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Thursday, February 23, 2017

These are a few of my favorite quotes...

Through the years, I've read many books by Christian authors and I often write some special quotes in the front of my Bible or journal. I just want to share some of those with you today.

These are a few of my favorite quotes, I hope they become your favorites too:


"Whenever a rock is mentioned in the Bible, it is a type and shadow for Jesus." Perry Stone

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." David McCasland

Chuck Swindoll explains the trinity like this: "God is the initiator, Christ is the implementor, and the Holy Spirit is the one who empowers."

"What we do in life echoes in eternity." Author Unknown

"Look for the face of Christ in the people you disagree with." W. H. Griffith-Thomas

"God pursues us in our restlessness, receives us in our sinfulness and holds us in our brokenness." Scotty Smith

"To be crucified a person is: 1) facing only one way; 2) they are not going back; and 3) they no longer have plans for their own lives. That is a disciple of Jesus Christ." Charles Stanley

"The word of God is like a lion, we don't have to defend it, we just have to let it out of its cage." Author Unknown

"Before people want to hear what you say, they want to know that you care." Author Unknown

"God is above, presiding; beneath, sustaining; within, filling." Hildebert of Lavardin

"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
Francis of Assisi

"The only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve." Albert Schweitzer

"It is permissible to pray for whatever it is permissible to desire." Thomas Aquinas

"Search your heart several times a day, and if you find something that is disturbing your peace, remember to take the proper steps to restore the calm." Francis de Sales

"The world tells us to look out for ourselves; God tells us to give ourselves away. The world tells us to rule; God tells us to serve. The world tells us to be first; God tells us to put others ahead of ourselves. The King of kings came to serve. The world will see Jesus in us when they see us serve."
Henry and Richard Blackaby

  "Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are." Mother Teresa

"Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can." John Wesley

"Trouble and perplexity drive us to prayer, and prayer driveth away trouble and perplexity." P. Melanchthon

"God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep unfathomable mines of never-failing skill, He treasures up His bright designs, And works His sovereign will..." William Cowper