A Wise Person Once Said…

“If sickness is the will of God for His worshippers, then every physician is a law-breaker, every trained nurse is defying the Almighty, and every hospital is a house of rebellion instead of a house of mercy. If God wants one to be sick, it is a sin for that one to even want to be well, because we are to love the will of God; whatever that will may be.” F.F. Bosworth, “Christ The Healer“

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“The prayer closet is the battlefield of the Church, the base of supplies for the Christian and the Church. Cut off from it there is nothing left but retreat and disaster.” ~ E. M. Bounds

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“To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions, but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them;…to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends, and every day of Christ; and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit in God’s out-of-doors—these are little guideposts on the footpath to peace.” ~ Henry Van Dyke

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“Love means to pardon that which is unlovable, or it is no virtue at all; forgiving means to pardon that which is unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all — and hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all.” ~ G. K. Chesterton

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“We encounter God in the ordinariness of life, not in the search for spiritual highs and extraordinary, mystical experiences, but in our simple presence in life.” ~ Brennan Manning

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“We do not need to search for heaven, over here or over there, in order to find our eternal Father. In fact, we do not even need to speak out loud, for though we speak in the smallest whisper or the most fleeting thought, He is close enough to hear us.” ~ Teresa of Avila

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“We will see, dear friends, one day in the clear light of heaven, that every page in human history, however stained by human sin, has nevertheless something of God’s glory in it.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

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“Christ is the key which unlocks the golden doors into the temple of Divine truth.” ~ A.W. Pink

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“Since He hath looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath run away to heaven with it.” ~ Samuel Rutherford

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“We are never nearer Christ than when we find ourselves lost in a holy amazement at His unspeakable love.” ~ John Owen

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“Revival is that spiritual re-awakening and renewal that occur only when God’s people repent and surrender to Him afresh.” ~ Del Fehsenfeld

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“The Gospel is like water. No man has invented it, yet no man can live without it.” ~ Reinhard Bonnke

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“The name of Jesus is in my mind as a joyful song, in my ear a heavenly music, and in my mouth a sweet honey.” ~ Richard Rolle

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“Learn to worship God as the God who does wonders, who wishes to prove in you that He can do something supernatural and divine.” ~ Andrew Murray

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“The wages of sin have never been reduced.” ~ Author Unknown

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“He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages.” ~ Sir Robert L’Estrange

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“Everyone who finds himself in Heaven will have to thank God for it, and everyone who finds himself in Hell will have to thank himself.” ~ Mackintosh

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“We cannot change God. God is unchangeable. If changes are to be made, they must be made in us.” ~ R.C. Sproul

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“See that you do not use the trick of prayer to cover up what you know you ought to do.” ~ Oswald Chambers

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“It is strange that, while praying, we seldom ask for change of character, but always a change in circumstance.” ~ Author Unknown

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“The Word of God stored in our hearts is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong.” ~ E. M. Bounds

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“Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.” ~ E. M. Bounds

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“If a church wants a better pastor, it can get one by praying for the one it has.” ~ Robert E. Harris

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“Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer.” ~ E. M. Bounds

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“The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer.” ~ Oswald Chambers

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“What you pray for reflects what you believe about God.” ~ Craig Groeschel

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“Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?” ~ Watchman Nee

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“God answers prayer. For every deadline He will throw you a lifeline. Keep believing and be blessed!” ~ Reinhard Bonnke

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“We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.” ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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“If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?” ~ Thomas à Kempis

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“The only reason why anything virtuous or lovely survives in us is this, ‘the Lord is there.'” ~ Charles Spurgeon

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“God’s heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small.” ~ Richard J. Foster

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“Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.” ~ Mother Theresa

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“May we go wherever He leads, and scatter the seeds of His love along the way.” ~ @Learning2Hear

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“Philosophically, war is an extension of man’s struggle with sin and evil in the world.” ~ Billy Graham

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“We are Christians and strangers on this earth. Let none of us be frightened; our native land is not this world.” ~ Augustine

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“Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions, demanded by work, become easier and simpler where they are made not in the fear of men, but only in the sight of God. He wants to give us today the power which we need for our work.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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“Prayer is of transcendent importance. Prayer is the mightiest agent to advance God’s work. Praying hearts and hands only can do God’s work. Prayer succeeds when all else fails.” ~ E.M.Bounds

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“Get a place for prayer where no one imagines that that is what you are doing, shut the door and talk to God in secret.” ~ Oswald Chambers

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“When led by the Spirit, the child of God must be as ready to wait as to go, as prepared to be silent as to speak.” ~ Lewis Sperry Chafer

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“When we yield to the work of the Holy Spirit He can make us like trees planted by the rivers of water, with green leaves and abundant fruit.” ~ @Learning2Hear

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“The Holy Spirit is ever seeking to melt our rigidness into tenderness, so that He can impress upon us the stamp of His ownership and image, making us the representatives of Christ to all who see and know us.” ~ A. B. Simpson

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The idea that everything would happen exactly as it does regardless of whether we pray or not is a specter that haunts the minds of many who sincerely profess belief in God. It makes prayer psychologically impossible, replacing it with dead ritual at best.” ~ David Brainerd

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“Lift up your eyes. The heavenly Father waits to bless you in inconceivable ways to make your life what you never dreamed it could be.” ~ Anne Ortlund

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“Determine not to let Him go until the blessing comes.” ~ E. M. Bounds

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“Prayer imparts the power to walk and not faint.” ~ Oswald Chambers

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“He who cannot cast his burden upon the Lord must bear it himself.” ~ Ole Kristian Hallesby

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“God gives us grace for each new day. We can’t store it for tomorrow, and we don’t have to live off yesterday’s supply.” ~ @Learning2Hear

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“The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“God doesn’t just give us grace, He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.” ~ Joni Eareckson Tada

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“Grace is the gift of Christ, who exposes the gulf which separates God and man, and by exposing it, bridges it.” ~ Karl Barth

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“Sometimes you are delayed where you are because God knows there’s a storm where you’re headed. Be grateful!” ~ Author Unknown

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“Nobody worries about Christ as long as He can be kept shut up in churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble if you try and let Him out.” ~ Geoffrey A. Studdert-Kennedy

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“If in our Saturday pursuits we’re far from God’s presence, we’re not in very good shape to worship Him on Sunday.” ~ A.W. Tozer

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“If absence makes the heart grow fonder, how some folks must love the Church!” ~ Gerald I. Teague

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“When we come to love God, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure.” ~ Lawrence

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“God wants us to love Him more than our Isaac.” ~ Watchman Nee

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“Read the Bible, not as a newspaper, but as a home letter. If a cluster of heavenly fruit hangs within reach, gather it. If a promise lies upon the page as a blank check, cash it. If a prayer is recorded, appropriate it, and launch it as a feathered arrow from the bow of your desire. If an example of holiness gleams before you, ask God to do as much for you. If the truth is revealed in all its intrinsic splendor, entreat that its brilliance may ever irradiate the hemisphere of your life.” ~ F. B. Meyer

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“You can’t rush God. You can’t dictate how things tend to be or how they will turn out. From our perspective nothing may be happening or working but from God’s viewpoint a lot of things are coming together. We need to trust him and let him do what he knows is good for us.” ~ Melinda Clements

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“Today is unique! It has never occurred and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities.” Charles Swindoll

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“When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else when you get into the light.” ~ Oswald Chambers

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“Keep one compartment of your life back from the Holy Spirit and it grieves Him that He cannot go any further.” ~ A.W. Tozer

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“When life is unfair, put your faith in the Lord; be faithful to Him; and if things get worse, keep your faith in the Lord. Don’t stop trusting the One, the only One, who is absolutely trustworthy.” ~ C. Philip Green

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“Five minutes in heaven will make up for a lifetime of agony and suffering, of conflict and battle to do the will of God.” ~ Alan Redpath

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“Because of some silly, stupid little idol that you keep on the throne of your heart, you may be forfeiting the right to His presence and to His power.” ~ Alan Redpath

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“Let us learn to be deliberate in our prayers. Many people pour out a reckless mass of ill-considered supplications much like a child blowing bubbles into the air, scarcely expecting to see them again.” ~ A. B. Simpson

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“Guilt was not my problem as I felt it. What I felt most was a glob of unworthiness that I could not tie down to any concrete sins I was guilty of. What I needed more than pardon was a sense that God accepted me, owned me, held me, affirmed me, and would never let go of me, even if He was not too impressed with what He had on His hands.” ~ Lewis Smedes, Shame and Grace

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“It is where we are wounded that God speaks to us.” ~ W. H. Auden

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“If it were not for hope, the heart would break.” ~ Thomas Fuller

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“Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.” ~ Victor Hugo

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“Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying, but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?” ~ Lily Tomlin

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“It used to be that Christianity was a revolutionary faith that turned the world upside down. But today Christians sit in Sunday morning church services looking at their watches, wondering what time dinner will be served, or thinking about the kickoff. And we hope that church won’t interfere with the things we would really rather be doing.” ~ Elton Trueblood

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“When your memories are bigger than your dreams, you’re headed for the grave” ~ Author Unknown

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“Labor mightily for a healing spirit. Away with all discriminating names, whatever that may hinder the applying of balm to heal your wounds. Discord and division become no Christian. For wolves to worry the lambs is no wonder, but for one lamb to worry another, this is unnatural and monstrous.” ~ Thomas Brooks

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“Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.” ~ Helen Keller

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“Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand.” ~ Bodie Thoene

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“A gossip is a person who creates the smoke in which other people assume there’s fire.” ~ Dan Bennett

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“It is Prayer, not preaching that brings Revival.” ~ James Wilson

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“Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you: everything passes away except God; God alone is sufficient.” ~ St. Theresa

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“Life without God is like a unsharpened pencil – it has no point.” ~ Unknown

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“How many times do we miss God’s blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?” ~ Unknown

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“No need to pray, dance, hope, shout, or plead for divine power. If you are a follower of Christ, you have Christ’s power in you. The Holy Spirit literally resides within your being. The more you yield your life to Him, the more His power flows through you. He is there, ready and able to empower us. Is that great news or what?” ~ Charles Swindoll

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“It is not too much to say that all real growth in the spiritual life—all victory over temptation, all confidence and peace in the presence of difficulties and dangers, all repose of spirit in times of great disappointment or loss, all habitual communion with God—depend upon the practice of secret prayer.” ~ Unknown

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“There are two mistakes the church makes when dealing with the devil: to blame everything on him or to blame nothing on him.” ~ C.S. Lewis

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