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Hope, for the Christian, is not wishful thinking or mere blind optimism. It is a mode of knowing, a mode within which new things are possible, options are not shut down, new creation can happen.
I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people joyful; they forget thereby all wrath, unchastity, arrogance, and the like. Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.
The end of the creation is that God may communicate happiness to the creature. ― John Piper
Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
That's what a god is. Somebody who knows more than you do about whatever you're dealing with. -Terence McKenna
I shed more tears than God could ever have required.
From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you and helping you. This is one of the simplest teachings in religion, namely, that Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through. No other idea is so powerful in developing self-confidence as this simple belief when practiced. To practice it simply affirm "God is with me; God is helping me; God is guiding me." Spend several minutes each day visualizing his presence. Then practice believing that affirmation.
Knowing what must be done does away with fear. – Rosa Parks
I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.
