Category: Books
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“… something he will die for …”
“If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. — Martin Luther King, Jr. via Rebecca McLaughlin in Confronting Christianity
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… if he will only rely on God …
There is no sin which a Christian cannot overcome if he will only rely upon his God to enable him to do so. — C. H. Spurgeon, Evening Devotional for July 27th, Morning & Evening
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A Potato and Vicodin
“But after a morning potato and Vicodin, I was feeling much better.” ― Andy Weir, The Martian
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The intercession of Christ
“Even if we believed fully in the doctrine of justification and knew all our sins were totally forgiven, we would not come to Christ gladly if he were an austere Savior. But his posture right now as he is in heaven, his disposition, his deepest desire, is to pour his heart out on our behalf…
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But since no one was listening
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All get what they want
“All get what they want; they do not always like it.” – Aslan in The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis
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Unless someone like you…
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
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The magnet and the compass
“A leader is a person with magnet in his head and a compass in his heart.” — Robert Townsend Chapter heading in Leaders Who Last by Dave Craft.
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A child cannot do a bad coloring
“A little child cannot do a bad coloring. Nor can a child of God do a bad prayer. A father is delighted when his little one, leaving off her toys and friends, runs to him and climbs into his arms. As he holds his little one close to him, he cares little whether the child…
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The heart has its reasons
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.” — Blaise Pascal I actually read this in a book called Love and War by John and Stasi Eldredge. It was in the opening chapter, but it stuck with me none the less.