| | It's time for some of my favorite quotes and verses and a prayer... :)
my newest favorite, and one I'm actually going to try to put into practice much more...
"Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry because I never undertake more work than I can go through with calmness of spirit."
-John Wesley
"Love is costly. It always involves some kind of self-denial. It often demands suffering. But Christian Hedonism insists that the gain outweighs the pain. It affirms that there are rare and wonderful species of joy that flourish only in the rainy atmosphere of suffering. 'The soul would have no rainbow if the eye had no tears.' "
-John Piper (two Johns!)
"God prizes that quality in the human spirit that will not give up. God wants greatness of soul- people who will endure, wrestle, persevere, refuse to quit, and cling to his goodness even when there is much they can't see clearly."
-John Ortberg (THIS WAS NOT INTENTIONAL! ANOTHER JOHN! LOL!)
N.B. Israel means 'he who wrestles with God'. I learned this from Hugh Brown.
"Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life- gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, not knowing what tomorrow will bring. This is generally expressed with a sigh of sadness, but it should be an expression of breathless expectation. We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Jesus said, "Believe also in Me" (John 14:1 JOHN WHAT A BEAST!) not "Believe certain things about Me. " Leave everything to Him and it will be gloriously and graciously uncertain how He will come in- but you can be certain that He will come. Remain faithful to him."
-Oswald Chambers
"The eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him."
-2 Chronicles 16:9
"Be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.' So we say with confidence, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"
-Hebrews 13:5-6
"Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord."
-Lamentations 2:19
Be present, O merciful God, and protect us through the hours of this night, so that we who are wearied by the changes and chances of this life may rest in your eternal changlessness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. |
| | Posted 1/16/2006 9:58 PM - 14 views - 1 comments
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