is not a doormat, nor should anyone else be a doormat.
- I believe that we should, on biblical grounds, tell all parents of mentally disabled children that God loves their children, regrets terribly that they are…
- God does not give us salvation because we believe. Our believing is only the normal way of receiving the salvation he freely gives.
- The Holy Spirit, thank God, often enables people to forgive even though they are not sure how they did it.
- The blood of Christ covers all of our sins, but each of us must do personal business with God in order to experience his forgiveness.
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- 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
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- 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