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By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere.

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The only crown Jesus ever wore on earth was a crown of thorns.

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We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves

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The man whose eye is single for the glory of Another can be trusted.

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Faith receives, day by day, what a loving Heavenly Father apportions...

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I seek the lessons God wants to teach me, and that means that I ask why.

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What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.

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Faith has to be exercised in the midst of ordinary, down-to-earth living.

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If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.

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Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.

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There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk.

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The cross means suffering. Suffering's meaning is to be learned through the cross.

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A little quiet reflection will remind me that yes to God always leads in the end to joy.

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Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.

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The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.

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When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.

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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal.

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Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.

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Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.

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Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.

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If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.

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I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.

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The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent faith.

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Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men

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Psychology describes. The Bible prescribes. 'Turn from evil. Let that be the medicine to keep you in health.' Pr 3:7,8.

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What God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.

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Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought - that is, with discipline.

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Where reasons are given, we don't need faith. Where only darkness surrounds us, we have no means for seeing except by faith.

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Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.

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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missionary to Auca indians in Ecuador

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