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“I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard “I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?” -A.C. Doyle "Do not be content with the old anointing. It is...

"So completely was Jesus bent upon saving sinners by the sacrifice of Himself, He created the tree upon which He was to die, and nurtured from infancy the men who were to nail Him to the accursed wood." ~Octavius Winslow "Christ took your cup of grief, your cup of the curse, pressed it to his...

“Do not be afraid to enter the cloud that is settling down on your life. God is in it. The other side is radiant with His glory.” ~ L.B. Cowman

"It is because we have such shallow views of God's love that we have such defective views of God's dealings. We blindly interpret the symbols of His provisions because we imperfectly read the engravings of His heart." ~Octavious Winslow

My times are in Thy hand; My God, I wish them there; My life, my friends, my soul I leave Entirely to Thy care. My times are in Thy hand; Whatever they may be; Pleasing or painful, dark or bright, As best may seem to Thee. My times are in Thy hand; Why should I doubt or fear? My Father's hand...

Doing kind things for others can also increase your happiness and sense of satisfaction, according to a 2016 Oxford University study. "When we are kind, the brain reacts positively and similar to simple pleasures, we get chemical releases such as serotonin that can promote a positive mood,"...

"God did not come to make bad men good but to make dead men alive." ~Leonard Ravenhill

"The death of Jesus was the opening and the emptying of the full heart of God; it was the out-gushing of that ocean of infinite mercy that heaved and panted and longed for an outlet; it was God showing how he could love a poor, guilty sinner." - Octavius Winslow

Great Is Thy Faithfulness The Story Behind the Hymn You don’t need to be rescued from life-threatening danger or see God’s miraculous provision in the direst of financial crises to truly know the faithfulness of the Lord. God remains faithful day in and day out in the largest and smallest of...

“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.” - Mark Twain “I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now...Come further up, come further in!” ―...

The Cracked Pot An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream to the...

“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who have stolen away out of some weakness, but like great...

"Happiness isn’t a conditional state. It’s a state of being. True lasting happiness comes from making an active choice to be happy, rather than depending on external things to make you happy. The more that we seek out happiness, and look for it as if it is a treasure we will find, the less we...

The Two Wolves A Cherokee was instructing his grandson about a battle that goes on in every human being. He said to the young man, “the battle is between two wolves. One wolf is slothful, cowardly, vain, arrogant, and full of self-pity, sorrow, regret, envy and anger. The other wolf is...

"There is nothing small about our God, and when we understand God we will find out that there ought not to be anything small about us. We must have an enlargement of our conception of God, then we will know that we have come to a place where all things are possible, for our God is an omnipotent...