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prayer soul devotion
The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint William Wilberforce
prayer soul too-late
I must secure more time for private devotions. I have been living far too public for me. The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint. I have been keeping too late hours.
prayer thank thoughts
I'd just like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers, and I think that's it. Randal Jr
prayer giving-up drinking
As a boy I heard this story in church. A man was patching a pitched roof of a tall building when he began sliding off. As he neared the edge of the roof he prayed, "Save me, Lord, and I'll go to church every Sunday, I'll give up drinking, I'll be the best man this city has ever known." As he finished his prayer, a nail snagged onto his overalls and saved him. The man looked up to the sky and shouted, "Never mind, God. I took care of it myself." How true of us. Richard Paul Evans
prayer our-prayers
God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them. Richard J. Needham
prayer godly majesty
I remember myself, that when I was young, I had sometime the company of one ancient godly minister, who was of weaker parts than many others, but yet did profit me more than most; because he would never in prayer or conference speak of God, or the life to come, but with such marvelous seriousness and reverence, as if he had seen the majesty and glory which he talked of. Richard Baxter
prayer people praying
Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them.
prayer creatures breaths
Prayer is the breath of the new creature.
prayer knees straws
Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer Saint Augustine
heaven strange eternity
Heaven must be populated with some rather strange creatures if all they lived for was to go to a place where they can strum harps for eternity. Anton LaVey
heaven silence silent
Spires whose "silent finger points to heaven." William Wordsworth
heaven choices earth
Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth. Rob Bell
heaven promise world
To the degree you have experienced intimacy with God, you won’t be afraid of death because you’re experiencing the first tastes and promises of heaven in this world. Richard Rohr
heaven sugar cups
I bless the Lord that all our troubles come through Christ's fingers, and that He casteth sugar among them and casteth in some ounce withts of heaven and of the spirit of glory in our cup. Samuel Rutherford
heaven miles
Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short.
heaven earth hell
The great poems of heaven and hell have been written and the great poem of earth remains to be written. Wallace Stevens
heaven doubt earth
But many a crime deemed innocent on earth Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt Have each their record, with a curse annex'd. William Cowper
heaven earth territory
Just ten of the Jewish billionaires on this Earth have more than enough to transform the occupied territories into heaven. We can put the 'pal' back in Palestinian. Roseanne Barr
sublime steps ridiculous
There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime. Lion Feuchtwanger
sublime triviality amount
A scrap of knowledge about sublime things is worth more than any amount about trivialities. Thomas Aquinas
sublime innocence innocent
I am not innocent. Innocence is a science of the sublime. And I am only at the very beginning of the apprenticeship. Helene Cixous
sublime sorrow christianity
Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
sublime events wonderful
What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations. Benjamin Disraeli
sublime essentials thieves
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. Denis Diderot
sublime borders ridiculous
When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous. Thomas Paine
sublime elements canyons
The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse. John Wesley Powell
sublime treasure poverty
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty. Francis of Assisi