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I Used To Read Five Psalms Every Day - That Teaches Me How To Get Along With God. Then I Read A Chapter Of Proverbs Every Day And That Teaches Me How To Get Along With My Fellow Man.

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I Used To Read Five Psalms Every Day - That Teaches Me How To Get Along With God. Then I Read A Chapter Of Proverbs Every Day And That Teaches Me How To Get Along With My Fellow Man.

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Man Is A Social Animal, Gregarious By Nature, And Finds His Greatest Sense Of Security And Satisfaction In The Company Of Others Who Share His Interests And Attitudes. Of All The Many Groups Into Which Humans Have Collected Themselves, Of All The Many Tribes, Clans, Organizations, And Societies Throughout History, None Has Been So Powerful, So Far-reaching, Or More Universal Than The Church.

Read The Bible. Work Hard And Honestly. And Don't Complain.

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Christ Did Not Suffer And Die To Offer Cheap Grace. Jesus Did Not Go Willingly To The Cross So We Could Have An Easy Life Or Offer A Faith Built On Easy-believism. As Someone Once Said, 'salvation Is Free, But Not Cheap.' It Cost Jesus His Life.

There Are Nine Orders Of Angels, To Wit, Angels, Archangels, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Dominations, Thrones, Cherubim, And Seraphim

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Those Who Have A True Love Of Freedom Will Do Everything In Their Power To Keep The Freedom That They Have.

Every Human Being Is Under Construction From Conception To Death.

The Only Thing He Forgets Is Our Sins.

What A Moment To Take The Newspaper In One Hand And The Bible In The Other And Watch The Unfolding Of The Great Drama Of The Ages. This Is An Exciting And Thrilling Time To Be Alive. I Would Not Want To Live In Any Other Period.

The Greatest Miracle Of The Bible Is That The Prophets Of Israel Could Keep A Religion As Clean As A Hounds Tooth Amid All The Corruption And Idolatry Of The Nations Surrounding Them.

I Look Forward To Seeing Christ And Bowing Down Before Him In Praise And Gratitude For All He Has Done For Us, And For Using Me On This Earth By His Grace-just As I Am.

Tim Keller's Ministry In New York City Is Leading A Generation Of Seekers And Skeptics Toward Belief In God. I Thank God For Him.

Homes That Are Built On Anything Other Than Love Are Bound To Crumble.

God Does Not Discipline Us To Subdue Us, But To Condition Us For A Life Of Usefulness And Blessedness.

Heavenly Rest Will Be So Refreshing That We Will Never Feel That Exhaustion Of Mind And Body We So Frequently Experience Now. I'm Really Looking Forward To That.

Don't Let Past Mistakes Keep You From Seeking God

End Of Construction. Thank You 'for Your Patience. " Inscription On Ruth Bell Graham's Grave -- Inspired Hy A Road Sign She Saw.

I Remember The First Sermon I Ever Preached. I Had Four Sermons. I Preached Them, All Four In Ten Minutes. And That Was The Beginning, In A Place Called Bostwick, Florida, In Northern Florida, In A Little Tiny Church, And On A Cold Night, About 40 People. And I Was So Nervous.

The Christian Is An Idol Breaker.

There Is No Scriptural Basis For Segregation. The Ground At The Foot Of The Cross Is Level, And It Touches My Heart When I See Whites Standing Shoulder To Shoulder With Blacks At The Cross.

One With God Is A Majority.

Faith That Saves Has One Distinguishing Quality: Saving Faith Is A Faith That Produces Obedience; It Is A Faith That Brings About A Way Of Life.

It's Sometimes Comical To Hear The Younger Generation Ask Their Peers To Repeat Themselves.

... The Same Hand That Made Trees And Fields And Flowers, The Seas And Hills, The Clouds And Sky, Has Been Making A Home For Us Called Heaven.

I Started Out As The President Of A Small College In Minnesota In 1947. And I Had Five Years Of Experience At The College. Then We Went To Los Angeles. And The Press Got To What We Were Doing. And I Went To Boston, Which Is My Next Series Of Meetings. That Was In 1950.

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Presence Of God

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I Have Never Targeted Muslims. I Have Never Targeted Jews. I Believe That We Should Declare The Fact That God Loves You, God's Willing To Forgive You, God Can Change You, And Christ And His Kingdom Is Open To Anybody Who Repents And By Faith Receives Him As Lord And Savior.

Once You've Lost Your Privacy, You Realize You've Lost An Extremely Valuable Thing.

Before Prayer Changes Others, It First Changes Us.

The Word 'romance,' According To The Dictionary, Means Excitement, Adventure, And Something Extremely Real. Romance Should Last A Lifetime.

Serve God And Live; Serve These Other Gods And Died.

We Hurt People By Being Too Busy. Too Busy To Notice Their Needs. Too Busy To Drop That Note Of Comfort Or Encouragement Or Assurance Of Love. Too Busy To Listen When Someone Needs To Talk. Too Busy To Care.

If You Could Work Your Way To Heaven, You Would Said Look What I Did, I Got Myself Here By My Good Works. The Only Way You Are Going To Make It Is To Come To That Cross.

Your Faith And Hope Are In God.

Resurrection Of Jesus Christ

When Anyone Has The Power To Destroy The Whole Human Race In A Matter Of Hours, It Becomes A Moral Issue. The Church Must Speak Out.

If God Were To Remove All Evil From Our World (but Somehow Leave Human Beings On The Planet), It Would Mean That The Essence Of 'humanness' Would Be Destroyed. We Would Become Robots.

Prayer Shouldn't Be Casual Or Sporadic, Dictated Only By The Needs Of The Moment. Prayer Should Be As Much A Part Of Our Lives As Breathing.

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Lewis B. Smedes

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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