With all respect to your religion or world-view — thank God, thank the universe, thank evolutionary processes — the keyword is “thank” — just have some gratitude and be thankful.

Good human work honors God’s work. Good work uses no thing without respect, both for what it is in itself and for its origin. It uses neither tool nor material that it does not respect...

The first fruit of love is the musing of the mind on God. He who is in love, his thoughts are ever upon the object. He who loves God is ravished and transported with the...

You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

I don’t even pretend to believe I know everything; I just believe in arguments God told me I had a pretty good chance of winning, while I was traveling through hell.

…When a choice will make a real difference in our lives—obvious or not—and when we are living in tune with the Spirit and seeking his guidance, we can be sure we will receive the guidance...

The act of sex is healthy, normal, God-given. It’s the emotions and entitlement that everyone attaches to it that is harmful.

Sex is like God, really. I know they’re both important, but if I think about them too much my head hurts.” -The Best Kept Secret

… one flaw throws the loveliness of [everything else] into focus. I remember reading that Shakers deliberately introduced a mistake into the things they made, to show that man shouldn’t aspire to the perfection of...

Bare heights of loneliness…a wilderness whose burning winds sweep over glowing sands, what are they to HIM? Even there He can refresh us, even there He can renew us.

God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.

If Spring came but once in a century, instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake, and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all...

Philosophy and science have not always been friendly toward the idea of God, the reason being they are dedicated to the task of accounting for things and are impatient with anything that refuses to give...

Unbelief puts our circumstances between us and God; faith puts God between us and our circumstances.

The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man; it forever was, is, and forever will be, an Ever living Fire

Made as we were in the image of God we scarcely find it strange to take again our God as our All. God was our original habitat and our hearts cannot but feel at home...

If your boss asks you to do a task… You’ll stay late for work to make sure it’s done. You’ll be confident that your boss wouldn’t have asked you if he/she didn’t trust that you...

If Jesus has to do it all over again, there will be more people shouting “Crucify him”.You are not here to make the world a better place. Mark 15:13

My God, what a sensation to be an atom in the scheme of such grandiosity. The allurement, the jazz, and the physics of it all . . .

Billions of years ago God was creating universes and life; thousands of years ago he was creating angry floods, sin-saving human sacrifices and audible burning bushes. Today he occasionally appears on a piece of toast....

You know, I’ve always thought scars were beautiful. Really. They remind me of my Saviour. You know, without scars, Jesus would look like any other man. His scars proved his love for you and me....

My horse heard him and took off running. I said, ‘God, this is incredible.’ It’s amazing a horse can carry that kind of speed.

It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create

We pray God would do it our way; we should pray we would do it God’s way!

In the end idealism annoyed Bouvard. ‘I don’t want any more of it: the famous cogito is a bore. The ideas of things are taken for the things themselves. What we barely understand is explained...

We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

What is sin?It is the glory of God not honored.The holiness of God not reverenced.The greatness of God not admired.The power of God not praised.The truth of God not sought.The wisdom of God not esteemed.The...

Here and hereafter, God, You are All-powerful; everything is in Your Hands.

Loving God with all our mind means that our thinking is wholly engaged to do all it can to awaken and express the heartfelt fullness of treasuring God above all things.

Proverbs 28:26Those who trust in their own reasoning are fools, but those who walk in Wisdom will be kept safe.

The Storms of This LifeWatching the distant clouds building and growing forevermoreThe harsh wind begins rushing thru the leaves with the branches bending to and froIn the attempts to not give in again I’m standing...

No more quickly can a person rob you of your joy and peace than when that individual succeeds at making you feel like you’re less than worthy of God as compared to his/her own self....

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

For Ragamuffins, God’s name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy our darkness would plunge us into despair – for some,...

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they’ll say, ‘God, he said exactly what I was thinking.’ And when they begin to respect you, they’ll follow you to the death.

Humans naturally reflect their nature upon the nature of their God. So to know a person, just ask what the person thinks about their God. It’s either that, or an individual aims to reflect the...

Your prayers will certainly be answered. Everyone who asks receives.

The story of getting there is greater than the story of being there. Wherever your there might be.

God is master architect of our lives.

God will cause you to prosper, even when man says you won’t.

Be willing to listen to the voice of God.

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When you are discouraged, do not look down. Hold your head up high and you will see the face of God shining a light into your dark place.

When I come to be united to thee with all my being, then there will be no more pain and toil for me, and my life shall be a real life, being wholly filled by...

Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all...

In the wilderness, God’s covenant people struggled with a choice between feeding their bellies and nourishing their souls. God provided manna–a breadlike food that fell to the ground during the night–to sustain the wandering Israelites...

Only God is able. It is faith in Him that we must rediscover. With this faith we can transform bleak and desolate valleys into sunlit paths of joy and bring new light into the dark...

If your motive is in any way to promote greatness for yourself, you’re in the wrong calling.

God is our great provider! The Lord’s blessings are our greatest wealth.

If you pay attention to those aspects of God that demonstrate love, truth, beauty, intelligence, order, and spiritual evolution, those aspects will begin to expand in your life. Bit by bit, like a mosaic, disparate...