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Christian quotes
Christ is our temple, in whom by faith all believers meet. Patience Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time. There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. ...They also serve who only stand and wait.
Perseverance Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber,never gives. If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent. By perseverance the snail reached the ark. Go the extra mile. It's never crowded. The best way out is always through. Obedience Beware of reasoning about God's Word - obey It. Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one. Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable. Why do you need a voice when you have a verse. Unless he obeys, a man cannot believe. Forgiveness To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. The offender never pardons. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. To err is human, to forgive, divine. He who forgives ends the quarrel. Forgiveness does not mean excusing. Forgiving and being forgiven are two names for the same thing. The important thing is that a discord has been resolved. Giving Give according to your income, lest God make your income according to your giving. You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays an egg, and then cackles. Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told. As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. He gives twice who gives quickly. Spend and God will send. Feel for others -- in your pocket. If I leave behind me 10 (pounds), you and all mankind bear witness against that I lived and died a thief and a robber Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give. The real measure of our wealth is how much we should be worth if we lost our money. When blessed with wealth, let them withdraw from the competition of vanity and be modest, retiring from ostentation, and not be the slaves of fashion. Let us not ask of the Lord deceitful riches, nor the good things of this world, nor transitory honors; but let us ask for light. The poor man's hand is the treasury of Christ. Suspect everything that is prosperous unless it promotes piety and charity and humility. A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. For a hundred that can bear adversity there is hardly one that can bear prosperity. It is riches of the mind only that make a man rich and happy. I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, And in His word do i hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than the watchmen for the morning; Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning.
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