Tread by God
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And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:
“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”
And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.”

Minnie Louise Haskins – British poet and sociologist (1875-1957), from the poem “The Gate of the Year” (1908), which became popular, after King Georg VI. (1936-1952 king of England, 1895-1952) quoted it in his 1939 Christmas broadcast

Fear of God
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The fear of God is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

The Bible, Proverbs 14:27 (NIV) – Quotations book 2010

God’s language
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God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world..

C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from “The Problem of Pain” (1940)

Do good
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We must never miss an opportunity that God gives us to do good.

Don Giovanni Melchiore Bosco – Italian Catholic priest and pedagogue (1815-1888), from “Memorie Biografiche”, book VI, chapter XXXV, 493 (1907), Libretto delle citazioni 2021

Non dobbiamo mai lasciarci sfuggire un’occasione che il Signore ci presenta per fare del bene.

Don Giovanni Melchiore Bosco – sacerdote cattolici e pedagogo italiano (1815-1888), de “Memorie Biografiche”, benda VI, capitolo XXXV, 493 (1907), Quotations book 2021

Watchword 2007
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Behold! I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

The Bible, Jesaja 43:19a (ESV) – Quotations book 2007

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Give God the credit
/in , /by

A lot of people are willing to give God the credit, but not too many are willing to give him the cash.

Wisdom

Watchword 2010
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Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.

The Bible, John 14:1 (NRSV) – Quotations book 2010

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Tithing
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You hear a lot of strange things about tithing. Some say it is a church tax, and they expect me to pay it and that is the end of it. Others say that when I give God one-tenth of my income, He blesses the nine-tenths that is left to the extent that the nine-tenths now goes as far as the whole thing used to go.

This isn’t really true, is it? Suppose a farmer had 100 bushels of corn in the barn and he decides to plant 10 bushels in the ground. What multiplies? Is it the 90 bushels that he has left in the barn? Oh, no. All of us “farmers” know it is the 10 bushels you put in the ground that multiplies.

Similarly, it is the 10 percent you give to God that multiplies..

Dr. R. Stanley Tam – American entrepreneur, f.ex. United States Plasic Corp., and philanthropist (b. 1915), from “God owns my Business” (1972), Quotations book 2009

Christianity
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I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from “Is Theology Poetry?” (1944), Quotations book 2015

Strive for the higher
/in , /by

As long as we entertain only good options, we will never experience God’s best.

Dr. Ed Silvoso – Argentinian author, documentarian and evangelist (b. 1945), from “That None Should Perish: How to Reach Entire Cities for Christ Through Prayer Evangelism” (1994)

Act of God
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It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us.

Prof. Stephen Hawking – American physicist (1942-2018), from “A Brief History of Time” (1988)

The better happens
/in , /by

If what we want does not happen, it will still happen what is better.

Si non fiet, quod volumus, fiet tamen, quod melius est.

Martin Luther – German reformer (1483-1546), from his letter to Philipp Melanchthon from the Coburg (12.11.1529), Quotations book 2019

Govern
/in , /by

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

George Washington – American politician, 1789-97 first president (1732-99), Quotations book 2006

The Greatest Man in History
/in , /by

The Greatest Man in History Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
He had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.

wisdom

Succesful investment
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The only investment I ever made which has paid consistently increasing dividends is the money I have given to the Lord..

attributed to James L. Kraft – American entrepreneur, founder of J.L. Kraft & Bros., today Kraft Foods Inc. (1874-1953), Quotations book 2009

Protection
/in , /by

For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways, they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

The Bible, Psalms 91:11-12 (NIV)

Blessing or test?
/in , , /by

When God provides more money, we often think: This is a blessing!
Well, yes, but it would be just as scriptural to think: This is a test!

Randy C. Alcorn – director of the Eternal Perspective Ministries and author (b. 1954), from “The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving” (2001), Quotations book 2017

Store profits
/in , /by

Don’t store your profits here on earth, they can erode away or be stolen. Store them in heaven where they will never lose their value, and are safe from thieves! If your profits are in heaven your heart will be there too.

The Bible, Matthew 6:19-21 (N.N.) – Quotations book 2006

The Ten Commandments (Version by Martin Luther)
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1. I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
2. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
5. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour’s.

These commandments can be found in the Bible at Moses 2:20 and Moses 5:5 – Quotations books 2002 to 2021

Watchword 2021
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Jesus Christ said: Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

The Bible, Lucas 6:36 (NIV) – Quotations book 2021

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Please God
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To the person who pleases HIM, GOD gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner HE gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases GOD.

The Bible, Ecclesiastes 2:26 (NIV)

Faith is
/in , /by

Faith is to hold on to the fact that the seemingly unanswered prayer of many years is no futile routine, but a means through which God reaches his great eternal objectives – in due course.

Dr. Pamela Reeve – American theologian, Multnomah University (1916-2013)

Unique
/in , /by

I am created to do something or to be something for which no one else is created; I have a place in God’s counsels, in God’s world, which no one else has; whether I be rich or poor, despised or esteemed by man, God knows me and calls me by my name.

John Henry Cardinal Newman – English Catholic clergyman (1801-1890), from his meditation “Hope in God—Creator” fom March 7, 1848, published in “Meditations and Devotions”, Part III, “Meditations on Christian Doctrine” (1893), Quotations book 2020

Watchword 2014
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But for me it is good to be near God.

The Bible, Psalm 73:28 (NRSV) – Quotations book 2014

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Trust in GOD
/in , /by

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

The Bible, Psalm 37:5 (KJV) – Quotations book 2006

Undying love
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Noi siamo oggetti da parte di Dio di un amore intramontabile. Sappiamo: ha sempre gli occhi aperti su di noi, anche quando sembra ci sia notte. E’ papà; più ancora è madre. Non vuol farci del male; vuol farci solo del bene, a tutti.

We are the objects of undying love on the part of God. We know: he has always his eyes open on us, even when it seems to be dark. He is our father; even more he is our mother. He does not want to hurt us, He wants only to do good to us, to all of us.

Pope Johan Paul I – born Albino Luciani, 1978 Holy Father (1912-1978), in his Angelus on September 10th, 1978

Making wonders from weaknesses
/in , , /by

Morning by morning, day by day, Ghele went to the river, to fill his two pots and walked to the town to distribute the water to his clients. Ghele was a waterseller.

“It could not take long, until Ghele discards me”, said the one pot sad. Because he was cracked and leaking water permanently. The other pot was new and earned more money.

One morning the poor damaged pot felt very inferior and decided to speak to Ghele: “When we arrive in town, I am half-empty. You are losing money because of me. Please forgive me.”

“Look at the path by the side of the road”, Ghele replied. Carefully the cracked pot sneaked a peek. “Oh, it’s beautiful. Many small flowers”, he said in awe.

“That is all thanks to you!” The cracked pot looked blank until Ghele went on: “I bought flower seeds and sowed them along the way. And, without realizing it, you’ve been watering them every day. Never forget that we are all a little damaged. But if we ask him for it, God can do wonders with our limitations.”

traditional allegory

Learn from God
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To learn any lesson He may have to teach us is more important than getting rid of the trouble.

J. Hudson Taylor – called “Pioneer in the Forbidden Land”, English missionary in China (1832-1905), from a letter to J. W. Stevenson in December 1891, quoted by Frederick Howard and Mary Geraldine Taylor (English missionary couple, 1862-1946 resp. 1865-1949) in “Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission; The Growth of a Work of God” (1918)

Ville eet
/in , /by

Fader i Himlene! Hvad er dog et Menneske uden Dig!
Hvor er Alt hvad han veed, var det end det Mangfoldiges Mængde, kun et afbrudt Stykke, hvis han ikke kjender Dig;
er al hans Stræben, var den end omfattende en Verden, kun et halvgjort Arbeide, hvis han ikke kjender Dig, Du den Ene, som er Eet og som er Alt!
Saa give Du i Forstanden Viisdom til at fatte det Ene, i Hjertet Oprigtighed til at annamme Forstaaelsen, i Villien Reenhed ved kun at ville Eet;
saa give Du i gode Dage Vedholdenhed til at ville Eet, i Adspredelser Samling til at ville Eet, i Lidelser Taalmod til at ville Eet.
O, Du som giver baade at begynde og at fuldkomme, Du give aarle, naar Dagen gryer, den Unge Beslutningen at ville Eet;
naar Dagen helder give Du Oldingen en fornyet Ihukommelse af sin første Beslutning, at det Sidste maatte være som det Første, det Første som det Sidste, være Dens Liv, der kun har villet Eet.

Father in heaven, what is man without you!
What is all that he knows, vast accumulation though it be, but a chipped fragment if he does not know you!
What is all his striving, could it even encompass a world, but a half-finished work if he does not know you: you the One, who is one thing and who is all!
So may you give to the intellect, wisdom to comprehend that one thing; to the heart, sincerity to receive this understanding; to the will, purity that wills only one thing.
In prosperity may you grant perseverance to will one thing; amid distractions, collectedness to will one thing; in suffering, patience to will one thing.
O you who give both the beginning and the completion, may you early, at the dawn of day, give to the young person the resolution to will one thing.
As the day wanes, may you give to the old person a renewed remembrance of their first resolution, that the first may be like the last, the last like the first, in possession of a life that has willed only one thing.

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard – Danish Protestant theologian an philosopher (1813-1855), known as one of the most important academics in Denmark, from “Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing”, in “Edifying Discourses in Diverse Spirits” (1847), Quotations book 2017

What God tells us
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The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.

Huius mundi ratio ad successum nos dominatumque propellit; Dei tamen mens ad humilitatem, ministerium atque amorem incitat.

Pope Francis – born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, since 2013 Holy Father (b. 1936), in a message on Twitter (2nd June 2013), Quotations book 2018

Watchword 2015
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Accept one another as Christ accepted us, to the glory of God.

The Bible, Romans 15:7 (NRSV) – Quotations book 2015

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Pray
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I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.

attributed to Abraham Lincoln – American politician, 1861-65 16th president (1809-1865), Quotations book 2011

Trust
/in , /by

I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year, “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”

And he replied, “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than a light safer than a known way.”

Minnie Louise Haskins – British sociologist at the London School of Economics (1875-1957)

Hope and faith
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Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is the courage to dance to it in the present.

Prof. Dr. sc. Dr. h. c. Peter Kuzmič – Slovenian-born Croatian theologian and scholar (b. 1946), in a twitter message from June 3rd, 2015, Quotations book 2021

Why God loves
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God loves us not because we are lovable, but because He ist love.

C. S. Lewis – Britisch writer (1898-1963), from Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis: Volume III, Letter to Mary Van Deusen, May 25, 1951

Money
/in , , /by

We can either use our money to serve God or God will be our money.

Denny (b. 1951) and Leesa (b. 1955) Bellesi – founders of “The Kingdom Assignment”, Quotations book 2018

Watchword 2020
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I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!

The Bible, Marcus 9:24 (NIV) – Quotations book 2020

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Watchword 2009
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What is possible with man is possible with God.

The Bible, Lucas 18:27 (NIV) – Zitateheft 2009

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

New address
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Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God.

Billy Graham – born William Franklin Graham jr., American evangelist (1918-2018), from “Billy Graham: God’s Ambassador” (1999), Quotations book 2018

Christmas
/in , /by

Jesus comes into our night so that we can come into his light.

Peter Hahne – German television host and 1992-2009 member of the German Evangelical Church Council (b. 1952), Quotations book 2012

Change
/in , /by

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

The Bible, Romans 12:2 (NIV)

Requests
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Though God will not fulfill all our requests, he will fulfill his promises.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer – German Lutheran theologian (Confessing Church) and resistance fighter (1906-1945), from “Widerstand und Ergebung” (publ.1977), Quotations book 2015

Attente
/in , /by

The soul obtains from Him as much as it hopes for from Him.

John of the Cross – aka Juan de la Cruz, born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez, Spanish Carmelite friar and Doctor of Church (1542-1591), from “The Dark Night”, Book 2, chapter 21.8 (“La noche oscura”, posthumously 1618)

L’âme obtient autant de Lui qu’autant elle espère.

Jean de la Croix – alias Juan de la Cruz, né Juan de Yepes y Álvarez, frère carmélite espagnol et docteur de l’Église (1542-1591), d’après son commentaire “La Nuit obscure”, livre 2, chapitre 21.8 (“La Noche Oscura”, posthume 1618)

Alma [..] tanto alcanza de él cuanto ella de él espera.

Juan de la Cruz – nacido Juan de Yepes y Álvarez, fraile carmelita español y doctor de la Iglesia (1542-1591), de su comentario “La noche oscura”, libro 2, capítulo 21.8 (póstumo 1618)

Search
/in , /by

The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.

E. M. Bounds – American writer and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South (1835-1913), from “Power Through Prayer” (1910)

All is possible for GOD
/in , /by

No one can stop you.

The bible, Job 42:2 (NLT) – Quotations book 2019

All to the best
/in , /by

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn’t need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry About?

Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1963-1947), in an interview with Dale Carnegie (born Dale Carnagey, American author and personality Coach, 1888-1955), Quotations book 2019

God-given
/in , /by

In our good works nothing is our own.

Johan Calvin – born Jean Cauvin, French reformator and founder of the Calvinism (1509-1564)

Helgon
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Helgon äro de människor, som göra det lättare för andra att tro på Gud.

A saint is one who makes it easier for others to believe in God.

Nathan Söderblom – Swedish Lutheran theologian, 1914-31 Archbishop of Uppsala, Nobel Peace Prize 1930 (1866-1931), in “Den levande Guden: grundformer av personlig religion” (“The Living God”, 1932), Quotations book 2016

Obedience
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Obedience to princes is a general compact of human society – how much more, then, ought we unhesitatingly to obey God, the Governor of all his creatures!

Generale quippe pactum est societatis humanae oboedire regibus suis – quanto magis deo regnatori universae creaturae suae ad ea quae iusserit sine dubitatione serviendum est!

Augustine of Hippo – known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one of the four Latin Doctors of Church (354-430), from “Confessions” (“Confessiones”, c. 397/400)

Determination
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“What are we to make of Christ?” There is no question of what we can make of Him, it is entirely a question of what He intends to make of us.

C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from the essay “What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ?” (1950), published in “God in the Dock” (1970)

Watchword 2018
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God says: To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.

The bible, Revelation 21:6 (NIV) – Quotations book 2018

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Give
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The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.

C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from “Mere Christianity” (1952)

Parable of the rich peasant
/in , /by

And he told them this parable: The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I’ll say to myself, You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich towards God.

The Bible, Lucas 12, 16-21 (NIV) – Quotations book 2013

Charity
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Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.

The Bible, 1. Peter 4,1 (NIV)

God’s Thoughts
/in , /by

I want to know His (God’s) thoughts, the rest are details.

Albert Einstein – German physicist, Nobel prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955), from the interview “A Talk with Einstein” with Esther Salaman, 1955

Deus
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Deus est aliquid quo nihil maius cogitatur potest.

Anselm of Canterbury – medieval Christian theologian, founder of scholastik (c. 1033-1109), from “Proslogion” (1077/78)

Truth makes free
/in , /by

Jesus Christ says: The truth will set you free.

The Bible, John 8:32 (NIV) – Quotations book 2020

Trustee
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What I possess, God owns.

Howard Dayton -co-founded Crown Financial Ministries (b. 1943), Quotations book 2008

Love
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God does not love us because we are valuable; we are valuable because He loves us.

Fulton J. Sheen – American Catholic cleric, 1966-69 Bishop of Rochester, 1969-79 Titular Archbishop of Newport, Wales (1895-1979), from “Remade for Happiness: Achieving Life’s Purpose through Spiritual Transformation” (1946), Quotations book 2021

Faith
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The connecting link between God’s promise and His fulfillment is our faith.

Andrew Murray – South African priest and writer (1828-1917), from “How to Raise Your Children for Christ” (1887)

Christ
/in , , /by

Christ with me, as I do business for Him and people.
Christ before me, as I plan my business.
Christ behind me, as I review my business.
Christ in me; my guiding light in business.
Christ beneath me; He is the foundation.
Christ above me, He is the owner of my business.
Christ on my right, Christ on my left, He is the Lord of the marketplace.
Christ when I lie down, and rest from my work.
Christ when I sit down, in my office chair.
Christ when I arise, enthusiastic or weary.
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, and my business.
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, and my business.
Christ in every eye that sees me, my staff, customers, suppliers, and competitors.
Christ in every ear that hears me speak about my products and services.

Mats Tunehag – Swedish speaker, writer and consultant, developer of “Business as Mission” (b. 1959)

Silence
/in , /by

Silence your tongue for your heart to speak; and silence your heart for God to speak.

John of Dalyatha, known as John Saba (“the Elder”) or Yoḥannan – Syrian monk and mystic of the Church of the East (c. 690-780)

God’s gift
/in , /by

What you are is God’s gift to you.
What you make of yourself is your gift to God.

Proverb

Watchword 2002
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Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.

The Bible, Jesaja 12:2 (KJV) – Quotations book 2002

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Giving
/in , /by

It is an anomaly of modern life that many find giving to be a burden. Such persons have omitted a preliminary giving. If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

attributed to John S. Bonnell – American pastor and author (1893-1992), Quotations book 2009

Trust
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So do not fear, for I am with you;

do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you;

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

The Bible, Isaiah 41,10 (NIV) – Quotations book 2008

Unbelievable near
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The same God who is orchestrating plans too marvelous for my mind to grasp is within my reach right now.

Alicia Bruxvoort – American writer and motivational speaker (b. 1972), from the newspaper article “Respect His wisdom” (“Thomasville Times”, 30. December 2020)

Serving
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If you renounce the powerful motor of profit-striving you have to put another power in its place: service in the religious sense. That is solid ground and brings blessings which we feel thankfully every day. Living and believing in the midst of all the indifference – that is the great experience.

Celui qui renonce au puissant moteur du gain doit le replacer par une autre puissance: servir dans le sens de la foi. C’est une base solide qui apporte le bonheur que nous ressentons, chaque jour, avec reconnaissance. Vivre et croire, entouré de tant d’indifférence, est une expérience merveilleuse.

Gottlieb Duttweiler – Swiss entrepreneur, founder of Migros (1888-1962), in “Wir Brückenbauer” (May 16th, 1958), Quotations book 2017

Simple
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Out of the freedom from worry that God’s generosity provides comes an impulse toward simplicity rather than accumulation.

John Piper – American pastor and author (b. 1946)

God’s gifts
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For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

The Bible, 2 Timotheus 1:7 (KJV) – Quotations book 2012

Faith
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tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you!

The Bible, Matthew 17:20-21 (N.N.) – Quotations book 2007

Watchword 2008
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I live, you also will live.

The Bible, John 14:19 (NIV) – Quotations book 2008

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Righteous judgement
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Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

The Bible, John 7:24 (NASB) – Quotations book 2020

Watchword 2012
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Jesus Christ said: My power is made perfekt in weakness.

The Bible, 2. Corinthians 12:9 (NIV) – Quotations book 2012

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Christmas
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Whenever two people forgive each other, it is Christmas.
Whenever you show understanding for your children, it is Christmas.
Whenever you help a person, it is Christmas.
Whenever someone decides to live honestly, it is Christmas.
Whenever a child is born, it is Christmas.
Whenever you try to give a new meaning to your life, it is Christmas.
Whenever when you look at each other, with the eyes of the heart, with a smile on your lips, it is Christmas.

Because love is born.
Because peace is born.
Because justice is born.
Because hope is born.
Because joy is born.
Because Christ, the Lord, is born.

from Brazil – Quotations book 2019

Cada vez que duas pessoas se perdoam, é Natal.
Cada vez que você mostra compreensão com as suas crianças, é Natal.
Cada vez que você ajuda uma pessoa, é Natal.
Cada vez que alguém decide viver honestamente, é Natal.
Cada vez que nasce uma criança, é Natal.
Cada vez que você procura dar um sentido novo à sua vida, é Natal.
Cada vez que você olhar alguém com os olhos do coração, com um sorriso nos lábios, é Natal.

Porque nasce o Amor.
Porque nasce a Paz.
Porque nasce a Justiça.
Porque nasce a Esperança.
Porque nasce a Alegria.
Porque nasce Cristo, Nosso Senhor.

do Brasil – Livro de cotações 2019

Silence
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God’s native language is silence, the church fathers say. Silence is God’s voice, and that voice says, “I love you, I love you, I love you.” For silence is the space that God has made within his Being for us to be. This is love: to let the other be, to open a space within self for other. Silence is that space within God’s being where we are able to be. So, when we hear silence, we are listening to God tell us that he loves us enough to make room within himself for us.

Prof. Joseph McQueen – American linguist

Understand
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I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but rather, I believe in order that I may understand.

Neque enim quaero intelligere ut credam, sed credo ut intelligam.

Anselm of Canterbury – medieval Christian theologian, founder of scholastik (c. 1033-1109), from “Proslogion”, chapter I (1077/78)

Encouragement
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You say: “I can’t figure things out.”
God says: “I will make straight your paths.”

You say: “I can’t forgive myself.”
God says: “I forgive you.”

You say: “I’m too tired.”
God says: “I will give you rest.”

You say: “Nobody really loves me.”
God says: “I love you.”

You say: “I can’t do it.”
God says: “You can do all things.”

You say: “It’s not worth it.”
God says: “It will be worth it.”

You say: “I feel all alone.”
God says: “I will never leave you or forsake you.”

You say: “It’s impossible.”
God says: “All things are possible.”

Motivational saying – Quotations book 2015

Revisendique dei
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Non moeremus, quod talem amisimus; sed gratias agimus, quod habuimus, imo habeamus.
Deo enim vivunt omnia. Et quidquid revertitur ad Dominum, in familiae numero computatur.

Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus – early Christian academic and theologian, one of the four Latin Doctors of Church (347-420), from “Ad Eustochium virginem, Epitaphium Paulae matris” (c. 400), Quotations book 2014

God’s promises
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Do not treat God’s promises as if they were curiosities for a museum, but use them as everyday sources of comfort. Trust the Lord whenever your time of need comes on.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon – English Baptist pastor (1834-1892), from his sermon “The Child of Light Walking in Darkness” (September 25, 1887)

Lead by God
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Unless we are governed by God, we shall be ruled by tyrants.

attributed to William Penn – American Quaker and preacher, foundet the state of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

Watchword 2004
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Jesus Christ says: Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

The Bible, Marcus 13:31 (NIV) – Quotations book 2004

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Christus bruger Efterfølgere, ikke Beundrere
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Det er nu bekjendt nok, at Christus bestandigt bruger det Udtryk: Efterfølgere; han taler aldrig om, at han forlanger: Beundrere, tilbedende Beundrere, Tilhængere; og naar han bruger det Udtryk: Disciple, forklarer han det altid saaledes, at man seer, derved forstaaes Efterfølgere, at det ikke er Tilhængere af en Lære, men Efterfølgere af et Liv.

It is well known that Christ consistently used the expression follower. He never asks for admirers, worshippers, or adherents. No, he calls disciples. It is not adherents of a teaching but followers of a life Christ is looking for.

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard – Danish Protestant theologian an philosopher (1813-1855), known as one of the most important academics in Denmark, from his essay “Practice in Christianity” (“Indøvelse i Christendom”, 1850), Quotations book 2020

Бог
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God is not in power, but in truth.

Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky – Russian military leader and nobleman, between 1236 and 1259 Prince of Novgorod, 1249-63 Grand Prince of Kiev, 1252-1263 Grand Prince of Vladimir (1221-1263)

Не в силе Бог, а в правде.

Алекса́ндр Яросла́вич Не́вский – Русский армейский лидер и дворянин, между 1236 и 1259 князь новгородский, 1249-1263 великий князь киевский, 1252-1263 великий князь владимирский (1221-1263)

Burn
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Go forth and set the world on fire.

Ite, inflammate omnia.

Ignatius of Loyola – founder of the Jesuit order (1491-1556), who often ended his letters to Jesuits going to the missions with this Expression, Quotations book 2019

God’s thoughts
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To understand God’s thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.

Florence Nightingale- English nurse, founder of modern nursing (1820-1910), quoted by Karl Pearson in “The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton”, Volume II (1924), Quotations book 2021

L’Evangile
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L’Evangile n’est pas un livre: c’est un être vivant, avec une action, une puissance, qui envahit tout ce qui s’oppose à son extension.

Napoléon Bonaparte – Général français et empereur de 1804-14 et 1815 (1769-1821), de “Sentiment de Napoléon sur le Christianisme: conversations religieuses”, chapitre 16, “De La Divinité de Jesus-Christ” (à titre posthume 1843)

The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold!

Napoleon Bonaparte – French general and 1804-14 and 1815 emperor (1769-1821), from “Sentiment de Napoléon sur le Christianisme: conversations religieuses”, chapter 16, “De La Divinité de Jesus-Christ” (posthumously 1843)

Church
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The church does not satisfy expectations; it celebrates mysteries.

Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini – Italian Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Milan from 1979 to 2002 (1927-2012), from the dialogue with Umberto Eco “Belief Or Nonbelief – A Confrontation” (1996, engl. 2000)

La Chiesa non soddisfa attese, celebra misteri.

Carlo Maria Cardinale Martini – Sacerdote cattolico italiano, arcivescovo di Milano dal 1979 al 2002 (1927-2012), dal dialogo con Umberto Eco “In cosa crede chi non crede?” (1996, inglese 2000)

Watchword 2006
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I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

The Bible, Josua 1:5 (KJV) – Quotations book 2006

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

Faith
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Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

The Bible, Proverbs 16:3 (NIV) – Quotations book 2007

Child in the manger
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Once you have taken in the sight of the beautiful child in the manger – take your time, do not hurry away.
First make his eyes your eyes, his ears your ears and his mouth your mouth.
Make his hands your hands, his smile your smile and his greeting your greeting.
Then you will recognize your sister, your brother, in every person.
And as you dry their tears and share their joy, God’s Son is also born in you and you may rejoice.

Christmas thoughts, often attributed to Marisa Roos – German poet, Quotations book 2020

Possessions
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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all. But whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

wird Martin Luther zugeschrieben – German reformer (1483-1546), Quotations book 2008

Do
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If you will do what you can do, God will do what you cannot do.

Joyce Meyer – American Evangelist (b. 1943), from “The Confident Woman: Start Living Boldly and Without Fear” (2006), Quotations book 2018

Serve God with money
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Remember this: you can’t serve God and money but you can serve God with money.

Selwyn Hughes – English pastor and author, founder of the christian publishing company CWR (1928-2006), from “Service in the Eighth Degree – A biblical perspective on giving”

Investment in Christ
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Christ with me, as I invest for the common good and God’s glory.
Christ before me, as I steward the wealth entrusted to me.
Christ behind me, as I evaluate opportunities near and afar.
Christ in me, as I invest time, treasure and talents in others.
Christ beneath me; He is the foundation.
Christ above me, He is the owner of it all.
Christ on my right, Christ on my left, He is the Lord of the marketplace.
Christ when I lie down, and rest from my work.
Christ when I sit down, in my office chair.
Christ when I arise, enthusiastic or weary.
Christ in the heart of every person who thinks of us, and our vision.
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of us, and our work.
Christ in every eye that sees us, young and old, rich and poor, countrymen and foreigners.
Christ in every ear that hears me speak about our products and services.

Mats Tunehag – Swedish speaker, writer and consultant, developer of “Business as Mission” (b. 1959)

Strength
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Do not pray for lighter burdens, pray for a stronger back!

attributed to Teresa of Àvila – spanish mystic and Catholic nun (1515-1582), Quotations book 2019

Walk on mountains
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The Lord and King gives me strength. … He helps me walk on the highest places.

The bible, Habakkuk 3:19 (NIRV)

One Solitary Life
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He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in still another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was thirty. Then for three years he was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family or owned a house. He didn’t go to college. He never visited a big city. He never travelled two hundred miles from the place where he was born. He did none of the things one usually associates with greatness. He had no credentials but himself.

He was only thirty-three when the tide of public opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. He was turned over to the enemies and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed on a cross between two thieves. While he was dying, his executioners gambled for his clothing, the only property he had on earth. When he was dead, he was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and today he is the central figure of the human race and the leader of mankind’s progress. All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man on this earth as much as that One Solitary Life.

following Dr. James Allan Francis – American Pastor and author (1864-1928), Quotations book 2006

Why I believe in Christianity
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Reality, in fact, is usually something you could not have guessed. That is one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It is a religion you could not have guessed, I should feel we were making it up. But, in fact, it is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it that real things have.

C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from “Mere Christianity” (1952)

Life
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For those who are faithful to you, Lord, life is not lost but changed.

from the Catholic requiem

Miracles
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In the realist, faith is not born from miracles, but miracles from faith.

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsk – Russian writer (1821-1881), from “The Brothers Karamazov”, part I, book one, chapter 5 (1880)

В реалисте вера не от чуда рождается, а чудо от веры.

Федор Достоевский – русский писатель (1821-1881), из “Бра́тья Карама́зовы”,
часть I, книга первая, глава 5 (1880)

Watchword 2017
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God says: I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.

The bible, Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV) – Zitateheft 2017

The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) – he belonged to the Confessing Church – decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that still exists today. Meanwhile, the annual solution is set by the Ecumenical Association for Bible Reading (Ökumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bibellesen) three years in advance.

God’s work
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God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.

J. Hudson Taylor – called “Pioneer in the Forbidden Land”, English missionary in China (1832-1905)

Médiateur
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Nous ne connaissons Dieu que par J.-C. Sans ce médiateur est ôtée toute communication avec Dieu.

Blaise Pascal – Mathématicien et philosophe français (1623-1662), a “Pensée Non. 221”

Voir Dieu
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Qui veut voir Dieu vivant, face à face, doit le chercher, non dans le firmament désert de sa pensée, mais dans l’amour des hommes.

Romain Rolland – écrivain et pacifiste français, prix Nobel de littérature 1915 (1866-1944), de “Jean-Christophe: L’Adolescent” (1904), Brochure de citation 2014

La trace de Dieu
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Être à l’image de Dieu, ne signifie pas être l’icône de Dieu, mais se trouver dans sa trace.

Emmanuel Lévinas – philosophe et ecrivain français (1906-1995), de “La Trace de l’Autre” (1963), Brochure de citation 2016

Capacities
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The capacities which are within a man are greater than he knows and the capacities with which God can endow a man are greater than he dreams.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon – English Baptist pastor (1834-1892), from his sermon N° 1690 “Chariots Of Iron” in The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington (September 28, 1882), Quotations book 2019

Big God
/in , /by

Do not tell God you have a big problem!
Tell your problem you have a big God!

wisdom – Quotations book 2020

Christo
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The modern clergy believe they can bring man closer to Christ by insisting on Christ’s humanity.
Thus forgetting that we do not trust in Christ because He is man, but because He is God.

Nicolás Gómez Dávila – Colombian philosopher (1913-1994), from “Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección”, p. 472 (1977), Quotations book 2017

El clero moderno cree poder acercar mejor el hombre a Cristo, insistiendo sobre la humanidad de Jesús.
Olvidando así que no confiamos en Cristo porque es hombre, sino porque es Dios.

Nicolás Gómez Dávila – filósofo columbiano (1913-1994), de “Escolios a un texto implícito” (1977), Libro de citas 2017

Savior
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If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator.

If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist.

If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist.

If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer.

But our greatest need was forgiveness, so God sent us a Savior.

seen Pentecost 1994 in New Orleans – Quotations book 2002 + 2006

Forholdet
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Menneskets Storhed afhænger ene og alene af Guds-Forholdets Energie i ham.

The greatness of a man depends simply and solely on the energy of the God-relation in him.

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard – Danish Protestant theologian an philosopher (1813-1855), known as one of the most important academics in Denmark, from “The Concept of Anxiety” (“Begrebet Angest”, published under the pseudonym Vigilius Haufniensis, “the Watchman of Copenhagen”, 1844)

Comfort
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There is no good applying to Heaven for earthly comfort. Heaven can give heavenly comfort; no other kind.

C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from “The Four Loves” (1960)

Will and achievement
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It is God at work in you – giving you the will and the power to achieve His purpose.

The Bible, Philippians 2:13 (N.N.) – Quotations book 2006

Faithraising instead of fundraising
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Saddleback doesn’t do fundraising. For us, it’s all about faithraising. Why? Because we believe GOD is primarily interested in growing our faith, not getting our money. We also believe that if the first happens, the second will naturally occur.

Forrest Reinhard – pastor of the Saddleback Community Church, Lake Forest, California (b. 1958), Quotations book 2010