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prayer sacrifice expectations
Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I prayed a sincere and blameless prayer-if ever I wished a righteous wish-I am rewarded now. To be your wife is, for me, to be as happy as I can be on earth. Mr. Rochester: Because you delight in sacrifice. Jane: Sacrifice! What do I sacrifice? Famine for food, expectation for content. To be privileged to put my arms round what I value-to press my lips to what I love-to repose on what I trust: is that to make a sacrifice? If so, then certainly I delight in sacrifice. Charlotte Bronte
prayer wind liberty
I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing.
prayer excuse good-work
God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others. Charles Caleb Colton
prayer hypocrisy time-flies
Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy... Don't hedge! Time flies! ... Enlist! Charles Studd
prayer two people
[Prayer] is the link between God's inexhaustible resources and people’s needs...God is the source of power, but we are the instrument He uses to link the two together. Charles Stanley
prayer talking want
Often times God wants us to sit before Him in quietness. He doesn't want us to do all the talking. As Is. 30:15 says "In quiet and confidence will be your strength."
prayer voice avalanches
God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.
prayer want arms
He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you.
prayer essence meditation
The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to permeate our spirits.
judging bangs ends
It's difficult to end with bangs if the judge takes away our ammunition. Carl Douglas
judging bears dens
See the bear in his own den before you judge of his conditions. C. S. Lewis
judging judge-me critics
I wished critics would judge me as an author, not as a woman.
judging people leader
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines. Charles de Gaulle
judging fancy taste
'Do you spell it with a 'V' or a 'W'?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'. Charles Dickens
judging lawyer chosen
"Lawyers Are": The only civil delinquents whose judges must of necessity be chosen from (amongst) themselves.
judging democracy popularity
Popularity and democracy aren't a judge, they're just stats. Ricky Gervais
judging people conviction
People will judge you according to your own convictions. Dexter Scott King
judging people fields
They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of plumbing and electricity. David Sedaris
scripture needs should
You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture. Charles Spurgeon
scripture doe endure
A memorized scripture becomes an enduring friend that does not weaken with the passage of time. Richard G. Scott
scripture holy form
The worst forms of depression are cured when Holy Scripture is believed.
scripture christ print
The scriptures are in print what Christ is in person. Aiden Wilson Tozer
scripture charity sole
All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity. Blaise Pascal
scripture wounds
Within the Scripture there is a balm for every wound, a salve for every sore.
scripture worship invisible
The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship. Austin Farrer
scripture gods-plan eternal-life
The scripture is God's plan on how we are to live our lives here and what we are to do to have eternal life. Deborah Norville
scripture inspired holy
The Holy and Inspired Scriptures are sufficient of themselves for the preaching of the Truth. Athanasius