Category: Commonplace
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Success is…
“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced everyday; while failure is simply a few errors in judgement, repeated everyday.” — Jim Rohn I actually saw this quoted by someone in the Twitterverse, not direct from Jim Rohn. But not surprisingly it hit right at the new year. I would be lying to…
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“Thus, let us drink beer!”
Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!— Martin Luther
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Wisdom, freedom, or bacteria?
“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria” ~ Benjamin Franklin
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Phenomenon of Time
“We are tricked by a phenomenon of time: hours and days pass slowly, but years pass quickly.” – Sally Warner
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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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Only two kinds of people according to C.S. Lewis
“There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.’” – C.S. Lewis via Twitter
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“No matter how …”
No matter how deep your theological knowledge is, no matter how comprehensive your biblical literacy is and no matter how extensive your ministry experience is, you still are in need of God’s amazing grace. Paul David Tripp via Twitter
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“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.”
“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.” – Thomas Carlyle Seen as a daily quote in a Full Focus Planner
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“… whatever ‘call’ a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry.”
“True and genuine piety is necessary as the first indispensable requisite; whatever “call” a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry.” — Charles Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students: Addresses Delivered to the Students of the Pastors’ College, Metropolitan Tabernacle https://a.co/eIAfY87
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“You can’t walk away so you’re burning down the house?”
“You can’t walk away so you’re burning down the house?” — Harriet to Matt about their relationship, “The Harriet Dinner, Part 2”, Studio 60 (01×14)