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True have his promises been; not one has failed. I want none beside him. In life he is my life, and in death he shall be the death of death; in poverty, Christ is my riches; in sickness, he makes my bed; in darkness, he is my star, and in brightness, he is my sun; he is the manna of the camp in the wilderness, and he shall be the new corn of the host when they come to Canaan. Jesus is to me all grace and no wrath, all truth and no falsehood; and of truth and grace he is full, infinitely full. --Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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If our faith is to have a firm foundation we must be convinced beyond any possible doubt that God is altogether worthy of our trust. --A. W. Tozer
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It does not matter where he places me or how. That is rather for him to consider than for me. For the easiest positions he must give grace; and in the most difficult his grace is sufficient. So, if God places me in great perplexity, must he not give me much guidance? In positions of great difficulty, much grace? In circumstances of great pressure and trial, much strength? As to work, mine was never so plentiful, so responsible, or so difficult; but the weight and strain are all gone. His resources are mine, for he is mine. --James Hudson Taylor
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The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the inner man. If God, then, puts or permits anything hard in our lives, be sure that the real peril, the real trouble, is that we shall lose if we flinch or rebel. --Maltbie D. Babcock
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We have ample evidence that the Lord is able to guide. The promises cover every imaginable situation. All we need to do is to take the hand he stretches out. --Elisabeth Elliot
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God is not too great to be concerned about our smallest wishes. He is not only King and Ruler of the universe, but also our Father in Christ Jesus. --Basilea Schlink
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Because you are a special treasure to God, He is working to draw you into a deeper love for Him -- away from any idols in your life, away from rival interests, away from giving first place to His good gifts instead of to Him. --Ruth Myers
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The Creator loves you very much since He gives you so many good things. Therefore, be careful not to be ungrateful, but strive always to praise God. --Francis of Assisi
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Dear Lord, it seems that you are so madly in love with your creatures that you could not live without us. So you created us; and then, when we turned away from you, you redeemed us. Yet you are God, and so have no need of us. Your greatness is made no greater by our creation; your power is made no stronger by our redemption. You have no duty to care for us, no debt to re-pay us. It is love, and love alone, which moves you. --Catherine of Siena
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The Lord is glad to open the gate to every knocking soul. It opens very freely; its hinges are not rusted, no bolts secure it. Have faith and enter at this moment through holy courage. If you knock with a heavy heart, you shall yet sing with joy of spirit. Never be discouraged! --Charles Spurgeon
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When you accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself. --Charles Swindoll
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God wants us to lay our burdens on him and rest in his love. It's his responsibility to work out the purpose and plan in our hardships. Only our refusal to trust him . . . can hinder his purposes in our lives. --Joni Eareckson Tada
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It is a glorious thing to know that your father God makes no mistakes in directing or permitting that which crosses the path of your life. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter. It is our glory to trust him, no matter what. --Joni Eareckson Tada
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Do we want to contemplate his power? We see it in the immensity of the creation. Do we want to contemplate his wisdom? We see it in the unchangeable order by which the incomprehensible world is governed. Do we want to contemplate his munificence? We see it in the abundance with which he fills the earth. Do we want to contemplate his mercy? We see it in his not withholding that abundance even from the unthankful. --Thomas Pain
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God is going to test me with delays; and with the delays will come suffering, but through it all stands God's pledge: His new covenant with me in Christ, and His inviolable promise of every lesser blessing that I need. The delay and the suffering are part of the promised blessing; let me praise Him for them today; and let me wait on the Lord and be of good courage and He will strengthen my heart. --Charles G. Trumbull
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He does not need to transplant us into a different field, but right where we are, with just the circumstances that surround us, he makes his sun to shine and his dew to fall upon us, and transforms the very things that were before our greatest hindrances into the chiefest and most blessed means of our growth. No difficulties in your case can baffle him, no dwarfing of your growth in years that are past, no apparent dryness of your inward springs of life, no crookedness or deformity in any of your past development, can in the least mar the perfect work that he will accomplish, if you will only put yourselves absolutely into his hands and let him have his own way with you. --Hannah Whitall Smith
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God is the God of promise. He keeps his word, even when that seems impossible; even when the circumstances seem to point to the opposite. --Colin Urquhart
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Sometimes God says, "Wait." When He does His intent is always that He would become more precious to you than during the waiting than if he had said "Yes" immediately. --Unknown
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Lord, I feel so helpless in dealing with what I am up against. I have made the mistake of focusing exclusively on my vulnerability, rather than also trusting you with final outcomes. I am strengthened today in knowing anew that you have the last word because you have the greater power. --George O. Wood
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Do you see that God's sometimes painful dealings with you are but an extension of his fatherhood? Do you understand that his rebuke only affirms your glorious position as a child of God, who loves you enough to place his disciplining hand on your life? --Charles Stanley
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Cares and worries are manifold; therefore let your prayers be manifold. Turn everything that is a care into a prayer. Let your cares be the raw material of your prayers. As the alchemist hoped to turn dross into gold, you have the power to actually turn what naturally would have been a care into a spiritual treasure in the form of a prayer. Baptize every prayer into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and so make it into a blessing. --Charles Spurgeon
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I am amazed and humbled to realize that an awesome, omnipotent, sovereign God would want to communicate with me. But that's one of the reasons He created us: He wants us to have fellowship with Him. People have tried to explain how to hear the voice of God. In my opinion, nobody has been able to describe it fully. I believe God's sheep know the Shepherd's voice by faith. --Thelma Wells
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In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us -- that we be . . . people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough. --Brennan Manning
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We do not understand the intricate pattern of the stars in their courses, but we know that He who created them does, and that just as surely as He guides them, He is charting a safe course for us. --Billy Graham
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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out. --Barbara Johnson
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There is no pit so deep, either within you, or around you, that it can stop the ear of God when he inclines to listen. Be thy pit ever so horrible, and ever so deep, only you cry like David, and you will sooner or later share David's deliverance. As long as you have the knowledge and the feeling of the horrible pit that is in your heart you are in no real danger. --Robert Bruce
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He upholds the whole creation, founded the earth, and still sustains it by the word of his power. What cannot he do in the affairs of families and kingdoms, far beyond our conception and expectation, who hangs the earth upon nothing? --Matthew Henry
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When life caves in, you do not need reasons -- you need comfort. You do not need some answers -- you need someone. And Jesus does not come to us with an explanation -- He comes to us with His presence. --Bob Benson
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No one yet has ever set out to test God's promises fairly, thoroughly, and humbly, and had to report that God's promises don't work. On the contrary, given a fair opportunity, God always surprises and overwhelms those who truly seek, with His bounty and His power. --Peter Marshall
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It may seem a very terrible thing for the soul to yield itself wholly and unreservedly to the will of Christ. "What is going to happen? What about tomorrow? Will He not put a very heavy burden upon me if I yield, if I take the yoke?" Ah, you have not known my Master; you have not looked into His face; you have not realized His infinite love for you. Why, God's will for you means your fullest happiness! --Lettie B. Cowman
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Sometimes you might feel that it is impossible to endure to the end. That may be right! But when we come to the end of what is possible for us, then we can see God do the impossible. Faith has not begun until we believe God for the impossible. We don't need faith to do what is possible. So if you are facing impossible situations in your life, praise God, for now you can begin to exercise your faith. --Floyd McClung, Jr.
