Wisdom

Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are not an “accident,” but a divine choice. Henri J. Nouwen

The miracles of Jesus were the ordinary works of his Father, wrought small and swift that we might take them in. George Macdonald

Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths. Os Guinness

We cannot have faith that certain things won’t happen to us, because we don’t know what the future holds. Our faith must be in the goodness and mercy of God. We must not doubt that he loves us and knows what is best for us. Our faith is in his

What I have today I have because of His mercy. I did not earn it. I do not deserve it. I did not pay for it. I have no rights to it. I cannot keep it except for one thing- God’s mercy. David Crosby

When a person forgives another, he is promising to do three things about the intended wrongdoing: not to use it against the wrongdoer in the future; not to talk about it to others; and not to dwell on it himself. Jay Adams

Let me burn out for God. After all, whatever God may appoint, prayer is the great thing. Oh, that I may be a man of prayer! Henry Martyn

If a man carries his cross beautifully and makes it radiant with glory of a meek and gentle spirit, the time will come when the things that now disturb will be the events for which he will most of all give gratitude to God. Unknown

Have your heart right with Christ, and He will visit you often, and so turn weekdays into Sundays, meals into sacraments, homes into temples and earth into heaven. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The greatest good and the most profitable gain come when we are up against a blank wall. Then we learn to pray in plain language. Arthur Lynip