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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other hand, knowledge of an apparently trivial detail quite often makes it possible to see into the depth of things. And so the wise man will seek to acquire the best possible knowledge about events, but always without becoming dependent upon this knowledge. To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. -- Proverbs 3:5-6 A true love of God must begin with a delight in his holiness. -- Jonathan Edwards All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired. -- Martin Luther The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life. -- James L. Christensen To be like Christ is to be a Christian. -- Daniel Webster For we walk bt faith, not by sight. -- Corinthians 5:7 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. -- Timothy 6:12 Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. -- Saint Augustine Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. -- Hebrews 11:1 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. -- Matthew 7:21 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. -- Luke 23:46. Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. -- Luke 9:1,2. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. -- Romans 10:9 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. -- Hebrews 13:8 In trouble then and fear I sought The Man who taught in Galilee; And peace unto my soul was brought, All my faith came back to me. Anonymous If Christ is the wisdom of God and the power of God in the experience of those who trust and love him, there needs no further argument of his divinity. -- Henry Ward Beecher Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe." Augustine "Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading." Chambers, Oswald "Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods." Lewis, C.S. "Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!" Livingstone, David "If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all." Spurgeon, Charles "Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing yet had been done." Lewis, C.S. "When you have no helpers, see your helpers in God. When you have many helpers, see God in all your helpers. When you have nothing but God, see all in God. When you have everything, see God in everything. Under all conditions, stay thy heart only on the Lord." Spurgeon, Charles "God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the IMPOSSIBLE." Booth, William "I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done." Taylor, Hudson Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible." Category: Ten, Boom, Corrie "Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God." Carey, William "Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ." Tozer, A.W. "What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and the work flow." Luther, Martin "Monastic vows rest on the false assumption that there is a special calling, a vocation, to which superior Christians are invited to observe the counsels of perfection while ordinary Christians fulfil only the commands; but there simply is no special religious vocation since the call of God comes to each at the common tasks." Luther, Martin "This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection, but the preparation for it." Baxter, Richard "We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in his word, he intended to be conspicuous in our lives." Spurgeon, Charles "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." Corrie Ten Boom "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength." Corrie Ten Boom "If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king." Spurgeon, Charles