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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.
perfect silence torment
The silence is perfect, and yet a torment ... Carol Shields
perfection body units
The body must be perfection before the will is a functioning unit Carlos Castaneda
perfect excellence waste
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection. Alan Kulwicki
perfect divine should
The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone can be safely intrusted.
perfect people world
Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes. Charles de Lint
perfect gentleman intimacy
He that can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them by familiarity, or disgrace himself by servility, proves that he is as perfect a gentleman by nature as his companions are by rank.
perfect religion nuisance
Missionaries are perfect nuisances and leave every place worse than they found it. Charles Dickens
perfect may matter
No matter how far we may wander from the Lord’s perfect will for our lives, we are always welcome back.
perfect waiting heaven
If you wait for a perfect church, you must wait until you get to heaven; and even if you could find a perfect assembly on earth, I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship, for you are not perfect yourself. Charles Spurgeon
desire may dangerous
A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous. C. S. Lewis
desire recognize satisfy saying
We want to recognize that it is the end of the show without really saying it. But we'll satisfy the audience's desire for a little heart. Ray Romano
desire enforce intention less name
We have no intention and even less desire to enforce this name on everything. Neil MacDonald
desire undermine whatsoever
We have no desire whatsoever to in any way erode or undermine constitutional liberties, John Ashcroft
desire imaginable judge neither nor views
We have neither desire, need, nor right to know most of Judge Roberts's views on most imaginable subjects, Ruth Ginsburg
desire alive world
For some reason or other there was in me the desire to see the world clean and fresh and alive, as primitive things are clean and fresh and alive. The so-called documentary picture left me wanting something. Aaron Siskind
desire nasty horrible
There was a desire to see me being nasty and horrible, and of course that's not really me Alan Sugar
desire want wicked-world
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. Charlie Chaplin
desire holiness repentance
Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated.